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There'll probably be one other monster but it will most likely appear in the end-credit scene.

I love how we get a better look at specifically Mothra and King Ghidorah!

At the very least, Godzilla's emitting such great heat energy that the surrounding area is catching fire and melting.

Could be an overcharged state similar to Burning Godzilla, but we can't say for sure.

Probably just random Titans to contextualize the urgency of addressing their growing reemergence in the modern day.

The first one looks like it's emerging somewhere in the Middle East and looks to be an arthropod of sorts, perhaps even a scorpion-like Titan.

The second one is bursting out from a mountain, though it's unclear if it's a mammal, reptile, insect, arachnid, or whatever else.

If it is not Titanosaurus or Anguirus I am walking out of the theater. After the movie is done. And be super understanding.

Good stuff. Nice job.

GameraPresence: That could be possible, but I tend to hedge on the conservative side with expectations. If you set yourself up expecting burnt form Godzilla appearing and he doesn't, you are going to be disappointed. 

Right now, we don't know enough to say either way, best to not to expect too much unless we hear more rumours.

I think they will be reference material to show how there are more kaiju/titans appearing around the world. This movie already has 4 kaiju that have taken the spotlight so adding these new kaiju to the plot would make the movie feel a little bit cramped.

I hope that when the movie comes out, we will see these new kaiju appear on the Monarch sciences website with some information about them.

^I agree. The question then remains if these other Titans will have actual fights, or if they're mostly flashback/reference material to give context to the current geopolitical situation during the film.

If I would have to guess I would say that Mothra and Ghidorah will die in this movie and that Godzilla (pretty obvious why) and Rodan will survive.

If Mothra dies, she has always been able to reincarnate through her young which I can see carried over to the monsterverse.

I hope that Mothra will survive.

 @KaijuWorld judging that there haven't been any other reports of Legendary getting any other rights to Toho monsters, I'm assuming they're not. Most definitely gonna be new monsters.

I played Destroy all Monsters growing up on gamecube and Unleashed on the wii. Both are good and while I preferred the monster variety in Unleashed, I felt the monster fights were too animated and was never a huge fan of the health and energy cells. In Destroy all Monsters you feel like you are the monster and have much faster paced battles where certain monster matchups obviously matter, plus it has the nostalgia effect. *Shout out Godzilla Domination for being an under rated awesome Godzilla game*

Now that the second trailer is out, a part of it is the senate meeting deciding how to deal with the monster. It seems like they could decide they are to dangerous and come up with the oxygen destroyer to eliminate them. I don't really see it fitting into this movie too much, seems like the plan is to wake up Rodan, Mothra, and ofc Godzilla then have them fight Ghidorah, but an end credit scene is already confirmed and could very likely tease it for next movie; giving it only an ending cameo but still having it be a plot device for this movie (hence the short yes reply - it's vague but not a lie)

I was only 4 years old when my older brother introduced me to the King of the Monsters himself in my first movie. Godzilla 1985. I grew up liking dinosaurs and seeing one that was big, bad, and first breathing at that time was a dream come true. Since then I've gone on to having the whole movie collection and more collectibles in the way.

My first Godzilla movie was Godzilla 2000 when it was released in America when I was a kid. My uncle was a big Godzilla, Gamera, and Ultraman fan growing up so when he saw there was a new, big screen Godzilla movie being released in the US, he showed it to me and my brothers. From the very first opening scene where they're tracking Godzilla, find him, piss him off, and he chases them through the tunnel to his headstrong charge into Orga's open mouth before blowing him up from the inside, we were all hooked. My uncle told us it was a good Godzilla movie, but nothing like the classics. That summer we all watched the original monster movies and since then have all been huge fans. My younger brother still texts me from home whenever any new info comes out about new movies and I even drove home this summer so we could watch City on the Edge of Battle together when it came out. I'm a fan of Godzilla cause it's been a part of my family since I was a kid

We don't have a G jr. in this universe tho so there's no one else to be ready to fight Kong, plus Legendary said Kong will grow more to fight Godzilla.

Don't count Kong out just cause his size either! Godzilla is smaller than King Ghidorah and we will see them square up pretty soon, my money is on the big OG

 @andytak3740 kinda similar to your theory but I don't think they'd drop a nuke on them in Boston during their fight. Maybe something else boosts his energy mid fight but in the more realistic Monsterverse they are building I find it hard to believe the government would drop a nuke on it's own soil

It looks like it could be burning Godzilla. If you look carefully, the heat seems to be radiating off of him. The flames spread as he moves forward as if he is so hot everything around him is catching on fire. Seeing as he looks like he's down for the count earlier in the trailer when he's lying in his temple (1:31 in second trailer), my guess is they try to revive him with nuclear energy from a bomb (1:50 in first trailer shows Godzilla's layer with an explosion) which gives him boosted power and could even lead to his enhanced burning mode

I am very interested in seeing what these new monsters are going to be. You can see some sort of a scorpion kaiju and a kaiju that is literally a mountain (or inside the mountain).

Some people say that these could be classic Toho kaiju like Kumonga and Anguirus/Baragon, but that seems VERY unlikely.

Well my point is that I think it's too early to say the CGI is less polished as some of you are saying. You need to see the full film first.

dk,
It wrapped principle photography September, 2017. A few minor reshoots happened mid-April.

IDK. If the movie was done shooting mid November (2017?) and has a mid January release- that seems pretty dang reasonable. If they need to do re shoots and lots of CGI after that date, then there could be trouble. It should be fine. 

Given the generous timeline, it is really hard to see a focus on CGI will really matter to the average viewer. 

Hm... I think I used dibs incorrectly. Oh well

Completely understandable. I personally enjoy picking apart trailers and trying to figure out their secrets. However, I call dibs if I'm right! If I'm wrong, then we can just add a tally to the scoreboard against me. 

Anything is possible, but I tend to be skeptical about burnt form Godzilla unless we see more hints of that.

G. H. (Gman): I just don't think we should be conclusive about the CGI just yet whether it's "finished" or not. Seeing it on the big screen vs the computer screen can provide a big difference, with many details that otherwise can't be seen clearly. So I don't think it's fair to judge the CGI as better or worse just yet.

Godzillatheking123,
Michael Dougherty said the film was "done" November 16th. I suppose they could always go back if they wanted to, but with November 16th being the post-production wrap date, that gave Godzilla: King of the Monsters 14 months of post-production time. That is an incredible amount of time for any movie and quite expensive. (Having worked on various films, time is money.) Avengers 4, for example is only getting 5-6 months. Spider-Man: Far From Home will get 8-9 months, etc.

Also consider footage is typically edited/worked on during a film's shoot--So post-production crew members have actually been cobbling these films together since before their wrap date.

The ultimate point being that post-production is an expensive process and the longer it takes, the more money studios have to shell out. I just have a hard time believing they'll continue to shell out that money after the movie has been worked on for 14 months beyond its wrap date. It's had a shockingly generous amount of post time.

Agreed. Though, I do have a theory as to how it could play out. Say Rodan and Mothra are either terminated or incapacitated and Godzilla's is earths last defense against Ghidorah. The two Kaiju appear to be evenly matched at the begging, but then Ghidorah gains the upper hand. In an attempt to help Godzilla or to annihilate both Kaiju they fire a Thermonuclear Bomb at them. Godzilla then absorbs the blast/energy/radiation and becomes Burning Godzilla. With the power up, he gains the upper hand and sefeats Ghidorah. 

What do you think?

Let's not jump the gun on the CGI just yet. There are still a few months before it's release, time enoough to perfect the CGI. 

G. H. (Gman) We saw two Alien prequel movies with stunning visuals and effects, but the story and characters really polarized fans. I am confident that Godzilla will do it right given its history. 

dk,
Largely agreed. I feel like we as the general audience tend to do that with a great many blockbusters these days anyway.

If the story and characters are good, I can easily ignore any visual short comings.

Yes, it certainly looks like Godzilla there. Although I doubt we'll be seeing the full burnt form Godzilla like in "Godzilla vs Destroyah". G might simply be walking through some flames. That could be a homage to his burnt form, but I'm not sure we will actually see him go "super saiyan" burnt form in the film.

TarrellZilla,
I tend to agree. The effects aren't quite as polished as the 2014 film, but I don't find it bothersome or distracting. I think shifting the attention to more bonkers visuals is worth sacrificing a little realism. In fact you could say it goes hand-in-hand.

2:00-2:01 omg is Godzilla in burning mode. Knock on wood.

Looking really good!

Rodan is smart too. Notice how he dodges the missiles? These aren't just big dumb animals, they are intelligent too.

I have heard rumours there will be more than Godzilla, King Ghidorah, Rodan and Mothra kaijus in the film. The trailer might hint at that. Notice those claws coming out of the ground at one point? Or the moving mountain? Doesn't look like all those kaijus we already know in the film. So could there be more kaijus?

YES!!!!!!!! Looks awesome. I love how Godzilla fights King Ghidorah at the end. Simply incredible.