Until there is official confirmation either way please take this rumor with a very, very large pinch of salt; reportedly after the release of Gareth Edwards Godzilla sequel in 2018, and pending upon the success of Guillermo del Toro's Pacific Rim 2 in 2017, Legendary Pictures are planning to begin production on a crossover of the two franchises – that's right, the king of monsters could be fighting against, and alongside the Jaeger's of the PPDC (Pan Pacific Defence Corps).
This guy...
We can imagine that Kaiju fans are going to be divided upon this rumor. Should this news be true we imagine the purists among you will hate and detest this idea, while the remainder of you are probably going to be divided between hate, love or indifference to the idea.
...And this guy...
Financially for Legendary Pictures the idea of a Godzilla/Pacific Rim crossover is essentially a license to print money with the recent revival of the Kaiju movie, and its mainstream adoption by big Hollywood studios. And based upon the box office returns from both movies a crossover movie could possibly double that figure, reaching past the billion dollar mark.
...Against this guy!
Narratively however, the movie would have to be handled very carefully so as not to upset fans, especially Godzilla fans. We imagine that the trans-dimensional Kaiju would probably deploy a nuclear powered or enabled kaiju through to our dimension, thus awakening and attracting the attention of Godzilla. With Project Monarch being so secret, we imagine the Jaeger's would be ordered to attack Godzilla at first mistaking him for an invading Kaiju, until realizing that he/she/it has no interest in them but is in fact hunting the Kaiju invaders. After an appearance from Monarch officials we expect the Jaeger's would fight alongside the king of monsters against some uber sized, nuclear powered Kaiju.
Again we urge you all to take this with a big pinch of salt, but if this news does get official confirmation 2019 or 2020 is going to be a BIG year for Kaiju fans!
More to explore from the Monsterverse:
- About Godzilla x Kong: Supernova
- Godzilla x Kong: Supernova forum
- Godzilla x Kong: Supernova Image Gallery
- Monarch: Legacy of Monsters Season 2
- Spin-off Godzilla series
Godzilla x Kong: Supernova will hit theaters on March 26th, 2027!
More to explore from Toho:
- Godzilla Minus One sequel now in development!