The highly anticipated film “Godzilla vs. Kong” shot some scenes in the Atlanta area earlier this year, but now principal production began this week in faraway tropical locations. The movie follows on the heels of 2017’s highly successful “Skull Island.”
The new movie featuring Godzilla and King Kong combines two of the greatest monsters in motion picture history.
‘Godzilla vs. Kong begins filming
The film is being helmed by director Adam Wingard (“The Guest,” “You’re Next”) and stars Alexander Skarsgård (“Big Little Lies,” “The Little Drummer Girl”), Millie Bobby Brown (“Stranger Things”), Rebecca Hall (“Christine,” “Professor Marston and the Wonder Women”), Brian Tyree Henry (“Atlanta,” “Widows”), Shun Oguri (“Gintama”), Eiza González (“Baby Driver”) and Jessica Henwick (“Iron Fist”) among others.
Hawaii and Australia will be primary locations for filming. The movie, a Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Entertainment production, is set to be released on May 22, 2020.
Excitement is brewing for monstrous entertainment on the big screen.
Legendary Pictures president Thomas Tull kicked it off when he announced during at a panel that alongside a second Godzilla film, major abominations like Mothra, Rodan and King Ghidorah would all see the light of day.
Atlanta has become a movie mecca in recent years and Georgia has been a favorite location for TV productions since the state instituted generous tax breaks for film companies that agree to shoot locally. Projects from CBS, NBC, HBO, BET and more are slated to shoot in the metro area in 2018-19 and the foreseeable future.
