From the dinosaurs saga to the monsteverse, the veteran and great New Zealander actor born in Ireland Sam Neillknown above all for his role as the paleontologist Alan Grant of Jurassic Parkwill join the cast of the next film adventure of Godzilla and Kong of the legendary pictures, as progress Deadline. A movie still without a definitive title, but that it is expected to reach theaters In 2027 and that will direct Grant Sputore.
It will also be Sputetore’s second feature film after debuting in the direction in 2019 with I am Motherone more than worthy Australian science fiction production that premiered directly in Netflix. And, although the great stars of the function are their colossal beasts, Neill will join the distribution of humans of which he is already part Dan Stevens (repeating in the character of Trapper), Jack O’Connell, Matthew Modine, Kaitlyn Dever, Alycia Debnam-Carey and Delroy cute.
It will also be a direct sequel to the last installment of the franchise so far, Godzilla and Kong: The new empire released in March last year and had a good commercial reception in cinemas raising 571.8 million dollars worldwideof which 196.3 correspond to the United States and another good sum, 132.2, to what was admitted to China.
The monsteverse saga began in 2014 with Godzilla directed by Gareth Edwards and has continued with Kong: Calavera Island (2017), GODZILLA: King of Monsters (2019), Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) and the aforementioned Godzilla and Kong: The new empirethe last two directed by Adam Wingardin addition to having the animated series The skull island For Netflix and the series Monarch: The legacy of the monsters For APPE TV+. And although it has never become a spectacular success that has been winning a good number of fans. In fact, in cinemas, films have raised together More than 2.5 billion dollars.
On the other hand, the announcement of Sam Neill’s inclusion in the project is especially relevant after the announcement made by the same actor in 2023 that I was fighting with a rare variety of blood cancer That could end his life. Even so, he is still active at 77 by participating in miniseries and also in other feature films, case of Freedom Flightin preparation and will direct Endre rubberbased on the real case that occurred in 1956 in which Hungarian students tried to flee communism aboard a plane towards Germany.
As for the new installment of Godzilla and Kong, for now it has only transpired that the script will be written by Dave Callaham (of Shang-Chi and the legend of the ten rings or the saga The mercenaries) and that this time They would face a natural catastrophe that could cause the end of the world.
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