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Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire Moves Up 2 Weeks, Mickey 17 Delayed

Warner Bros. Discovery has removed Mickey 17 from the release schedule and moved up Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire has moved up two weeks.

Earlier today, Sony Pictures shifted the release date of Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, and now it is Warner Bros. Discovery's turn to do a little release date shifting. The release date shift isn't exactly good news for Ghostbusters, though, because, initially, the film had to compete with Mickey 17 in its second week. Those two films are likely shooting for mostly different audiences, though, so that probably wouldn't be a problem. However, The Hollywood Reporter announced that Warner Bros. Discovery has removed Mickey 17 from the release schedule because of strike delays getting in the way of finishing the movie. With an open release date, Warner Bros. shifted Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire up two weeks, so the film is now opening on March 29th instead of April 12th.

There is a joke to be made about two films coming out within a week of each other that both have "empire" in the name. Something about there only being room enough for one empire, we'll workshop it. The MonsterVerse hype is trending pretty positively these days, with the unrelated but still awesome Godzilla Minus One releasing last month and Monarch on AppleTV. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire will likely decide whether the MonsterVerse continues, considering the performance of the last two films, so no pressure.

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire: Summary, Cast List, Release Date

The epic battle continues! Legendary Pictures' cinematic Monsterverse follows up the explosive showdown of Godzilla vs. Kong with an all-new adventure that pits the almighty Kong and the fearsome Godzilla against a colossal undiscovered threat hidden within our world, challenging their very existence—and our own. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire delves further into the histories of these Titans and their origins, as well as the mysteries of Skull Island and beyond, while uncovering the mythic battle that helped forge these extraordinary beings and tied them to humankind forever.

Once again at the helm is director Adam Wingard. The film stars Rebecca Hall (Godzilla vs. Kong, The Night House), Brian Tyree Henry (Godzilla vs. Kong, Bullet Train), Dan Stevens (Gaslit, Legion, Beauty and the Beast), Kaylee Hottle (Godzilla vs. Kong), Alex Ferns (The Batman, Wrath of Man, Chernobyl) and Fala Chen (Irma Vep, Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings).

The screenplay is by Terry Rossio (Godzilla vs. Kong the Pirates of the Caribbean series) and Simon Barrett (You're Next) and Jeremy Slater (Moon Knight), from a story by Rossio & Wingard & Barrett, based on the character "Godzilla" owned and created by TOHO Co., Ltd. The film is produced by Mary Parent, Alex Garcia, Eric Mcleod, Thomas Tull, Jon Jashni and Brian Rogers. The executive producers are Wingard, Jen Conroy, Jay Ashenfelter, Yoshimitsu Banno, Kenji Okuhira.

Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures Present a Legendary Pictures Production, A Film By Adam Wingard, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire. It is slated for release nationwide only in theaters and IMAX on March 29, 2024, and beginning 10 April 2024 internationally, distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures except in Japan, where the film will be distributed by Toho Co., Ltd and in mainland China, where it will be distributed by Legendary East.

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