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Movie Mayhem – Godzilla: King of the Monsters

Posted by Bryan Caron in Entertainment, Film, Movies, Reviews on June 2, 2019

Godzilla: King of the Monsters — 2019; Directed by Michael Dougherty; Starring Kyle Chandler, Vera Farmiga, Ken Watanabe, Sally Hawkins Bradley Whitford, Ziyi Zhang and Millie Bobby Brown

Shared universes aren’t a new thing (Universal had one back in the 30s and 40s when they teamed up their monsters in several films), but they have recently become a much more accepted and desired route for every major studio. After Kevin Feige put his Midas touch on the Marvel superhero franchise, other studios hastily attempted to build their own shared universes. Jason Blum has found relative success in what’s now known as The Conjuring universe, and DC failed early in their attempt at creating a similar superhero universe, but the tide may be turning with recent critical and box-office hits like Wonder Woman, Aquaman and Shazam!

Even Universal tried its hand at resurrecting their monster universe, but after two failed attempts (Dracula Untold and The Mummy), cracking the Marvel formula has been much harder than expected. And it’s not because of the monsters. If it wasn’t already apparent after watching the post-credit sequence on Kong: Skull Island, Godzilla: King of the Monsters makes it absolutely clear that Warner Bros. has slowly and quietly set in motion its own monster franchise.

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