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The MonsterVerse is an American multimedia franchise and shared fictional universe that is centered on a series of monster films featuring Godzilla and King Kong , produced by Legendary Entertainment and co-produced and distributed by Warner Bros. The first installment was Godzilla , a reboot of the Godzilla franchise, which was followed by Kong: Skull Island , a reboot of the King Kong franchise, Godzilla: King of the Monsters , and Godzilla vs. Kong Writer Max Borenstein stated that the MonsterVerse did not begin as a franchise but as an American reboot of Godzilla. Tull had offered Borenstein the opportunity to write the first draft for Kong: Skull Island , with the goal to establish Kong in the same universe as Legendary's Godzilla film.

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Ishiro Serizawa Godzilla: King of the Monsters. A colossal apex predator who feeds on radiation, Godzilla has periodically surfaced throughout human history, worshipped as a god by a super-ancient civilization and inspiring some of humanity's mythology. The multinational scientific agency Monarch became aware of his existence in ; shortly thereafter, the United States attempted to kill him with the Castle Bravo hydrogen bomb test in Bikini Atoll. The public did not become aware of Godzilla's existence until , when parasitic creatures from his time period dubbed MUTOs awakened and prepared to begin reproducing. He battled the male in Honolulu, then destroyed him and his female mate in a protracted duel in San Francisco. In , he awakened in the Algerian desert and traveled to the underground realm called Axis Mundi , where he soundly defeated the Ion Dragon. When a group of eco-terrorists freed his ancient nemesis King Ghidorah from his icy tomb in Antarctica in , Godzilla confronted the newly-awakened three-headed Titan, nearly defeating him in their second clash in the waters off Mexico before being interrupted by the U. Godzilla retreated to his underwater lair in the Hollow Earth to heal, but his rejuvenation was accelerated by the sacrifice of Dr. Ishiro Serizawa , who set off a thermonuclear warhead in his vicinity. Godzilla, aided by Mothra , triumphed over Ghidorah in a final confrontation in Boston. The numerous Titans who Ghidorah awakened submitted to Godzilla, accepting him as the King of the Monsters. Godzilla journeyed around the world to maintain balance among the these Titans and humanity for some time, but after locating a new home for himself, returned the Titans to their ancient rest. In , Godzilla sensed Apex Cybernetics ' construction of Mechagodzilla , an artificial Titan meant to overthrow him, and began attacking the company's facilities, with humanity assuming he had turned against them. He intercepted a U. He swam to Hong Kong after he sensed Mechagodzilla being activated and drilled a hole into the Hollow Earth with his atomic breath, setting off a second battle with Kong where he again emerged triumphant.

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The MonsterVerse is an American multimedia franchise and a shared cinematic universe which features Godzilla , King Kong , and other monster characters owned and created by Toho Co. The franchise produced by Legendary Pictures and co-produced and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures that began in Each of the films center around Monarch , a cryptozoological organization dedicated to studying the creatures, and their various encounters with the beasts. Many of the Kaiju present in the MonsterVerse are called Titans. Godzilla is presumed by the military and Monarch to be killed in the blast, although in actuality, Godzilla survives the blast with no lasting damage done.

The main antagonist of the MonsterVerse , Ghidorah was first alluded to during the final moments the film, Kong: Skull Island , became the main antagonist of the film, Godzilla: King of the Monsters , and was one of the overarching antagonists of Godzilla vs. A rival alpha predator to Godzilla , Ghidorah was discovered by Monarch lying dormant inside an Antarctic glacier. Ghidorah managed to cause worldwide destruction and loss of life before he was defeated and killed by the combined efforts of Godzilla, Mothra , the military, Monarch and the Russell family. Following Ghidorah's apparent demise, the skull of his leftover severed head was converted by Apex Cybernetics into a semi-organic psionic control system for Mechagodzilla. This unwittingly enabled what remained of Ghidorah's consciousness to reincarnate into the Mecha for a brief time, before it was destroyed by Godzilla and Kong with the aid of Madison Russell , Bernie Hayes and Josh Valentine. Ghidorah's full name is likely based on Zmey Gorynych from the Soviet film Ilya Muromets , the inspiration source of the monster who was called King Dragon in Japan.

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Mechagodzilla is a mechanized daikaiju created by Legendary Pictures , that first appeared serving as the secondary antagonist of the film Godzilla vs. It was constructed by the corporation Apex Cybernetics , as an anti-Titan weapon designed to establish humanity as the apex predator by surpassing the Titans, and was innately designed to kill Godzilla. However, Apex made a mistake during its construction, using the telepathic skull of the late Ghidorah as a key component of the remote control system. This allowed the lingering consciousness of Ghidorah to subsume the pilot, Ren Serizawa , and take total control. Rampaging through Hong Kong , it was eventually stopped by the combined efforts of Godzilla and Kong , before being brutally dismantled using Kong's axe. Officially, this incarnation is called the Mecha by Apex Cybernetics , and it is christened Mechagodzilla by Josh Valentine in the film.

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The MonsterVerse , sometimes called the Legendary era or Legendary series by the fans, is a series of giant monster films featuring Godzilla and King Kong produced by Legendary Pictures and distributed by Warner Bros. Kong in

Archived from the original on January 26, As Godzilla prepared to attack his fallen enemy, Ghidorah called for Rodan to intercept Mothra and take her out of the fight. November 17, Justia Trademarks. Ion Dragon. As Scylla continued to go on a feeding spree across the world, Godzilla arrived just a few hours after she moved on each time. Kong implies that Godzilla is the only member of his species that can fire the atomic breath, which was granted after absorbing the unique energy in the Hollow Earth. Before Toho sold the film to U. Mechagodzilla obliterated what remained of Hong Kong with the Proton Scream before Godzilla roared at it. Archived from the original on March 23, It also helped him locate King Kong in the Tasman Sea, although the Titan was being transported outside of his territorial waters, and in the Hollow Earth beneath Hong Kong. The project will be written by Brian Duffield, who will also serve as co-executive producer with Jacob Robinson. Godzilla grabbed Tiamat by the throat and used his tail to smack her onto solid ground. While Monarch initially assumed Godzilla was demonstrating aggression toward them, they later realized he was reacting to the presence of the ORCA before pursuing it to Antarctica.