Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Godzilla : King of the Monstersintentionally leave the door open for more Toho kaiju to appear in the MonsterVerse . Legendary Pictures may only have the right to a handful of the monster in Toho ’s Godzilla program library , but if more become usable to them , it wo n’t be too difficult for them to be included in future installments .
So far , four Toho monsters - Godzilla , Rodan , Mothra , and King Ghidorah - have appear in the MonsterVerse , with at least one more expected to arrive in the next movie , Godzilla vs. Kong . The upcoming face-off between Godzilla and Kong will purportedly incorporate Mechagodzilla , whose presence in the film was bungle by a toy wetting . As for the rest of Legendary ’s Titans , all them are original to the MonsterVerse . Four of these Titans – Scylla , Behemoth , Methuselah , and the third M.U.T.O. – all come along ink of the Monsters , with several other Titans having their names divulge on one of Monarch ’s monitor screens ; thenew Titanswere all inspired by mythological gods and monsters .
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Godzilla : King of the Monstersgave a specific number of known Titans in the MonsterVerse - 17 - but theatre director Mike Dougherty has confirmed that this number does n’t rule out more Toho kaiju appearing later on . In fact , the movie the does the precise opposite . InKing of the Monsters , Dr. Serizawa ( Ken Watanabe ) refers to the number of Titans as “ 17 and counting ” . The wording of this is important , because as Dougherty has explained , this intend Monarch and others are “ credibly discover a young hibernating Titan every calendar month or so ” [ viaSlashFilm ] .
Dougherty has said that though they would have like to haveused more of Toho ’s charactersinKing of the Monsters , going this route would have been expensive . It was decided instead for the moving picture to make it clear there are more titan in the MonsterVerse than just the 17 that were previously confirmed . In other words , a future Godzilla film can reveal that brute like Anguirus , Titanosaurus , and Baragon are alive somewhere without retconning theGodzillasequel . Also , Dougherty name - dropped Gigan and King Caesar as Titans that could be hiding in the MonsterVerse .
Even ifGodzilla vs. Kong’sonly new Toho fiend is Mechagodzilla , howKing of the Monstersdescribed its Titan situation create all sort of possibility for the future . By the timeGodzilla 3rolls around , if it encounter at all , Monarch may have established several more outstation all over the major planet to learn over their newest discoveries . And if Monarch is uncover new Titans on a even foundation , there ’s no telling how many there are at this point . There could be Titans harp so deep within Hollow Earth that they wo n’t be uncover until Monarch explore the tunnels more soundly . Some could be more original Titans , while others could be familiar brass from pastGodzillamovies . This way of life , the MonsterVerse canpay offKing of the Monsters’Anguirus tease , build toward Toho ’s Monster Island , and pit Godzilla against Gigan .
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