We’ve seen studios assemble writers rooms to crack stories for interconnected universes in recent years, but here’s something a bit different: a writers room coming together to crack the story foronemovie. PerTHR, Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures have tappedPirates of the CaribbeanveteranTerry Rossioto head up a team of writers that will help crack the story for the upcoming monster movieGodzilla vs. Kong, which is planned as the culmination of the studios’ burgeoning interconnected monster franchise.Gareth Edwards’ 2014 filmGodzillawas retroactively fitted as the inaugural installment of the monster universe, whileKong: Skull Island—opening this weekend—is the second. Casting is underway on theGodzillasequelGodzilla: King of the Monsters, which will serve to tee up the mash-up featureGodzilla vs. Kong.
So who will be putting their heads together to come up with a story worthy of these two massive monsters? The writers room is as follows:
The idea here is that once Rossio and his writers crack the story forGodzilla vs. Kong, a writer will be chosen to spearhead the script. So they’re basically crowdsourcing the story and then tasking one writer with putting it all together. This has become commonplace as of late, as Paramount assembled a writers room to come up with ideas for futureTransformersmovies, and in that writers room the idea forTransformers 5and a separate idea for a spinoff were combined to becomeTransformers: The Last Knight. That room also spawned the Bumblebee spinoff to be directed byKubo and the Two StringshelmerTravis Knight, and over at Universal they’ve got a writers room developing stories and scripts for future Universal Monster Movies that will tie into this summer’sThe Mummy.
Godzilla vs. Kongis currently slated for release on August 03, 2025, and before you think maybe these writers will also crack the story forGodzilla 2, that film is already well into casting asKrampushelmerMichael Doughertyis directing. The ensemble for the follow-up thus far includesMillie Bobby Brown,Kyle Chandler, andVera Farmiga, and it’s set for release on June 29, 2025.
I suppose it’s possible this writers room could also come up with ideas for movies beyondGodzilla vs. Kong, or for aKong: Skull Islandsequel, but as of now THR’s report only mentions that they’re coming together to focus onGodzilla vs. Kong. That’s certainly odd, but here’s hoping they come up with a story worthy of these two monster kings.
