Jurassic Park Star Sam Neill Joins Godzilla x Kong Sequel

Sam Neill has landed his subsequent massive function. After dealing with off with dinosaurs within the Jurassic Park (and Jurassic World) franchise, Neill will quickly be assembly different gargantuan creatures.

Per THR, Neill has been solid for a task within the subsequent film set in Legendary’s MonsterVerse. The movie would be the follow-up to Adam Wingard’s Godzilla vs. Kong and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, however its official title hasn’t but been introduced. Whereas particulars about Neill’s function and the plot of the movie weren’t launched, the film will function “a number of new human characters alongside the beloved and iconic Titans Godzilla and Kong as they face off in opposition to a cataclysmic world-ending menace.”

Wingard is just not again to direct the untitled film, because the filmmaker is pursuing different tasks. Grant Sputore will as an alternative step up because the director of the movie with Dave Callaham penning the script. Different solid members who’ve beforehand been introduced as part of the challenge embrace Kaitlyn Dever (The Final of Us) and Jack O’Connell (Again to Black), who shall be taking part in siblings within the film. MonsterVerse fan favourite Dan Stevens can be again as Trapper within the movie after his look in Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire.

Sam Neill Is Headed to the MonsterVerse

Neill is well-known for his fan-favorite function as Dr. Alan Grant within the authentic Jurassic Park film. He returned for the 2001 sequel Jurassic Park III earlier than later reprising the function as soon as once more in 2022’s Jurassic World Dominion. A brand new Jurassic World film is hitting theaters this summer time, however the movie serves as a comfortable reboot by introducing a brand new solid of characters, and Neill is not going to seem. In the meantime, the actor not too long ago appeared in Peacock’s Apples By no means Fall and can quickly be seen in Netflix’s Untamed.

Altogether, the MonsterVerse films have earned greater than $2.5 billion on the field workplace because the launch of the primary film, 2014’s Godzilla. That movie was adopted by 2017’s Kong: Cranium Island, 2019’s Godzilla: King of the Monsters, 2021’s Godzilla vs. Kong, and 2024’s Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire. The MonsterVerse additionally has a tie-in TV sequence, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, which has discovered success on Apple TV+ with Season 2 at present iin improvement.