Godzilla Fans Are Calling For Justice After The Australian Government Spoils New Sequel Plot
"We're really going to have to just accept the big ape in every instalment? That sucks."
The Australian Government has pissed off Godzilla fans after ruining the plot of an upcoming sequel featuring the behemoth.
Filming for second Godzilla vs. Kong movie kicked off in Queensland in July, according to a vastly overlooked press release by the Department of the Arts that was unearthed by a fan Twitter account on Saturday.
Kaiju News Outlet — a source dedicated to all things Japanese sci-fi and fantasy giant monsters — shared an excerpt from the March statement, which shared that the fifth film in the MonsterVerse franchise “will see Kong defend the Earth from the unusual and dangerous creatures that threaten his new home”.
What irked die-hard kaiju followers wasn’t just the synopsis coming out, but the premature knowledge that the gorilla-ape had been thrust in the limelight yet again, sidelining poor lizard-dragon creature, Godzilla.
“So despite years and years of Godzilla storytelling, y’all can’t figure out how to write another movie about him?” one Twitter reply read. “We’re really going to have to just accept the big ape in every instalment? That sucks.”
ohh noo Godzilla will be a side character again 😟 pic.twitter.com/M9B5yfymT8
— jayz 🏳️🌈 (@bottomranger) August 13, 2022
“Godzilla fans are so damn scared of being irrelevant in a [MonsterVerse] film, it’s funny,” another user commented.
The sequel follows the 2021 flick featuring Millie Bobby Brown, which was also filmed in South East Queensland, following mankind’s efforts to resolve beef between Godzilla and King Kong, as the title implies.
“The production is expected to inject more than double the $36.5 million that Godzilla vs. Kong brought to the state and is a welcome boost to our economy as we recover from the impacts of the global pandemic and southeast Queensland flooding events,” said Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk in March of the production.
“These types of productions benefit our screen industry, deliver local jobs and provide a welcome boost to our small businesses and communities in and around our production sites.”
The sequel is set for release in March 2024.