Godzilla x Kong is Going Supernova, What May It Imply?

Nearly a full year after it was teased, we not too long ago realized the third Godzilla x Kong movie is subtitled Supernova, and it’s coming March 2027. As followers marvel what’ll carry the 2 Titans collectively as soon as extra, some assume the title may very well be imply the MonsterVerse is introducing interstellar threats. In spite of everything, each Godzilla vs. Kong and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire took the characters underground to the Hole Earth, so the following place left to go, in principle, could be up into the celebrities.

One of many first candidates that involves thoughts is SpaceGodzilla. Just like the identify implies, it’s an evil clone of the King of the Monsters who first appeared in 1994’s Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla. Created by Godzilla’s genetic materials merging with a crystalline organism in house, then absorbed by a black gap and subsequently spat out by a white gap, the cosmic-themed variant attacked Godzilla and Little Godzilla utilizing its energy to create and management crystals.

The monster was subsequently defeated by Godzilla’s pink warmth ray assault, and since then, it’s principally appeared in non-movie media greater than the movies themselves. On display screen, it final confirmed up as a toy in 2004’s Godzilla: Closing Wars, however its most up-to-date general look was within the 2021 gacha recreation Godzilla Battle Line and anniversary toys for the franchise’s fortieth birthday. Suffice to say, it’s not an A-tier baddie, however the potential Godzilla x Kong connection comes from the identify of its particular assault, Corona Beam—or Void Invader, the retitled identify bestowed upon it from a 2020 Magic: The Gathering growth. The Beam has been likened to the cosmic explosion, and the Supernova brand appears to help this principle.

Alternatively, there’s Gigan, first launched in 1972’s Godzilla vs. Gigan. This monster is an alien transformed right into a cyborg by the Nebulans, aliens wanting to make use of it to decimate Earth and put together the planet for his or her eventual subjugation. Godzilla and Anguirus defeated Gigan, who got here again in 1973’s Godzilla vs. Megalon as a help monster to that movie’s titular villain, then in 2004’s Godzilla: Closing Wars, the place he was woke up by the alien Xiliens and upgraded to assist destroy the Earth. It misplaced in each returning appearances, and in Closing Wars’ case, it decapitated itself with its personal weapon earlier than a flaming Mothra completed it off for good. Not like SpaceGodzilla, it’s had a extra constant multimedia look: together with being playable in GigaBash, it’s proven up within the Godzilla vs. Megalon internet video from 2023 and the brief anime collection Chibi Godzilla Raids Once more.

If Supernova’s truly introducing one other Godzilla-related enemy, it’d proceed a development first established with MechaGodzilla in vs. Kong. Regardless of the King’s mechanical nemesis being that movie’s last baddie, each it and New Empire have largely targeted on Kong to flesh out his nook of the world, and Godzilla’s been extra of a particular visitor star stomping round through the first and final acts. Now that Kong has an ape tribe, a surrogate son, and a brand new weapon to his identify, he’s nicely established sufficient to cede floor over to Godzilla, whose final substantial mythology and character improvement was again in 2019’s King of the Monsters. If these two are a package deal deal now, the MonsterVerse writers must give them each materials to work with, and any followers watching would let you know it’s solely honest Godzilla get the highlight now.

Whichever evil monster finally ends up being the first baddie, we’ll be there for Godzilla x Kong: Supernova on March 26, 2027, and we’ll have extra information on it as info comes out.

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