Monster Zero

Monster Zero is an upcoming American science-fiction monster film directed by Daniel Espinosa. It is intended to be the third film in Raydon Studios' Kaiju Universe. The film also marks the first solo appearance of Godzilla adversary King Ghidorah. The film stars an ensemble cast.

The project was announced in October 2019 when Raydon Studios announced plans for a shared cinematic universe based on Godzilla, and unrelated to Legendary's MonsterVerse. The studio revealed an initial slate of Mothra! (2020), Rodan (2020), Ghidorah: Planet Destroyer (2021) and Godzilla (2021) with Ghidorah scheduled to release May 21, 2021. Principal photography began in November 2020 in Mexico, and wrapped March 2021. The film was titled Monster Zero in March 2020, the same time it was pushed from May 2021 until November 2021. The film was pushed again to its current date of May 20, 2022 and will release exclusively on Paramount+.

Synopsis
"Approximately 5,000 years ago, Mars is a vibrant and lush planet full of life but two rival kingdoms are on the brink of war. The Rolisican Empire and Kingdom of Selgina soon breakout into an all-out war that destroys cities across both nations. The war soon becomes nuclear and repeated nuclear strikes decimate the planet, moving closer and closer towards mutually assured destruction. This attracts the space dragon Ghidorah who lays waste to the planet turning it to a dusty red wasteland as the two fractured nations attempt to settle their differences to destroy the monster."

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Monsters

 * TBA as King Ghidorah
 * TBA as Gigan

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Future
While no sequel to Monster Zero is currently in development, a number of monster films set in the same continuity are in various forms of development. Rise of Godzilla will be released on November 4, 2022 with other future projects including Battle for the Peninsula, a King Kong reboot, a film staring Baragon from the Godzilla franchise, as well as two direct sequels to Rise of Godzilla.

A Monster Zero prequel television series was announced on April 18, 2021 by Paramount+. Not much is currently known about the series other than it will focus on the history of Mars prior to the events of Monster Zero. No cast, crew, release date nor official title has been revealed by Paramount.