Rise of Godzilla

Rise of Godzilla is an upcoming American science-fiction monster film. It is intended to be the fourth film in Raydon Studios' Kaiju Universe. The film is also the 37th film in the Godzilla franchise and the fifth Godzilla film to be completely produced by a Hollywood studio. The film stars an ensemble cast.

The project was announced in October 2018 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 Godzilla scheduled to release November 5, 2021. Principal photography will begin in May 2021 in Mexico, and wrapped October 2021. The film was titled Rise of Godzilla in March 2020, the same time it was pushed from November 2021 until May 2022. The film was pushed again to its current date of November 4, 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."

Plot
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Cast

 * Miki Ishikawa as Emiko Yamane
 * Sonny Chiba as Dr. Kyohei Yamane
 * Sotaro as Dr. Daisuke Serizawa

Cameos

 * Akira Emoto as the Prime Minister
 * Jun Kunimura as the Chief Cabinet Secretary
 * Hiroki Hasegawa as Chief of Staff
 * Akira Takarada
 * Masi Oka
 * Brian Tee

Development
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Writing
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Casting
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Filming
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Release
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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 future projects also including a King Kong reboot and a film staring Baragon from the Godzilla franchise, as well as two direct sequels to Rise of Godzilla.