Mothra, Goddess of Infant Island

Mothra, Goddess of Infant Island (モスラ, Mosura) is an upcoming American science-fiction monster film directed by Guillermo del Toro. It is intended to be the first film in Raydon Entertainment's Kaiju Universe. The film is also the fifth in the Mothra franchise and the first solo film featuring the character since 1998's Rebirth of Mothra III. The film stars an ensemble cast.

The project was announced in November 2021 when Raydon Entertainment announced plans for a shared cinematic universe based on Godzilla, and unrelated to Legendary's MonsterVerse. The studio revealed an initial slate of Mothra! (2022), Rodan (2023), Ghidorah: Planet Destroyer (2023) and Godzilla (2024) with Mothra scheduled to release November 6, 2022. Principal photography is scheduled to begin in March 2022 in New Zealand and Hawaii, and is expected to last six to seven months.

The film was titled Mothra, Goddess of Infant Island in May 2022, the same time it was pushed from November 2022 until May 2023. The film is a co-production between The Daikaiju Film Company and Toho Co., Ltd. and will be released in the United States on Paramount+ and theatrically internationally on May 26, 2023.

Synopsis
"Rapid development in Jakarta sends a logging crew to Infant Island where they're quickly introduced to two tiny twins and the island's protector: Mothra. They attempt to kidnap Mothra and use her as a tourist attraction but when a swarm of Kumonga spider monsters attack they must beg the queen's protection."

Plot
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Humans
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Monsters

 * TBA as Mothra
 * TBA as Kumonga

Development
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Filming
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Theatrical and streaming
Mothra, Goddess of Infant Island will be released theatrically internationally beginning on May 26, 2023, and will later be released in the United States on June 2 exclusively on Paramount+. It will be theatrically distributed worldwide by Paramount Pictures, except in Japan, where it will be distributed by Toho, and in the United States where it will be released on Paramount+.

Future
While no sequel to Mothra is currently in development, a number of monster films set in the same continuity as Mothra are in various forms of development. Rodan, the Fire Demon will be released on November 5, 2021 and will be followed by Monster Zero on May 20, 2022 and Rise of Godzilla on November 4, 2022. Future projects also include a King Kong reboot and a film staring Baragon from the Godzilla franchise, as well as two direct sequels to Rise of Godzilla.