Mothra!

Mothra! (モスラ, Mosura) is an upcoming American science-fiction monster film directed and co-written by Guillermo del Toro. It is intended to be the first film in the Raydon 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. It will be a co-production between The Daikaiju Film Company and Toho Co., Ltd. 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 with typical post-production work being done simultaneously in order to make its November release date.

The film will release exclusively on Paramount+ on November 6, 2022 in the United States and theatrically internationally.

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
TBA

Monsters

 * TBA as Mothra
 * TBA as Kumonga
 * TBA as Kamacuras

Development
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Writing
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Casting
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Filming
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Theatrical and streaming
Mothra, Goddess of Infant Island will be released theatrically internationally beginning on November 6, 2022, and will be released in the United States 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+.

Prequel series
An anime-style animated prequel series is being developed by Guillermo del Toro for a December 2022 release on Paramount+. The series will focus on an expedition to Infant Island that seeks to study the society of the island's natives and will feature Mothra facing off against Dagahra.