Adria Arjona is having a pretty solid year. Not only is she one of the stars of the recently released film, “Blink Twice,” but she also starred in the acclaimed “Hit Man.” And for her next project, it looks like she’s teaming up with the filmmaker behind “Godzilla x Kong.”

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According to THR, Adria Arjona is set to star in “Onslaught,” the new film from director Adam Wingard.

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In this week’s episode of The Discourse, host Mike DeAngelo uncovers a new monster in “Cuckoo.” The film follows a 17-year-old girl forced to move with her family to a European resort where things are not what they seem. The Tilman Singer (“Luz”) film stars Hunter Shafer, Marton Csokas, Dan Stevens, Jessica Henwick and more. 

READ MORE: ‘Cuckoo’ Review: Hunter Schafer Thriller That’s For The Birds

Dan Stevens joins the podcast to discuss his role as the sinister Herr König, the owner of the mysterious resort.

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There are roughly two types of Adam Wingard fans. There are the folks that know him from the MonsterVerse franchise, where he’s made films such as “Godzilla vs. Kong” and “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire.” Then there are people who know him from his earlier films like his breakout “You’re Next” and the incredible “The Guest.” The former is going to be a bit bummed by the latest Wingard news while the latter are going to be psyched. 

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The utterly convoluted lengths filmmakers will go to contrive some excuse to make monsters fight has become exasperating. Moreover, the unique paradox at the heart of Legendary’s Monsterverse series continues. Much like “Godzilla Vs. Kong,” also directed by Adam Wingard, the sequel, “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire,” faces many of the same fundamental problems, and these franchise filmmakers haven’t all addressed the issues, nor even seem to see them as such.  

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Adam Wingard has always had a flair for the most ultra-vibrant and loud segments of the color spectrum. Growing up in the ’80s, the golden age of movie tie-in merchandise, the director vividly remembers the neon palette, the yellows, blues, and reds of seemingly every toy from “Transformers” to “Thundercats” to even just “the mellow yellow NASCAR” from “Days of Thunder.” Bold visuals and bright colors were a staple of “Godzilla vs.

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Adam Wingard is back in theaters next weekend with “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire,” his sequel to 2021’s surprise hit “Godzilla vs. Kong.” And if his latest Monsterverse thrives at the box office again, it’s safe to assume Wingard will be back to make it a trilogy. But what about all of the other projects Wingard’s attached to, like, for instance, his “Thundercats” movie?

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“Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” is on the horizon, and it’s shaping up to be one of the more exciting entries in the MonsterVerse to date. Not only is the film clearly channeling the weird, psychedelic, absurdist charm of the Shōwa Era Godzilla films, but “Godzilla vs. Kong” director Adam Wingard returns to push the boundaries and scale of Legendary’s cinematic universe and the legacy of the King of the Monsters himself as “The New Empire” is the first Godzilla movie filmed for IMAX.

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2021’s “Godzilla vs. Kong” ended up one of the pandemic era’s biggest box office successes, cementing a future for the Legendary franchise.  Warner Bros. confirmed a sequel in March 2022, with director Adam Wingard returning to direct. And if “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” also does well, Wingard wouldn’t pass up the chance to keep his Monsterverse story going even longer.

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Following one of the more audience-pleasing and visually striking Monsterverse installments with 2021’s “Godzilla vs Kong,” director Adam Wingard (“The Guest”) returns to helm “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire.” The newest blockbuster from Legendary (“Dune Part: Two”) and Warner Bros. finds the two famous cinematic titans, now referred to as “the guardians of nature,” teaming up to fight a mysterious threat from within the Hollow Earth. A final trailer for the film swinging into theaters on March 29 has dropped (see below), has some legacy elements to previous films, and advises fans to get their tickets pronto.

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If 2014’s Gareth Edwards’ “Godzilla” took a grounded and gritty realistic page from Christopher Nolan’s ‘Dark Knight’ films, then it should be abundantly clear from some of the latest images and trailers that filmmaker Adam Wingard (“The Guest”) is moving in a drastically different direction with the fifth film in Legendary’s Monsterverse franchise saga, “Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire.” Seemingly even far afield than Wingard’s own 2021 film, “Godzilla Vs.

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Let’s be real, perhaps the worst thing to happen before the upcoming “Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire” is the release of “Godzilla Minus One.” That film proved that you can take the kaiju genre seriously and have incredible results, with a ton of people including it among the very best films released last year. And now, we have ‘Godzilla X Kong,’ which is the latest in the MonsterVerse franchise which sacrifices quality story for lots of big explosions and monster battles.

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While Marvel, DC, and “Star Wars” take up most of the headlines in franchise filmmaking, one of the more consistently successful franchises in modern blockbuster filmmaking is Legendary’s Monsterverse, which comprises all things Godzilla and King Kong in North America (Toho still releases “Godzilla” moves in Japan). Coming straight off the heels of Apple TV+’s successful “Monarch: Legacy Of Monsters,” TV limited series (which is more of a prequel anyhow), next up in the film universe via Warner Bros.

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It may feel like a lifetime ago, thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, but “Godzilla Vs. Kong” was one of 2021’s highest-grossing films. Of course, one must also equate the film’s simultaneous release in theaters and on HBO Max and reduced theatergoing due to the pandemic in those numbers. But hey: Adam Wingard‘s “Monsterverse” blockbuster made $470 million in a year when the movie industry was in dire straights.

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Odds were against “Godzilla Vs. Kong” being a box office success back in March 2021 thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, Adam Wingard‘s film fared alright despite its simultaneous release in theaters and on HBO Max. The film grossed $470 million against a budget of $155-200 million. In the pandemic era, that’s not too shabby and indeed good enough for a sequel, which Business Wire reports, is now in production.

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Director Adam Wingard (“The Guest“) is a busy fella with projects like a “ThunderCats” movie and “Face/Off” sequel on the horizon, among others. His next big outing will be Legendary‘s follow-up to the hit Monsterverse film “Godzilla vs. Kong” and he’s added a familiar face to the cast.

A report from Deadline has revealed that British actor Dan Stevens (“Legion“) has been hired for a role in “Godzilla vs.

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Director Adam Wingard (“Godzilla vs Kong“) and writer Simon Barrett’s “The Guest” starring Dan Stevens is easily one of the better modern attempts to recreate the tone of a 1980s action sci-fi hybrid film. “The Guest” certainly has DNA from filmmakers like John Carpenter, James Cameron, Paul Verhoeven, and Chuck Russell (“The Blob,” “Dream Warriors“) all mixed in to create something that harkens back to an era when major studios backed high concept R-rated genre projects.

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Fresh off the success of “Godzilla vs. Kong” (the rather unlikely jolt of life the theatrical release business needed earlier this year), it appears that Adam Wingard isn’t slowing down anytime soon. The filmmaker seems to have cloned himself and has added yet another project to his growing slate.

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According to THR, Adam Wingard has signed on to co-write and direct the upcoming film, “Hardcore,” which is based on a comic book series from “The Walking Dead”/“Invincible” creator Robert Kirkman and artist Marc Silvestri.

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“Godzilla Vs. Kong” has marched to $406 million worldwide so far, which is pretty damn good if you consider, we’re still in a pandemic, and many North American viewers experienced the movie at home on HBO Max. So, what’s the encore? For Legendary Pictures, it’s bringing back “Godzilla Vs. Kong” director Adam Wingard for another installment of the Monsterverse (which quashes any rumors that Legendary’s deal with Japan’s Toho Studios is over).

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It’s been almost an entire week since “Godzilla vs. Kong” debuted in theaters and on HBO Max, so it’s about time we can talk about the elephant in the room, err, maybe the Mecha in the room. By now, you probably know Mechagodzilla shows up as the big bad at the end of the monster slugfest, forcing Kong and regular Godzilla to team up and take it down.

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If you watched “Godzilla vs. Kong” over the weekend and noticed that Lance Reddick was listed in the opening credits but didn’t really appear in the film, you’re not the only one. The actor, who previously starred in the Adam Wingard film, “The Guest,” does have his name prominently in the credits but only appears in the final cut of “Godzilla vs. Kong” for approximately five seconds.

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Watching films like “You’re Next” and “The Guest,” it’s clear that Adam Wingard is a talented filmmaker that is more than capable of directing blockbusters. And Legendary clearly thought so too, giving him the reins of “Godzilla vs. Kong.” But apparently, it might have been Peter Jackson who was the first to consider Wingard a potential MonsterVerse filmmaker nearly a decade ago.

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There is a lot to talk about when it comes to “Godzilla vs. Kong.” You can call it a popcorn blockbuster. You might even be able to call it, uh, not great. But one thing is undeniable, the title of the film doesn’t lie. You will definitely watch plenty of fighting between the huge lizard with blue laser breath and a giant ape with a glowing ax. And if director Adam Wingard has anything to say about it, the next film will have even more monsters.

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Warner Bros. has been sitting on the film rights to cult cartoon series “ThunderCats” for over a decade and it looks like there is finally movement on their long-in-development feature film. Debuting in 1985, the sci-fi/fantasy cartoon focused on a group of cat-like humanoids that had adventures on an alien planet, Third Earth. The original run of the show had a very unique look as the animation was handled by a studio in Japan and was essentially an anime written by Americans.

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“Film isn’t about storytelling or empathy; it’s about cool shit happening,” is an amusing, facetious tweet that recently went viral. Sure, it’s a jokey, flippant sentiment, but there’s also a kernel of truth (and an ironic one at that) that also applies to Legendary Picture’s “Godzilla Vs. Kong.” Because the easy part of making a “Godzilla Vs. Kong” movie— at least, where getting most audiences to buy-in is concerned—is making “cool shit” action sequences and fights.

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Being able to make shameless creature thrills explode off of the screen takes a distinct eye and an unabashed imagination. Ever since Gareth Edwards roared into the monster genre with “Godzilla” back in 2014, every subsequent entry in Legendary’s MonsterVerse has felt like an effort to recapture that same magic. Luckily, by bringing in Adam Wingard to helm “Godzilla vs. Kong,” Legendary seems to have found the type of voice they needed in order to give us just as memorable a cinematic monster experience as we had seven years ago.

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