PREVIEW: Godzilla vs. Kong (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Alexander Skarsgård (War on Everyone), Millie Bobby Brown (Enola Holmes), Rebecca Hall (The Gift), Brian Tyree Henry (If Beale Street Could Talk), Shun Oguri (Gintama), Eiza González (Baby Driver), Julian Dennison (Hunt for the Wilderpeople), Kyle Chandler (First Man), Demián Bichir (The Midnight Sky), Van Marten (The House with a Clock in Its Walls), Kaylee Hottle (film debut), Lance Reddick (One Night in Miami), Hakeem Kae-Kazim (Hotel Rwanda), Benjamin Rigby (Alien: Covenant)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Adam Wingard (The Guest), director; Eric Pearson (Thor: Ragnarok) and Max Borenstein (Kong: Skull Island), writers; Alex Garcia (Godzilla: King of the Monsters), Jon Jashni (Pacific Rim), Eric McLeod (Tropic Thunder), Mary Parent (The Revenant), Brian Rogers (Godzilla) and Thomas Tull (Crimson Peak), producers; Junkie XL (Mad Max: Fury Road), composer; Ben Seresin (World War Z), cinematographer; Josh Schaeffer (Molly’s Game), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Kong, the giant ape that rules the hidden location of Skull Island, is transported across the seas to find his true home, along with a young girl named Jia (Hottle) whom Kong has formed a special connection with. Kong and his human companions soon run into an irate Godzilla, which has mysteriously begun causing destruction around the world, and as the world hangs in the balance, the two giant monsters must face off in an epic battle…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Two of cinema’s biggest and most destructive monsters finally battle one another in the grandest entry in the MonsterVerse yet, and it’s sure to be an endless supply of big blockbuster thrills for all monster fans everywhere.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

THURSDAY 1ST APRIL 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

RENT/BUY ON DIGITAL PLATFORMS, INCLUDING AMAZON PRIME VIDEO

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