Godzilla x Kong: Supernova‘s teaser hints that the film will fix one major issue with the climax of Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire. Scheduled for release in 2027, Godzilla x Kong: Supernova will be the sixth feature-length film in the MonsterVerse franchise. Following the events of The New Empire, Kong and Godzilla have found a tentative peace while they reign supreme in their respective domains. Meanwhile, the forces of Monarch hope to protect humanity from dangerous тιтans and work alongside the pair as much as they can to combat threats like the Skar King.
Those alliances might be crucial in the upcoming Supernova, the тιтle of which could imply that one of Godzilla’s most powerful enemies is set to make their cinematic return. It could even be a chance to realize one of the most enticing pieces of concept art released for the series, which would make for one of the most epic action films of all time if it could be brought to life. All of this suggests Godzilla x Kong: Supernova is going in a different direction than The New Empire, which is a good move after the interesting but underwhelming climax of that film.
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The teaser for Godzilla X Kong: Supernova hints that the тιтular тιтans might be going up against a cosmic threat, which would make for a far more imposing threat than the Skar King in Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire. Similar to how the тιтle New Empire referenced an entire new underground landscape that the film explored, Supernova would imply the threat will be one from space. Given the power levels of monsters from previous Godzilla films who hail from off-Earth, this could mean a lot of different things for the film.
The teaser focuses on a “Severe” emergency alert at Monarch, which indicates that the threat will be at least on the scale of figures like Godzilla and Kong. Going by the sheer nature of sequel escalation, it wouldn’t be surprising for the next threat to be a far more powerful force of nature, such as Spacegodzilla. This would be a big change after The New Empire, whose main villain was more dangerous for his cruelty and crafty nature rather than his more overt power.
While the Skar King’s ability to adapt to his situations, use makeshift weapons, and even command armies (including cryokinetic тιтan Shemo) made him a threat, he paled in comparison to Kong and Godzilla in terms of raw strength. It was a far less intense battle than what happened in the previous films, which pitted heroic тιтans against threats that were either just as strong or even more powerful, forcing the тιтans to resort to teamwork. The Skar King made for a good contemptible villain, but he was also the kind of threat that audiences didn’t doubt would get his comeuppance.
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By contrast, Supernova‘s тιтle implies the villain will be from space. This could easily set the stage for the modern version of SpaceGodzilla, who is easily among the most powerful villains in the franchise. In 1994’s Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla, the creature was created when some of Godzilla’s cells (which had increasingly spread out across the universe following years of adventures) fell into a black hole and mutated into a monstrous new form, known as SpaceGodzilla.
The film focused on SpaceGodzilla and how it was more than a match for Godzilla in combat, thanks to its enhanced size and distinct features like crystalline protrusions emerging from its body. These crystals are SpaceGodzilla’s greatest weak spot in the show Godzilla Island, but also allow the creature to manipulate crystals to its advantage. The larger size of SpaceGodzilla makes it an easy combatant to hold back Godzilla, and it would be more than powerful enough to combat Kong and Monarch as well.
The origins of the creature could be updated and be the result of the тιтular supernova, as such an event can cause the creation of a black hole in deep space. This could be the origin point for SpaceGodzilla, which could easily make its way to Earth and try to establish itself as the new apex predator on the planet. SpaceGodzilla would also follow the trend of the modern MonsterVerse by having the two most famous тιтans face off with dark variants of themselves.
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What makes this tease all the more enticing is that it might finally pay off one of Godzilla x Kong‘s most tantalizing backstory teases. The art book Godzilla vs. Kong: One Will Fall, released as a tie-in to Godzilla vs. Kong, included a rendering of a cave painting depicting a mighty battle. The cave painting shows an army of Kongs, Godzillas, and even humans confronting a mᴀssive dragon-like creature descending from the stars. The coloring of the creatures implies the Kongs, Godzillas, and humans are working in tandem, as a singular red-coded army, in opposition against the mᴀssive blue dragon.
The idea of a threat mᴀssive enough that it unites the entire world against it is an exciting one, especially after films like King of the Monsters and The New Empire established that there are entire armies worth of тιтans hiding in plain sight. The next film could bring that concept art from Godzilla x Kong to life, pitting all the various lifeforms on Earth to work together to combat the threat. The idea that it could be SpaceGodzilla would also be fitting as a way of revisiting the kind of threats that established the Monster Verse.
Seeing all those forces united against a singular greater threat could be a perfect escalation point for the [MonsterVerse franchise] that can push things further than ever before.
Forcing Godzilla to confront an even more fearsome beast of its own kind could up the ante for the franchise. The MonsterVerse has been very clever in the way its incorporates old concepts from Godzilla films alongside fresh ideas in Kong: Skull Island and Monarch. Seeing all those forces united against a singular greater threat could be a perfect escalation point for the series that can push things further than ever before. SpaceGodzilla would be an ideal villain for Godzilla x Kong: Supernova, and might be the most powerful threat the entire franchise has yet introduced.
