Godzilla x Kong 3: WORLD WAR (2025)

Godzilla is famously the King of the Monsters in MonsterVerse canon, with Kong being perhaps the only other Titan who can rival that position (though they seem to have come to a peaceful understanding in Godzilla X Kong). Godzilla earned that moniker by fighting and defeating Titans, so it stands to reason that he will keep his title by continuing to fight increasingly deadly Titans that challenge him. However, as revealed in a MonsterVerse tie-in comic, it seems the perfect villain for the next installment of the Godzilla X Kong franchise isn’t a Titan at all.
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In Godzilla X Kong: The Hunted by Brian Buccellato, Dario Formisani, Drew Johnson, and Zid (prequel to Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire), Godzilla is hunting down one of the Titans fans see him fight in the movie: Titanus Scylla. Godzilla’s part of the story is tracking down this deadly Titan as it consumes nuclear power plants for radioactive sustenance, and ends with the battle in Rome fans can experience in The New Empire. Kong’s story, on the other hand, is one that doesn’t directly tie-in to the movie, but sets up a bold new villain for the next one.

The Titans in the MonsterVerse (including and especially Godzilla) have always been portrayed as the living embodiments of forces of nature on Earth. Godzilla is the one that maintains the balance as the alpha, but every Titan plays their role. So, if humanity, not another Titan, ended up being the ‘ultimate villain’ of the Godzilla X Kong MonsterVerse trilogy, that would allow the series to send a powerful metaphoric message to audiences, as they’d witness humans wearing destructive machines of their own making literally fighting elements of Mother Earth incarnate. Though beyond the metaphorical significance of this potential trajectory for the Godzilla X Kong franchise, it just makes sense that humanity would want a hand in its own potential extinction every time Godzilla or Kong needs to be called to action. No human weapon works against Godzilla or the other kaiju, leaving humanity vulnerable to attack at all times (which is essentially the cornerstone of this entire franchise). Now, however, there’s a mech-suit design that’s proven to be effective against Titans, and there’s just no way the governments of the world will let that go to waste.

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