Legendary has concluded an agreement for Sam Neill to join the role in the next theater film in his Monsterse -Franchise from director Grant Sputore, the studio announced on Tuesday.
Neill joins the previous announcement including Dan Stevens, which repries his role as “stairs”, Kaitlyn Dever, Jack O’Connell, Delroy Lindo, Matthew Modine and Alycia Debnam-Carey.
Dave Callaham wrote the current draft of the script.
The franchise continues to draw global audience with 2024’s “Godzilla X Kong” which becomes its highest large payment and the highest large “Godzilla” movie of all time. The next entry will contain several new human characters together with the beloved and iconic Titan’s Godzilla and Kong when they meet a cataklysmic world -closing threat.
10 years Strong, Legendary’s Monsterverse is an expansive overall story universe that centers around humanity’s struggle to survive in a world facing a catastrophic new reality monster of our myths and legends are real. Beginning with “Godzilla” in 2014 and Continuing through 2017’s “Kong: Skull Island,” 2019’s “Godzilla: King of the Monsters,” 2021’s “Godzilla vs. Kong” and, Most Recently, The Record-Breaking “Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire” The Global Box Office and Expanded Into The Highly Successful Event Series “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters” for Apple TV+.
Including a interconnected world of video games, graphic novels, toys and live experiences representing epic entertainment on the greatest possible scale.
Neill’s credits include the “Jurassic Park” franchise, “Hunt for the Wilderpeople” and “The Piano”, among many others. He was last seen in “Apple’s Never Fall” for peacock.
Neill repped by CAA and Authentic Talent Management.
