GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS Adds Thomas Middleditch to the Cast

Following the recent news that Adam Wingard will direct Godzilla vs. Kong, the cast for another entry in Legendary and Warner Bros.' MonsterVerse is continuing to expand, as Godzilla: King of the Monsters has added Thomas Middleditch to the cast.

The news of Middleditch's casting comes from THR. It's not yet known what type of character will be played by Middleditch, who currently stars on HBO's Silicon Valley and also appeared in Todd Strauss-Schulson's meta horror comedy The Final Girls.

Middleditch joins a cast that includes Millie Bobby Brown, Vera Farmiga, Kyle Chandler, Ken Watanabe, Aisha Hinds, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Charles Dance, and Sally Hawkins reprising her role as Project Monarch scientist Dr. Vivienne Graham.

Plot details are being kept under wraps for now, but it was teased several years ago that the antagonistic creatures Rodan, Mothra, and King Ghidorah are expected to appear in the follow-up film, which would make for quite a monster mash on a citywide (or even worldwide) scale.

Scheduled to come out in theaters on March 22nd, 2019, Godzilla: King of the Monsters will expand Legendary and Warner Bros.' MonsterVerse that includes the characters of the new Kong: Skull Island movie as well as the upcoming Godzilla vs. Kong film that just set Adam Wingard as its director and is scheduled to come out on May 22nd, 2020.

In the meantime, Michael Dougherty (Trick ’r Treat and Krampus) will direct Godzilla: King of the Monsters from a screenplay he wrote with Zach Shields, and we'll be sure to keep Daily Dead readers updated as more details are revealed.