They're known for conjuring seasonal scares, but their next project will center on a monster that has no problem stomping cities all year long. Variety reports that Michael Dougherty and Zach Shields are set to co-write Godzilla 2 for Legendary.
Horror fans are familiar with Dougherty, whose 2007 film, Trick ’r Treat, has become a cult Halloween classic. Shields, meanwhile, teamed up with Dougherty (along with Todd Casey) to write the screenplay for the 2015 holiday horror film, Krampus, which was also directed by Dougherty.
A writers' room might be in the works for the shared cinematic universe of Godzilla and King Kong, who are set to have a colossal showdown in 2020's Godzilla vs. Kong, but at the moment, Dougherty and Shields are only set to write the forthcoming sequel.
Back in May, director Gareth Edwards departed Godzilla 2, which is scheduled to come out on March 22nd, 2019. A previous draft of the Godzilla 2 screenplay was worked on by Max Borenstein, who penned 2014's Godzilla.
Stay tuned to Daily Dead for more details. What do you hope happens in the Godzilla movie? Would you like to see Dougherty take the directing reigns as well? Let us know in the comments section below.
Raised on a steady diet of R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps books and Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Derek has been fascinated with fear since he first saw ForeverWare being used on an episode of Eerie, Indiana.
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