Godzilla: King of the Monsters director wants a prequel with no humans

April 28th 2020, 1:23pm

Last Updated on August 5, 2021

Writer/Director Michael Dougherty was recently in the news for having signed on to write HBO's upcoming HELLRAISER (sequel?) series. But before that he wrote/directed the fun and underrated (if still flawed) GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS, which was about

Members of the crypto-zoological agency Monarch face off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimate nemesis, the three-headed King Ghidorah. When these ancient super-species-thought to be mere myths-rise again, they all vie for supremacy, leaving humanity's very existence hanging in the balance.

Now, while the next entry in the "Monsterverse" series – GODZILLA VS. KONG – is currently scheduled to be released this year (with possibly the continued future of this particular cinematic universe's survival riding on its success, after GODZILLA: KOTM under-performed), Dougherty went on Twitter to pitch where he thinks the series should go afterward – and it's pretty cool:

I’d still love to do GODZILLA B.C. where we finally see this ancient world of man and monster, like a modern day Ray Harryhausen flick. Or maybe we just go for it and finally take humans out of the equation…. #Monsterversewatchalong #NerdistAtHome

— Godzilla: King of the Monsters (@GodzillaMovie) April 24, 2020