Sam Neill joins the cast of the sequel to 'Godzilla X Kong'

Sam Neill It moves from a Jurassic franchise to another from titanic proportions.

The veteran actor, recognized for his leading role in the franchise Jurassic Parkit has just become the most recent signing of the Sample -sized from legendary, the sequel to Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire.

The details of the character by Neill are at the moment, according to Deadline reports. This is Neill's first role in cinema since 2023, the year in which four feature films of him were released: Bring Him to Me, Assassin Club, The Portable Doorand the animated tape Scarygirlin which he lent his voice to one of the characters.

This next installment was launched in May 2024 with Grant Sputore (I Am Mother) As director of the next sequel, taking the place of Adam Wingard, who is not back due to work agenda conflict.

The actor joins a cast that has confirmed to Kaitlyn Dever (The Last of Us, Dopesick, Booksmart) In leading role, Jack O’Connell (Sinners, Unbroken) Like Dever's brother, Delroy cute (Sinners, Da 5 Bloods) as the head of Dever in Monarch, Matthew Modine (Oppenheimer, Stranger Things) giving life to a general, Alycia Debnam-Carey (Apple Cider Vinegar, Fear the Walking Dead) and the return of And Stevensas the veterinarian and dentist trapper of Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire.

He filming will begin in April in Australia.

In addition to Jurassic ParkNeill has been part of projects such as The Piano, Hunt for the Wilderpeople, In the Mouth of Madness, Event Horizon, The Horse Whisperery Bicentennial Man. More recently starred in the Peacock miniseries, Apples Never Fall.

The new film is described as A continuation of the franchise focused on Godzilla, Kong and a variety of other titans.

The next installment will feature several new human characters with Godzilla and Kong while facing a catastrophic threat that could end the world.

Dave Callaham (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings) wrote the script. Callaham wrote the first drafts of Godzilla (2014).

The Monsterverse started in 2014 with the premiere of Godzilla (2014), continuing with Kong: Skull Island (2017), Godzilla: The King of the Monsters (2019), Godzilla vs Kong (2021) and the most recent sequel, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire. It also expanded to the small screen with the Apple TV+series, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, which develops within the timeline of this universe. The Monsterverse has proven to be a commercial success for studies. So far, its five films accumulate more than $ 2,000 million in the Global Box Office. They are distributed by Warner Bros.

Godzilla x Kong He accumulated $ 571.9 million in the Global Box Office. It is the highest grossing delivery of the monterverse by exceeding $ 568 MDD of Kong: Skull Island (2017).