‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ Graphic Novel Prequels
By George Robbins
With not much else for us to do during this pandemic, we don’t really have much of a choice but to wait for new content to release. This pandemic has got everybody annoyed by the fact that they can’t go out and properly enjoy what the world has to offer. That doesn’t mean that there is absolutely nothing to do, though it does mean that we have a lot of stuff to wait for. As of now, some new movies have been released straight to VOD, while most movies have had their release dates pushed back to accommodate the reopening of most theaters. This will give theaters a small chance to recuperate, but only if people are confident enough in the industry to go back out there. Hopefully things can soon be fixed before theaters are forced into bankruptcy.
Theaters have now been shut down for nearly two and a half months and most don’t plan on reopening their doors to the public until the beginning of July. While it is a good thing that theaters have a plan in place, it isn’t helping them now to pay their expenses. They may not be open, but they still have plenty of expenses that need to be accounted for so that they can eventually open their doors for the public again. It is very unfortunate that we will not be getting any new movies a a little while longer, but that doesn’t mean we can’t start getting hyped up for those movies now. This is being shown by a series that has generations of fans by this point and that is ‘Godzilla.’
Specifically, I am talking about ‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ which is supposed to release later this year in November. It is currently one of the few movies slated for release this year that was not affected by the pandemic due to it having such a late year release date. In order to get people more excited about the monster on monster violence that will ensue, Legendary Pictures is going to be dropping graphic novels for the public as supplemental reading materials for the upcoming movie. They have done this with the other MonsterVerse movies that they’ve done thus far as well with one graphic novel to supplement each film. This time they are going to be supplementing their upcoming film with two novels.
The first novel that Legendary mentioned they would be releasing was one that shows Godzilla’s perspective as the guardian of the planet. Next, the second novel will focus on the perspective of a female pilot and will feature King Kong. These two novels are meant to serve as the prequels to the monster smack-down that we will be witnessing when ‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ drops into theaters. Hopefully, if people still aren’t frequenting theaters as much by the time the film releases, people will be excited enough to go out and see it. People need to be safe, but they can try and have fun while doing so to keep themselves sane.