Godzilla 2 & The Shining Sequel Get New Release Dates

Warner Bros. has set new release dates for a yoke of sequel : Godzilla ( 2014)followupGodzilla : King of the MonstersandDoctor Sleep , an adaptation of Stephen King ’s sequel novel toThe Shining . Martin Luther King of the Monstersin picky will be the third entry in WB ’s Godzilla and King Kong movie cosmos ( conversationally know as the MonsterVerse ) , after theGodzillareboot and last year’sKong : Skull Island . Doctor Sleep , meanwhile , is expect to be more of an adaptation of King ’s original Bible and not a followup to the celebrated movie version ofThe Shiningthat Stanley Kubrick helm in 1980 .

King of the Monstersis being co - written and directed by Michael Dougherty ( Krampus ) and will pit Godzilla in a battle against three of his most famous opponents - Mothra , Rodan , and most notably King Ghidorah - to prove once and for all who is the true … well , see the film ’s subtitle . Doctor Sleep , on the other hand , is being get to the big screen by Mike Flanagan ; a filmmaker who , like Dougherty , comes from a horror setting and only just adapted King ’s novelGerald ’s Gamefor Netflix last year .

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Godzilla : King of the Monsterswas antecedently scheduled to open in field of operations on March 22 , 2019 , but WB has now announced that it will be arriving two months afterward on Friday , May 31 or else . At the same fourth dimension , the studio has confirmed thatDoctor Sleepwill commence filming in the foreseeable future and is set to open in theatre on January 24 , 2020.King of the Monsterswill also occupy the spot previously occupied byThe Six Billion Dollar Man , which WB has delay ( again ) after its director dropped out ( again ) .

WB ’s decisiveness to moveKing of the Monstersback to May means there will now be almost exactly a year between the release of theGodzillasequel and the much buzzed - about crossoverGodzilla vs. Kongin 2020.King of the Monster ’s boxful office competition is also go to be a whole lot fiercer in May than it was during March , what with Disney ’s live - actionAladdin , Avengers 4 , andJohn Wick : Chapter 3(among other films ) all opening that calendar month . On the other handwriting , that suggests WB is proud of with how Dougherty ’s subsequence is shaping up and feel it ’s good enough to go toe - to - toe with those early summer tentpoles .

Doctor Sleep ’s January launch appointment could likewise be a foretoken of self-confidence on WB ’s part , as far as the plastic film ’s probability of succeeder are touch on . The first calendar month of the year is still something of a dumping solid ground for faint studio picture show , yet horror films have begin to thrive there of late . Both 2017’sSplitand this year’sInsidious : The Last Keyhit it expectant at the box position that calendar month andHellboy(an R - rated reboot that ’s heavier on the supernatural repulsion ) will endeavor to follow in their footsteps in 2019 . Flanagan , for his part , has a inviolable racecourse criminal record as a music director ( see alsoOculus , Ouija : Origin of Evil ) , so that ’s another broker exploit inDoctor Sleep ’s favor .