"Godzilla X Kong" Sequel Adds Sam Neill to Cast

Sam Neill is the latest addition to the cast of the new Monsterverse movie from Legendary.

Neill joins a cast that includes Kaitlyn Dever, Jack O’Connell, Delroy Lindo, Matthew Modine, Alycia Debnam-Carey, and Dan Stevens, who reprises his role as veterinarian Trapper Beasley from last year’s "Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire", the highest-grossing installment in the franchise.

Grant Sputore (I Am Mother) is directing from a script by Shang-Chi‘s Dave Callaham. Sputore took over the directorial reins from Adam Wingard following his work on The New Empire and Godzilla vs. Kong.

While plot specifics are fuzzy, the movie features several new human characters alongside Titans Godzilla and Kong as they face off against a cataclysmic world-ending threat.

Launched with Godzilla in 2014, Legendary’s Monsterverse franchise also includes "Kong: Skull Island" and "Godzilla: King of the Monsters", as well as Netflix’s animated spin-off "Skull Island" and the Apple TV+ series "Monarch: Legacy of Monsters". The movies, released by Warners, have collectively grossed over $2.5B worldwide.

Known for his role in the Jurassic Park and Jurassic World franchises at Universal, as well as movies like "The Piano" and "Hunt for the Wilderpeople" and "Dead Calm", Neill was most recently seen starring in Peacock’s limited series "Apples Never Fall", based on the novel by Big Little Lies’ Liane Moriarty.

The new Monsterverse movie for the actor, who in the ’90s starred in In the "Mouth of Madness", a cult horror film written by none other than Warner Bros chief Michael De Luca, with John Carpenter directing.