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In a global box office that’s still licking its wounds from the strike, here’s something to scream about: Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire is the highest grossing movie in the Legendary and Warner Bros Monsterverse franchise at $570M around the world. That beats previous Monsterverse champ 2017’s Kong…

EXCLUSIVE: Following a competitive auction that saw several studios chasing the package, A24 has landed the action thriller Onslaught with Adam Wingard on board to direct. The film is reuniting writers Wingard and Simon Barrett and returning to Wingard’s roots where they made a name for themselves with…

Adam Wingard, director of Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, is discussing possibly making a third film to complete the MonsterVerse trilogy. “Only time will tell,” Wingard told Deadline during the film’s premiere. “I think the seductive thing as a filmmaker when you’ve done two movies is to complete…

Adam Wingard is about to bring to screens his second film featuring the largest screen stars you’ll find. That would be Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, his follow-up to 2021’s Godzilla vs. Kong for Legendary. This is far from his origins in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and his early work making small budget…

EXCLUSIVE: Legendary Television has landed the rights to Django Wexler's fantasy novel How to Become the Dark Lord (and Die Trying) and is developing it with Godzilla vs Kong director Adam Wingard. The company snapped up the rights to the book in a competitive battle. Wingard has history with…

EXCLUSIVE: Marking the first major role to be cast in the upcoming sequel, Dan Stevens is set to lead the next installment of Legendary's Monsterverse film franchise, a follow-up to last year’s Godzilla vs. Kong. Adam Wingard, who helmed the first film, is returning to direct, with production is slated to begin this…

A currently untitled sequel to 2021 blockbuster Godzilla Vs Kong has been set to shoot in Queensland, Australia, according to government agency Screen Queensland. State Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said today that cameras will roll later this year in locations across the Gold Coast and the southeast on the Legendary…

Coming off directing the widely successful Godzilla vs. Kong, Adam Wingard has signed on to direct Hardcore for Universal Pictures. The pic is based on an original story outline written by Robert Kirkman (creator of The Walking Dead, co-creator of Invincible) and is based on the Skybound/Image comic book series…

Adam Wingard is in talks to direct another MonsterVerse pic for Legendary, following the outsized success of Godzilla vs. Kong, Deadline can confirm. If Wingard’s deal goes through, he will be the first returning director in the history of the MonsterVerse. 2014’s Godzilla was directed by Gareth Edwards, with Jordan…

EXCLUSIVE: As his new film Godzilla vs. Kong opens Wednesday in U.S. theaters and on HBO Max after turning up a Hollywood film pandemic record $123 million gross in 38 overseas markets over the weekend, director Adam Wingard is set to direct ThunderCats. That is a big-scale feature based on an animated TV series that…

EXCLUSIVE: When Adam Wingard appears on a Zoom call to talk about his leap into event filmmaking with Godzilla vs. Kong that opens here Wednesday after a huge weekend in China, the director is donning a beard long enough that he could be a model on a cough drop box. “I haven't found a good reason yet to cut it off…

UPDATE, 4:36 PM PST: Got some clarity on Adam Wingard’s plans for Face/Off. He is approaching the film as a sequel to the original hit film, as opposed to a remake as I had been told when I broke the story. But I believe the leads will be re-cast. EARLIER EXCLUSIVE, 12:38 PM PST: Paramount Pictures has chosen You’re Ne…