Ken Watanabe and Sally Hawkins will reprise their roles Dr. Ishiro Serizawa and Dr. Vivienne Graham from the 2014 Godzilla film in the sequel. Joining them in the film's cast are: Millie Bobby Brown (Stranger Things), Vera Farmiga (The Conjuring), Kyle Chandler (Friday Night Lights, Super 8), Bradley Whitford (The West Wing, Get Out), Thomas Middleditch (Silicon Valley), Charles Dance (Game of Thrones), O’Shea Jackson Jr. (Straight Outta Compton), Aisha Hinds (Under the Dome), and Zhang Ziyi (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon).
Godzilla: King of the Monsters will be written and directed by Michael Dougherty (X2, Superman Returns, Krampus) and co-written by Zach Shields (Krampus) and is set for a May 30, 2019 release.