Godzilla: King of the Monsters (released as Godzilla II: King of the Monsters in some markets) [6] [7] is a 2019 American monster film directed by Michael Dougherty and written by Dougherty, Zach Shields, and Max Borenstein . A sequel to Godzilla (2014), it is the 35th film in the Godzilla franchise , the third film in Legendary 's MonsterVerse , and the third Godzilla film to be completely produced by a Hollywood studio. [Note 1] The film stars Kyle Chandler , Vera Farmiga , Millie Bobby Brown , Bradley Whitford , Sally Hawkins , Charles Dance , Thomas Middleditch , Aisha Hinds , O'Shea Jackson Jr. , David Strathairn , Ken Watanabe , and Zhang Ziyi . It is dedicated to executive producer Yoshimitsu Banno and original Godzilla suit performer Haruo Nakajima , who both died in 2017. In the film, humans must rely on Godzilla to defeat King Ghidorah , who has awakened other Titans to destroy the world. https://www.twitch.tv/videos/376379403 https://www.twitch.tv/video...