long before the film’s release. The fifth big-screen installment in Legendary’s Monsterverse greatly expanded Godzilla and Kong’s world, introducing a brand-new corner of its universe: the Subterranean Realm. In doing so, Godzilla x Kong reignited an ancient conflict and brought in a powerful threat in the form of the Monsterverse’s Skar King.
The Skar King was a new addition to Godzilla and Kong’s Monsterverse movies, with his backstory revealing a once-hidden chapter in Godzilla’s ancient history. However, that’s not to say that his battle with Godzilla, Kong, and Mothra came without setup. After Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire’s ending, it’s apparent that all sorts of reveals from earlier on in the Monsterverse were much more important than they seemed. As it turns out, many were crucial to Godzilla and Kong’s team-up movie.
Normally, it would stand to reason that Monsterverse stories told outside the films won’t actually matter in the grand scheme of things. However, that was hardly the case, as Godzilla x Kong pulled heavily from multiple sources, not just the movies that preceded it. Fights from the Monsterverse tie-in comics, for instance, ended up shaping parts of Godzilla x Kong’s story, with Godzilla having surprise rematches with two monsters he fought on the page rather than on the screen.
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