Godzilla: King of the Monsters is an upcoming American monster film directed and co-written by Michael Dougherty . It is a sequel to Godzilla (2014) and will be 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. 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 one of Yoshimitsu Banno 's last films as executive producer, as he died on May 7, 2017.