Legendary has closed a deal with I Am Mother filmmaker Grant Sputore to helm the next theatrical title in their Monsterverse franchise.
As previously reported, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings scribe Dave Callaham is penning the next installment. This comes in the wake of Adam Wingard stepping back for another Godzilla & Kong movie; that filmmaker having helmed the last two titles, Godzilla vs.
Kong and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, the latter of which recently became the highest grossing in the Monsterverse franchise with $569.1M.
I Am Mother, Sputore’s debut feature, world premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival to rave reviews and starred Hilary Swank, Clara Rugaard, and Rose Byrne.
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