Are Godzilla, Ghidorah, Mothra & Rodan in Kong: Skull Island?

Last week, afterKong: Skull Islandstarted screening for members of the press, it was revealed that the movie has apost-credit scene, although it wasn’t know at the time what this footage showed. It didn’t take long for fans to speculate that the scene could serve as a tease forGodzilla: King of Monsters, which is slated to hit theaters on August 03, 2025. Today, we have (what could be) proof that this stinger does tie intoGodzilla 2, which will ultimately lead intoGodzilla vs. Kongon June 24, 2025. There will be potential SPOILERS below, so read on at your own risk.

ASciFiedreader alerted the site to the final credits forKong: Skull Islandbeing posted at Sci-fi Japan, which features what likely is confirmation that the post-credit scene will lead intoGodzilla: King of Monsters. Buried deep within the credits is a brief statement that acknowledges four creature cameos are featured somewhere in the film, all of which are owned by Toho Co. of Japan. Here’s that brief statement from the final credits ofKong: Skull Island.

“Characters ofGodzilla,King Ghidorah, Mothra and Rodancreated and owned by Toho Co., Ltd.”

During Legendary’s 2014 Comic-Con panel, which happened just a few months afterGodzillahit theaters, the studio confirmed thatGodzilla 2is happening, and that the iconic monsters King Ghidorah, Mothra and Rodan will be featured in this sequel. Legendary even broughtKong: Skull Islandback to Warner Bros. from Universal, so they could bring theGodzillaandKing Kongfranchises together inGodzilla vs. Kong, which as of now doesn’t have a writer or director attached. That may change soon, though, since Legendary is putting a writers' room together for both franchises.

We reported in October thatKrampuswritersMichael DoughertyandZach Shieldswere coming aboard to writeGodzilla: King of Monstersfor Legendary, withMichael Doughertyconfirmed last month to also direct the sequel. Both writers were also put in charge of a writers room for both theGodzilla and King Kongfranchises. It isn’t known what other writers are a part of this writers room for both franchises quite yet, but we also reported last week that filming onGodzilla 2will begin this summer in Atlanta, which gives the filmmaker nearly two years to work on the post-production phase of the sequel, hitting theaters in March 2019.

It’s possible that this post-credit scene will find a way to bridge the time gap betweenKong: Skull IslandandGodzilla 2, sinceKong: Skull Islandis set in the 1970s andGodzilla 2will most likely be set in present day like 2014’sGodzilla. It remains to be seen if any of the giant monsters inKong: Skull Island, known as the Skullcrawlers, will be seen inGodzilla vs. KongorGodzilla: King of Monsters. Hopefully we’ll find out more about both of these growing franchises afterKong: Skull Islandhits theaters on March 10.