Summary

Kong’s arm injury from the Skar King is teased in a new trailer for
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
.
The Skar King is shaping up to be the most powerful titan ever introduced into the Monsterverse.
It’s unclear what hidden powers Skar King has, but he wields a devastating weapon called Whiplash, which causes Kong’s injury.

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire gets a new teaser trailer, revealing new scenes of how Kong obtains his injury with the Skar King. Directed by Adam Wingard, who also helmed 2021’s Godzilla vs Kong, the upcoming Monsterverse sequel features the two eponymous titans teaming up to take down the Skar King, a formidable new ape-like enemy. The film, which stars Rebecca Hall and Dan Stevens, is confirmed to feature Kong adopting a powerful mechanical arm after sustaining an injury in battle.

As the Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire release date approaches, the movie’s official account on X, formerly Twitter, now releases a new teaser trailer for the movie featuring some new footage of Kong as he faces off against the Skar King. Check it out the post from the Godzilla x Kong account below:

In the teaser, Kong is shown deliberately not using his bloody right arm, with other footage in the video showing his one-on-one showdown with Skar King and his eventual wielding of a mech-arm.

Is The Skar King The Monsterverse’s Most Powerful Titan?
Why Godzilla & Kong Will Have Their Hands Full In The New Sequel

The larger Monsterverse franchise of movies has now featured a number of titans and monsters, most of whom have been dispatched by either Godzilla or Kong. Godzilla, for example, fights multiple MUTO monsters as well as Ghidorah in his first two solo movies. Although not technically a titan, Mechagodzilla appears at the end of Godzilla vs Kong and is defeated by the combined power of both hero titans.

Godzilla vs Kong
is currently available to stream on Max.

The Skar King, however, is shaping up to be the most powerful titan ever introduced into the Monsterverse. Like Mechagodzilla, the Skar King can seemingly not be defeated by either Godzilla or Kong working alone, and they have to team up once more. Unlike Mechagodzilla, however, who was defeated fairly swiftly in one destructive battle, the Skar King serves as the antagonist across an entire movie, speaking to just how challenging he will be to actually defeat.

So far, it’s not entirely clear what powers Skar King will have beyond sheer strength. Trailers have shown him using a flail-like weapon called Whiplash, which is fashioned from the spinal column of a dead titan, but he doesn’t seem to have any energy-based powers like Godzilla’s atomic breath. While many mysteries remain about the Skar King in Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, he will clearly be a major threat to the two titular monsters and the world at large.

Source: Godzilla x Kong/ X

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire After nearly destroying each other in 2020’s Godzilla vs. Kong, the giant Titans are back to face a new dangerous threat, but this time, they are on the same side. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire is the fifth film in Warner Bros.’ growing Monsterverse franchise and will be directed by Adam Wingard.Director Adam Wingard Release Date March 29, 2024 Studio(s) Legendary Pictures Distributor(s) Warner Bros. Pictures Writers Terry Rossio , Simon Barrett , Jeremy Slater