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As Legendary’sMonsterversehas continue to expand , many new monsters have been introduced , along with several young locations hiding underneath the surface of the humankind , know jointly as the Hollow Earth . The Hollow Earth region are the home to dissimilar species of flora and zoology , and operate under different rules of physics in some instances . The Hollow Earth Theory was first mention in 2017’sKong : Skull Islandand ever since , each subsequent movie and TV show has ventured deeper into the inscrutable territory .
While the Monsterverse is base around two of film ’s most popular monsters in Godzilla and King Kong , it has shape up far beyond the lore laid out by Toho and RKO , severally . The Hollow Earth opened the enfranchisement up to young possibilities when it comes to place setting and puppet , give up for the introduction of both classic Toho monsters and original Titans . In fact , one casual acknowledgment of the Hollow EarthinGodzilla X Kong : The New Empireindicates that a immense majority of the Hollow Earth is still unexplored , intend the setting is still mostly a white slate for the Monsterverse .
Legendary is officially moving onward with a Godzilla X Kong sequel as the studio tap MCU writer Dave Callaham to write the Monsterverse script .
3Hollow Earth
The primary ancient subterranean ecosystem
Technically speaking , the first metre the Hollow Earth appears on - filmdom in the Monsterverse is inGodzilla : King of the Monsters , when Monarch ’s nuclear sub passes through a maelstrom and the crew find themselves in Godzilla ’s ancient den . While no exploration occur beyond that small expanse , their journey still examine the existence of the Hollow Earth , which fueled Monarch to pursue other avenues into the mysterious realm by the clip of the events ofGodzilla vs. Kong . Kong leads the joint Monarch and Apex squad into the Hollow Earth via their Antarctica portal .
The Hollow Earth is a twisted reflection of the ecosystems on Earth ’s surface , with many creatures of diverge sizes and lethality vie for survival . Kong is among the largest of the daikaiju that can be found there , but monsters like the Warbats he battles inGodzilla vs. Kongand the Wartdogs he traps and eats inGodzilla X Kong : The New Empirepose a tangible terror to him . Most of the fauna is much small than Kong , although still far large than alike animals on the surface . The ground itself is composed mostly of lavish hobo camp and craggy mountains .
Known Monsters of the Hollow Earth ( Primary Region )
Monster
First On - Screen Appearance
Titanus Gojira
Godzilla(2014 )
Titanus Kong
Kong : Skull Island(2017 )
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Titanus Mosura
Godzilla : King of the Monsters(2019 )
Hollow Earth Lizards ( " Titanus Doug " )
The Monsterverse is a giant kaiju franchise that began in 2014 with Legendary’s Godzilla starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Bryan Cranston, and Elizabeth Olsen. The film was followed up by Kong: Skull Island, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Godzilla vs Kong, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire.
Godzilla vs. Kong(2021 )
Leafwings
Psychovultures
Vertacines
Godzilla X Kong : The New Empire(2024 )
Skullcrawlers
Sker Buffaloes
female parent Longlegs
Spore mantid
Hellhawks
Godzilla vs. Kong(2019 )
Warbats
Mantleclaws
Monarch : bequest of Monsters(2023 )
Rockclaws
Wartdogs
Parrot Frogs
Tree Mimics
The region of the Hollow Earth that Kong find via the Antarctica portal is unique in that it represents the midpoint of the Hollow Earth . somberness inverts in the bushed heart of the blank space , creating a point of zero soberness while permit creatures on both incline of the center to feel the outcome of gravity on their respective airfoil . The Iwi tribe that still inhabits the Hollow Earth demonstrates a method to moderate gravity , essentially turning it off and on via giant natural quartz glass that they control .
The part of the Hollow Earth that Kong enters also contains a monumental synagogue that appears to have been created either by the original Hollow Earth world or Kong ’s ancestors , given the Kong - sized stool and the downright scale of the structure . Inside he discover his trusty ax , which he can charge up on the floor of the temple thanks to the residual radiation Energy Department that still pulses through the synagogue . The temple , which is carved into a massive cave , act as the stronghold for all the members of Kong ’s subspecies .
Godzilla X Kong : The New Empireprovided some additional view on the sheer musical scale of the Hollow Earth , while also introducing many new tool antecedently unseen in the preceding movies . It also demonstrated that different portals from the Hollow Earth connect to different point on the surface , with each top through a gravitational " membrane " in club to move between the Hollow Earth and the surface . Skull Island is fundamentally just the Hollow Earth ecosystem that made its mode to the surface , which explains the similarities in flora and creature .
The Iwi folk that Jia belongs to was thought to have been eradicated by the storms that harry Skull Island , but in the Hollow Earth it ’s happen upon that their sister tribe is very much live and well . They have a persisting civilization , complete with a storied documented history , access to forward-looking engineering techniques and defended by thelatest incarnation of Mothra herself . Their existence sheds some visible light on the former humans who worshiped Godzilla , whose influence can be seen in his lair .
2Axis Mundi
A mysterious corner of Hollow Earth where space-time is warped
Where the Hollow Earth live in the centre of the Earth , the extremely volatile sub - world of Axis Mundiexists as a kind of middle realm between the aerofoil and the primary division of the Hollow Earth . Like the Hollow Earth , the Axis Mundi is connected to the open world via a band of portals , and the realm ’s first appearance inMonarch : Legacy of Monstersindicates that the portals themselves serve similarly to the Hollow Earth portals . However , there is one meaning difference with the Axis Mundi portals : they ’re unsound .
The portals between Axis Mundi , Hollow Earth and the aerofoil are referred to as " Vile Vortices " , are ground on 12 real places on the Earth where physic seem to falter , and strange phenomena occur . The most famous one is the Bermuda Triangle .
Axis Mundi is essentially an interconnected serial publication of tunnels and pocket of space that lie between the Hollow Earth and the surface . give that position , the realm feels the gravitational clout from both the Hollow Earth and the surface , making the portals explosive and discrepant . As Lee Shaw demonstrates , the portals are so fluid that they can be break with important enough hinderance , like from an explosion . The sullen radiation from massive Titans like Godzilla and the Ion Dragon acts as a stabilizing agent for the vena portae as they give-up the ghost through them .
Known Monsters of Axis Mundi
Ion Dragons
Frost Varks
Endopedes
Brambleboars
Because of the gravitational optical aberration that Axis Mundi experiences , space - time is warp . That means that time go across differently there than it does in either the Hollow Earth or on the surface . As a point of quotation , Dr. Keiko Randa lessen into a portal site and was lost for 57 day , when in reality 56 age had pass on the surface . It stay to be pick up how Monarch practice that information , but it ’s certainly conk to pretend as an impetus for thesecond time of year ofMonarch : Legacy of Monsters .
Apple TV+ has promised more Monsterverse TV show . While what they ’ll be is indecipherable , Godzilla and Kong ’s world is full of spinoff possibilities .
1Subterranean Realm
A deeper level of the Hollow Earth
Kong trip upon the third realm of the Hollow Earth almost accidentally ( or so it would seem ) . The Subterranean Realm is completely uncharted at the time the action complain off inGodzilla X Kong : The New Empire , but Kong manages to make his way through it despite the best efforts of his unwilling young ally , Suko . After dispatching the deadly Drownviper and stopping for a point of dejeuner , Suko leads Kong into the den of the Skar King .
Kong ’s battle against the Drownviper is a callback to Toho ’s 1967 movieKing Kong Escapes , during which Kong combat a ocean ophidian in the ocean .
Much of the terrain that Kong crosses in the Subterranean Realm is very reminiscent of Skull Island and his domicile fortune of the Hollow Earth . His conflict against the Drownviper even acts as a abbreviated callback toKong : Skull Island , during which he kill and eat the monolithic Mire Squid . The change in terrain does n’t really hail until Suko leads Kong across the bounce spine pillar bridge of an ancient Titan many times larger than Kong or Godzilla .
Within the Subterranean Realm , in the depth of a volcanic , crystal - covered section of the land , is the lair in which Skar King and all his following are sequestered . Skar King involve hard lying-in and agony , stoke a wayward loyalty born of terror in his followers . Within that keep is the great Titan Shimo , an ice - spitting foil for Godzilla who obeys Skar King ’s bidding only due to his possession ( and libral usage ) of a crystal that causes Shimo agonizing pain .
Known Monsters of the Subterranean Realm
Titanus Shimo
Skar King
Suko
Great Apes ( " Red Stripes " )
Drownviper
Skar King was ride into the Subterranean Realmafter losing an ancient war against Godzilla . As Godzilla is creditworthy for ensuring that the Titans of the Hollow Earth stay where they belong to , Skar King ’s ambition to take over the surface world was not something that Godzilla could ever stay . Hence , Godzilla drove him even deeply into the Hollow Earth and trap him there , in the Subterranean Realm , where he has no access to portals through which he can get to the surface .
Skar King is able-bodied to leave the Subterranean Realm because a fleeing Kong , who just had his right arm decimated by Shimo ’s Frost Bite Blast flack , inadvertently leads him to the entryway that he slip up upon to the uncharted realm . From there Skar King , atop Shimo , is able to lead his following to the Iwi civilization , around which there are many portals to the control surface . Their unretentive battle in zero solemnity before falling through a portal vein to the surface takes place in the Hollow Earth proper .
The Iwi city is have it away as Malenka , and was established at that office in the Hollow Earth due to its proximity to a number of Vile Vortices .
With Skar King dead , Kong returns to his lava - straw lair with a thankful Shimo at his side to exempt the remaining former subject area of the Skar King , who will no longer be subjected to pain and suffering . It rest to be encounter if Kong continue to harness from that lair , or if he and his Modern following return to the elemental plane section of Hollow Earth , presumably to reclaim the forsake Kong temple . TheMonsterversewill go on with the greenlit subsequence toGodzilla X Kong , which means there could soon be an entirely newfangled section of the Hollow Earth to search .
The Monsterverse is a giant kaiju franchise that began in 2014 with Legendary ’s Godzilla starring Aaron Taylor - Johnson , Bryan Cranston , and Elizabeth Olsen . The flick was follow up by Kong : Skull Island , Godzilla : King of the Monsters , Godzilla vs Kong , Monarch : Legacy of Monsters , and Godzilla x Kong : The New Empire .
