Adam Wingard
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I will say that I definitely knew who I wanted to win right off the bat. I remember in second grade there was a friend of mine who had a definitive idea of who he thought would win in a fight, Godzilla or King Kong, and I remember being on the playground and arguing with him about it, and I felt like he was totally wrong, by the way. And so in a weird roundabout way, this movie is like the most ridiculous way of winning a fight with a friend of yours in second grade. But now I finally have the last word.
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— Adam Wingard on Godzilla vs. Kong[1] |
Adam Wingard is an American film director, actor, editor, cinematographer, and screenwriter. Wingard is best known for his work directing horror films, such as You're Next (2011), The Guest (2014), Blair Witch (2016), Netflix's Death Note (2017), and segments of the anthology films V/H/S (2012) and V/H/S/2 (2013). He directed the fourth entry in Legendary Pictures' Monsterverse, Godzilla vs. Kong (2021), and returned to direct the sequel Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024).
Selected filmography
- Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) - Director
- Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024) - Director / storywriter / executive producer[a]
Actor
- Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024) as M.U.L.E. pilot [uncredited][2]
Gallery
Wingard with fellow Monsterverse directors Gareth Edwards, Jordan Vogt-Roberts, and Michael Dougherty in 2018
Millie Bobby Brown and Wingard on the set of Godzilla vs. Kong in Oahu, Hawaii
Adam Wingard at San Diego Comic Con 2017
Adam Wingard and Takashi Yamazaki
Wingard's cameo as the M.U.L.E. pilot in Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
Videos
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Trivia
- Adam Wingard is the only Monsterverse director to have directed more than one film in the series. Moreover, he is only the second American to direct a Godzilla film, after Michael Dougherty.
- In 2013, Peter Jackson approached Adam Wingard with an offer to direct a sequel to his 2005 King Kong remake, called Skull Island, which would have been written by Simon Barrett and produced by Mary Parent.[3] According to Wingard, the film was never made because it "was set up at Universal, and the King Kong rights somehow ended up at Warner Bros." Parent would go on to produce Godzilla vs. Kong and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, while Barrett would co-write the latter.
- Coincidentally, a Netflix TV series titled Skull Island would be released in 2023, sharing continuity with the Monsterverse.
- In a since-deleted tweet, Wingard named the original Godzilla, Godzilla vs. Hedorah, Invasion of Astro-Monster, Destroy All Monsters, and Godzilla vs. Destoroyah as his top five Godzilla films.[4]
- Wingard reiterated his love for Godzilla vs. Hedorah and Godzilla vs. Destoroyah in an interview for the Japanese magazine Eiga Hiho, adding that he dislikes TriStar Pictures' GODZILLA.[5]
- Adam Wingard stated in a 2024 IGN Fan Fest interview that his favorite color is pink, and that he would have pink fairy lights up in rooms he was in.[6] His color preference would also play a role in the design for Godzilla's Evolved form in Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire.[6]
External links
- Instagram account
- ComingSoon interview (March 2019)
- Collider interview (February 2021)
- JoBlo interview (February 2021)
- CBR interview (March 2021)
Notes
- ↑ Storywriter with Terry Rossio, Simon Barrett, and Jeremy Slater. Executive producer with Jen Conroy, Jay Ashenfelter, Dan Lin, Roy Lee, Yoshimitsu Banno, and Kenji Okuhira.
References
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