Warning: Contains SPOILERS for Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire!

Summary

• Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire takes place in 2027, 3 years after Godzilla vs. Kong.
• The movie reveals more about Godzilla's past, including his ancient battle with Skar King.
• By advancing the timeline, the Monsterverse expands its history without major retcons.

The Monsterverse timeline expands with Monsterverse timeline pretty clearly lays out when each movie takes place and the correct chronological order of events. While some details might not always line up, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire fits nicely into the established timeline by pushing the franchise further into the future.

Godzilla and Kong reunite for Godzilla x Kong's ending to battle the Skar King and put an end to the terror he inflicts upon apes and Shimo. While there is no debate that Godzilla x Kong takes place after Godzilla vs. Kong, exactly how much time has ed since the two massive Titans last crossed paths was not previously confirmed. The good news is that the fifth entry in the franchise directly confirms when Godzilla x Kong is set in the Monsterverse timeline.

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire Takes Place In 2027

It's 3 Years After Godzilla vs. Kong

It is directly confirmed during the movie that Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire takes place in 2027. This information comes as news footage shows Godzilla sleeping in the Roman Colosseum. A ticker at the bottom of the broadcast repeatedly reads "Titan Watch 2027." The implication here is that news stations typically inform the public of any Titan sightings and date each one in accordance with the year they take place. As a result, the broadcast confirms a 2027 setting for Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire.

By placing Godzilla x Kong in 2027, the Monsterverse timeline moves three years ahead after Godzilla vs. Kong. The previous movie took place in 2024, so the sequel had to have some time to allow the human characters, the world, Godzilla, and Kong all advance properly. The three-year time jump between Godzilla vs. Kong and The New Empire is reaffirmed through lines of dialogue, such as Ilene telling Bernie that they met "a few years ago" in Tokyo. This all means that Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire is the furthest set movie in the Monsterverse timeline.

How Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire Changes The Monsterverse Timeline

More Details About Godzilla's Past Are Revealed

Since Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire is the furthest-set project in the Monsterverse, it has the freedom to advance the timeline as it sees fit and without too much worry of franchise retcons or canon complications. The film does not include any flashbacks to events from previous movies or shows either. The end result is that Godzilla x Kong does not massively change the Monsterverse timeline as far as the other movies are concerned. However, the movie does include new revelations about events set earlier in the timeline that previously were not known.

There is some debate that Godzilla vs. Kong takes place in 2022, not 2024, which would mean Godzilla x Kong takes place five years later.

The biggest reveal in Godzilla x Kong that impacts the Monsterverse timeline is confirmation that Godzilla and Skar King originally fought many years before 2027. Their first encounter came millennia before as part of an epic Titan war. It's unconfirmed exactly when Skar King and Godzilla's war happened in the timeline, but this may have been one of the earliest battles the King of the Monsters had. Regardless, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire adds a new layer of history to the Monsterverse timeline even as the main story takes place in 2027.