When Does the Remake, "Godzilla vs. Kong" (2021), Take Place?
"Godzilla vs. Kong" is an adventure horror (kaiju) film written by Terry Rossio with J. D. Payne, Patrick McKay, Lindsey Beer, Cat Vasko, T.S. Nowlin, Jack Paglen, J. Michael Straczynski, Michael Dougherty, Eric Pearson, and Max Borenstein [remaking "King Kong vs. Godzilla" (1962) by Shinichi Sekizawa with George Worthing Yates] and released March 24th, 2021.
We know this because very early in the movie a TV news report specifies that a new Godzilla attack in this film is “the first substantiated Titan sighting in over 3 years”, SEEMINGLY referencing the events of the previous film, "Godzilla: King of the Monsters" (2019), which takes place in 2019 AD.
It takes place on the fictional MonsterVerse Universe timeline in the year:
2024? AD
We know this because very early in the movie a TV news report specifies that a new Godzilla attack in this film is “the first substantiated Titan sighting in over 3 years”, SEEMINGLY referencing the events of the previous film, "Godzilla: King of the Monsters" (2019), which takes place in 2019 AD.
2019 + 3 = 2021.
HOWEVER, .
It is a chronologically late film in the MonsterVerse Universe (a fourth chronological film to feature Godzilla and a second to feature King Kong) and can be watched at its timeline point.