‘Godzilla: King Of Monsters’ Brings In ‘Straight Outta Compton’ Star O’Shea Jackson Jr.
FollowingStraight Outta Compton, the stars who played the core members of the groundbreaking rap group NWA became quickly rising stars. Jason Mitchell played Eazy E, Corey Hawkins played Dr. Dre andO’Shea Jackson Jr. stepped into the shoes of his father as Ice Cube. Since then, Hawkins went on to lead24: Legacywhile Mitchell took a solid supporting turn in the comedyKeanuand made a huge splash with an award-worthy performance in the Sundance selectedMudbound. Then they both went on to play key supporting characters inKong: Skull Island. Now their NWA partner is joining the same movie monster universe.
O’Shea Jackson Jr. is currently in talks to take a role inGodzilla: King of Monsters, the sequel to the 2014 blockbuster directed byRogue One: A Star Wars Storyhelmer Gareth Edwards, who won’t be back this time around. Find out more below.
Right now, details are rather slim on theGodzillasequel that’s slated to arrive onMarch 22, 2019. At one time, Edwards was supposed to come back to direct, but now, those duties have landed in the hands ofKrampusdirectorMichael Dougherty, who co-wrote the script withZach Shields. Sadly, there are almost zero story details available aside from Godzilla being back.
As for human characters in theGodzilla 2cast,Varietyindicates thatKen Watanabeis the only cast member who is likely to return from that first movie for the sequel. That makes sense, as his character is a key researcher in the Monarch organization and is the guy who made the government aware of the existence of Godzilla to begin with.
There will be plenty of new blood this time around thogh, withSuper 8starKyle Chandleron board along withThe DepratedactressVera FarmigaandStranger ThingsstarMillie Bobby Brown. As for Jackson, there’s no word on who he is playing, but his addition to the cast is a big deal for what looks like a promising career.
When O’Shea Jackson Jr. debuted inStraight Outta Compton, he gave an impressive performance that was aided perfectly by him just looking like his father. Because of that natural assist in his performance, I wondered if he could have a real acting career outside of that role. Then I saw him in the Sundance comedyIngrid Goes West(read our review here), where he displays plenty of charm and some outstanding comedic timing. There’s plenty of versatility here and it indicates that he will have a future career as bright as those of Jason Mitchell and Corey Hawkins.
We’re not sure whenGodzilla: King of Monstersis looking to start production, but with a spring 2019 release date, it could be before the end of the year.Kong: Skull Islandcertainly got Godzilla fans excitedwith a credits stingerthat teased the arrival of even more monsters on the horizon, so maybe Legendary and Warner Bros. are looking to get into production sooner than later. Stay tuned.
