Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire

DNEG’s talented VFX team delivered over 310 shots across 20 very complex sequences including a demanding mix of creature work and sophisticated effects animation. Our highly skilled Stereo crew then converted the entire film to a 3D spectacle, promising an immersive visual extravaganza on the big screen.

One of our key sequences, the opening battle between hero characters Godzilla and the giant spider-creature Charybdis, involved aerial photography of Rome, dynamic creature animation, complex destruction effects and the recreation of iconic Roman landmarks such as the Coliseum and the Piazza Venezia which needed to integrate perfectly with the location plates shot in Rome. 

We crafted fantastical environments ranging from the Pacific Island base of the Monarch organization, the Iwi Realm within Hollow Earth to the mystical Iwi Crystal Pyramid, which was modeled in 3D and created with custom shaders and layers of hand-painted digital art. 

Later on in the film, several close-up views of King Kong’s face, including his tooth extraction scene, required extra attention to skin detail and the subtle movements of mouth and eyes. This sequence also involved a fully CG mule craft as well as a digital double for actor Dan Stevens.

Other effects-driven scenes featured the trip from Monarch Island through the electrical “Vile Vortex” and the mystical “Veil”, a shimmering energy barrier that separates the Iwi Realm from the rest of Hollow Earth, using an underlying cloth simulation and complex layers of reflection, refraction and other effects.


Godzilla and Kong clash in an epic battle as humans unravel their intertwined origins and connection to Skull Island's mysteries

'Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire' | Behind the 3D Conversion

'Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire' |  VFX Wizards: Paul Franklin & Aleks Pejic

'Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire' | Trailer 

Unearth Skull Island's secrets 

Witness the rise of 

a new empire.

We all made 
it happen

'Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire' -  Aleksandar Pejic, Lee F. Sullivan (VFX Supervisors) & Spencer Cook (Animation Supervisor) – DNEG

DNEG Meets the Monsters in ‘Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire’

Adding an Extra Layer of Creative to 'Godzilla x Kong: the New Empire'

‘For Godzilla’s walk, we put a speedometer on his feet just to see how fast they go’

fxpodcast #367: Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire