Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures announced Godzilla 2 will stomp into theaters June 8 2018. This summer, Godzilla amassed a solid $507.7 million at the global box office, finally launching a franchise based around the iconic monster. Gareth Edwards is returning to direct the sequel. The Star Wars project and Godzilla mark an amazing career trajectory for Edwards, who went from making a small creature feature for $500,000 to getting the assignment to take on Godzilla .