Washington, Feb. 20 -- Actor Jack O'Connell has joined the cast of the latest instalment of its Godzilla-King Kong creature feature franchise.

Grant Sputore, best known for directing I Am Mother, is stepping in to helm the sequel from a script by Dave Callaham.

O'Connell joins a cast that includes Kaitlyn Dever, as well as Dan Stevens, who reprises his role as veterinarian Trapper Beasley from last year's Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, the franchise's highest-grossing instalment to date, reported Deadline.

So far, plot details have been kept under wraps. Still, the upcoming instalment will involve several new human characters, alongside Titans Godzilla and Kong, as they face off against a cataclysmic world-ending threat, as per the o...