Production is due to begin in November in Atlanta with an eye on a May 22, 2020, release date.

Character and plot details are being kept deep in the jungle, but the film will feature the meeting of two of moviedom’s most famous creatures, with the tease of finding out who is the king of all monsters, Godzilla or Kong.

Bichir was nominated for an Oscar for his work in drama A Better Life and appeared in Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight.

Bichir plays a priest who faces unholy evil in The Nun, which has become the highest-grossing movie in New Line’s horror franchise based on The Conjuring. The movie has grossed over $359 million worldwide on a budget of around $22 million.

The CAA-repped actor will next be seen in Chaos Walking, a remake of The Grudge, and stars in and produces ABC’s The Grand Hotel.