The sky’s the limit when it comes to Legendary’s MonsterVerse, and as long as the movies keep making money, the studio will likely keep making new movies. Godzilla and Kong: Skull Island kicked off the cinematic universe in 2014 and 2017, with Godzilla: King of the Monsters and next year’s mashup Godzilla vs. Kong set to take it a whole new level.

So what’s next? Well, if King of the Monsters director Michael Dougherty (Trick ‘r Treat, Krampus) has his way, he’d like to explore monster origin stories from the past.

“I like the idea of going back in time, and telling creature stories from different eras,” he told SFX Magazine.

Dougherty continued, “Skull Island was set in the 70’s, but personally I’d like to do GODZILLA-BC, go back to ancient times and really see the Ray Harryhausen-esque world where primitive humans had to try to survive with these creatures. Maybe we’d get to see the first time mankind truly encountered Godzilla, and get to see how that relationship was christened.”

In order for the MonsterVerse to continue, Toho and Legendary will need to extend their partnership, but we’re thinking that’s going to be a very smart idea for both studios. And again, if both King of the Monsters and Godzilla vs. Kong end up being box office success stories, there’s a high likelihood the 2020 fight flick will be far from the MonsterVerse’s last hurrah.

Godzilla returns on May 31, 2019.