Entertainment news website Deadline reported on Tuesday that Aisha Hinds (Underground, Shots Fired, Under the Dome) has signed on to co-star in Godzilla: King of Monsters, the sequel film to Legendary Pictures’ 2014 Godzilla movie.
Director Gareth Edwards, who directed the 2014 Godzilla film, left the Godzilla sequel project last May.
Godzilla: King of Monsters was previously known as Godzilla 2 before Legendary announced the film’s new title in December.
Dougherty previously led the writing room collaborators who brainstormed how to unite the current Godzilla and King Kong projects under Legendary’s “MonsterVerse” franchise.