Jack O’Connell, best known for his roles in Unbroken and SAS Rogue Heroes, has been tapped to star in the next instalment of Legendary’s MonsterVerse franchise, the follow up to Godzilla x Kong.

He joins the previously announced Kaitlyn Dever and Dan Stevens, who will reprise his role as the kaiju expert Trapper from The New Empire. O’Connell will reportedly play Dever’s brother in the film.

Plot details are being kept deep under the sea, but Legendary has said the story will feature “several new human characters alongside the beloved and iconic Titans Godzilla and Kong as they face off against a cataclysmic world-ending threat.” 

Director Grant Sputore, best known for I Am Mother, is helming the film from a script by Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse writer Dave Callaham. Callaham also helped establish the MonsterVerse with a story credit on 2014’s Godzilla.

This is already lining up to be a busy year for Jack O’Connell, who will next be seen in Ryan Coogler’s vampire thriller Sinners, and in Danny Boyle’s long-awaited zombie apocalypse film, 28 Years Later.

The yet-untitled Godzilla x Kong follow up hasn’t announced a release date, but stay tuned for updates as we hear them.