Should you bother with a deep dive into this series' lore to prep for The New Empire, though, or just content yourself with a quick explainer? That mostly depends on what you want to know about this world and its characters.
Frankly, not really. You can go in cold if you like! As far as strict continuity goes, though, The Guest and director Adam Wingard picks up the action of this movie directly after the events of his 2021 series installment, Godzilla vs. Kong.
Plenty of other characters aren't returning from Godzilla vs. Kong, though, including Alexander Skarsgård as Dr. Nathan Lind, Millie Bobby Brown as Bernie fan Madison, and Kyle Chandler as her dad, Mark. Mostly what matters is that Godzilla and King Kong are back, and still willing to work together, even if they don't like each other.
You could go back further in the story if you like, but only if monster introductions interest you: 2014's Godzilla and 2017's Kong: Skull Island introduce the lead Titans, while 2019's Godzilla: King of the Monsters shows how all these other Titans became an issue for modern Earth.
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