Editing Rodan (section)

===MonsterVerse (2019)===
In 2014, [[Legendary Pictures]] announced that they had acquired the rights to Rodan, [[Mothra]] and [[King Ghidorah]] from [[Toho]] to use in their [[MonsterVerse]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Jeffries |first=Adrianne |url=https://www.theverge.com/2014/7/26/5940259/godzilla-2-confirmed-with-director-gareth-edwards |title=Gareth Edwards returns to direct 'Godzilla 2' with Rodan and Mothra |publisher=[[The Verge]] |date=July 26, 2014 |access-date=2014-08-19}}</ref>

Rodan appears in a [[post-credits scene]] of ''[[Kong: Skull Island]]''. It is in the depicting cave paintings showing him, Mothra, King Ghidorah, and [[Godzilla (Monsterverse)| Godzilla]] in the footage that is shown to James Conrad and Mason Weaver.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://collider.com/kong-skull-island-after-credits-scene-explained/|title='Kong: Skull Island' Post-Credits Scene Explained|last=Goldberg|first=Matt|work=Collider|date=March 11, 2017|access-date=April 27, 2018}}</ref>

A casting call confirmed that Rodan, Mothra, and King Ghidorah would be featured in ''[[Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019 film)|Godzilla: King of the Monsters]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/232097/three-kaiju-appear-confirmed-godzilla-king-monsters/|title=These Three Kaiju Appear to Be Confirmed for Godzilla: King of the Monsters|last=Barkan|first=Jonathan|work=Dread Central|date=May 31, 2017|access-date=May 31, 2017}}</ref> Viral marketing describes him as a titanic kaiju with the skeletal structure of a ''Pteranodon'' and magma-like skin serving as plate armor. The film's promotional website, Monarch Sciences, identifies the fictional island of Isla de Mara off the eastern coast of [[Mexico]] as Rodan's location and describes him as being {{convert|154|ft|m|2|abbr=on}} tall with a weight of 39,043 tons and a wingspan of {{convert|871|ft|m|2|abbr=on}}, making it the shortest version of the character, yet also the heaviest and the one with the greatest wingspan, though part of the short height is this version of Rodan being a quadruped like a real pterosaur as opposed to an upright biped like the Toho versions. He is also stated to be powerful enough to level cities with thunderclaps generated by his wings.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/godzilla-2-monarch-site-every-secret/|title=Here's Every Hidden Secret on Godzilla 2's Viral Website|website=[[Screen Rant]]|date=19 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.monarchsciences.com |title=Godzilla vs. Kong &#124; Official Site |publisher=Monarchsciences.com |date=2021-03-31 |accessdate=2022-09-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://orca.monarchsciences.com/|title=GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS {{!}} ORCA Communicator|website=orca.monarchsciences.com|language=en|access-date=2019-06-12|archive-date=2021-01-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121164231/https://orca.monarchsciences.com/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In ''[[Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019 film)| Godzilla: King of the Monsters]]'', Colonel Alan Jonah uses Dr. Emma Russell to have the ORCA device awaken Rodan from Monarch's Mexican outpost 56. With Rodan awoken, Monarch's jets lead him into fighting King Ghidorah where he is defeated. After Godzilla is (seemingly) killed by the Oxygen Destroyer, Rodan sides with Ghidorah before being defeated by Mothra in [[Boston]] and then switching loyalties to Godzilla after Ghidorah is destroyed, leading the other Titans into bowing to him. According to a news clipping shown in the [[end credits]], Rodan returned to hibernation in a mountain north of [[Fiji]].