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It might look like something from a movie, but your eyes don't deceive you – Godzilla and Kong are lurking in London.<br/><br/>Godzilla’s bristling pink spikes, brimming with atomic power, were seen poking up from the river Thames next to Kong's giant hand, crushing an iconic London red phone box on Southbank.<br/><br/>The giant titan’s spine stretches an impressive 65 feet, the length of a tennis court.<br/><br/>Kong's hand is a mammoth 16 feet tall, with a head seven metres in diameter – 45 times that of a human.<br/><br/>A team of 40 worked around the clock to create the two sculptures, spending a colossal 6,326 hours over two months.<br/><br/>And it took 51 days just to paint the two giant beasts, which collectively weigh more than a tonne.<br/><br/>The city-smashing installation was created to launch Warner Bros. Pictures’ new movie “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire”, released on Friday 29th March.<br/><br/>The sculptures were fabricated from 3D references from the filmmakers, built in a combination of poly, fibreglass and steel framework, as well as interactive lighting.<br/><br/>Godzilla contains over 70 individual pulsing pink lights to achieve the atomic effect, a spectacular addition in the new film, which sees him team up with Kong as a greater threat to earth materialises. <br/><br/>Kong is covered in over 30 metres of fur, to create a hyper-realistic finish.<br/><br/>Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire filmmaker Adam Wingard said: “A lot of the magic of the Monsterverse comes from watching these Titans battling it out in real world surroundings. <br/><br/>“To see Godzilla and Kong actually accessing Hollow Earth portals into London just really blew me away! I felt like I did as a kid, watching the Toho classics on a Saturday afternoon.”<br/><br/>The giant beasts will be available to see beneath London’s OXO Tower – temporarily rebranded the GXK Tower, for today only (Monday), ahead of the film’s release in cinemas across the UK and Ireland from Friday 29th March.