Kong: Skull Island (2017)

[Malcolm R]

Title: Kong: Skull Island

Tagline: All hail the king

Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Director: Jordan Vogt-Roberts

Cast: Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, John Goodman, Brie Larson, Jing Tian, Toby Kebbell, John Ortiz, Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell, Shea Whigham, Thomas Mann, Terry Notary, John C. Reilly, Marc Evan Jackson, Eugene Cordero, Miyavi, Will Brittain, Richard Jenkins, Allyn Rachel, Robert Taylor, James M. Connor, Thomas Middleditch, Brady Novak, Peter Karinen, Brian Sacca, Joshua Funk, Daniel F. Malone, Glenn Kiwi Hall, Garreth Hadfield, Shannon Brimelow, Jon Quested, Korey Williams, Dat Phan, Cynthy Wu, Beth Kennedy, Bryan Chojnowski, Nick Robinson, Kevin Kent

Release: 2017-03-08

Runtime: 118

Plot: Explore the mysterious and dangerous home of the king of the apes as a team of explorers ventures deep inside the treacherous, primordial island.

Pic from Kong: Skull Island. Article and pic at ew.com. Movie is set in the 1970's, and will feature the biggest Kong yet on film.

http://www.ew.com/article/2016/07/15/kong-skull-island-director-biggest-kong

 

[Brandon Conway]

Looking forward to it. They of course had to size Kong up for this incarnation once they planned to have him eventually face off with Godzilla 2014.

 

[EricSchulz]

This will get me to go to an actual theater.

 

[Sam Favate]

I'm intrigued by this. I happen to have liked Peter Jackson's King Kong from 2005, and think this concept keeps it fresh.

 

[Tino]

Can't wait to see this. I also loved Jacksons King Kong. For that matter I loved the '76 Kong too.

 

[Brandon Conway]

I'm a big fan of the original film and Jackson's film, but I'm glad the latter is its own thing and not being tied in to this new series. This needs to be more in the Kong as monster/villain vein, and Jackson's Kong is way to sympathetic to pull that off. And Jackson's Kong trying to fight the Big G would be like a cat attacking an NBA player.

 

[dpippel]

Jackson's Kong could take down the Big G easily with nothing more than a healthy dose of its own overindulgence.

 

[Malcolm R]

New poster gives a shadowy reveal of Kong:

 

[Nigel P]

 

[Brandon Conway]

I like the spectacle, but it's the potential for the Jackson vs. Goodman scenes that has me most intrigued.

 

[Tino]

And apparently this Kong stands upright. Not sure I like that.

 

[Sean Bryan]

Nice. I like the look of this.

 

[Joseph Bolus]

I'm a big fan of the original film and Jackson's film, but I'm glad the latter is its own thing and not being tied in to this new series. This needs to be more in the Kong as monster/villain vein, and Jackson's Kong is way to sympathetic to pull that off. And Jackson's Kong trying to fight the Big G would be like a cat attacking an NBA player.

I'm not too sure of that. Jackson's Kong faced off against three "upsized" T-REX's at the same time -- and he was "juggling" Ann Darrow in one arm while he was fighting them off!! I think he'd be a worthy advisory for the "Big G".

 

[Brandon Conway]

2005 Kong height: 25 ft
2014 Godzilla height: 350 ft

Wouldn't work

 

[Joseph Bolus]

2005 Kong height: 25 ft
2014 Godzilla height: 350 ft

Wouldn't work

Hmmm ... Well when you put it that way ... I have to agree

 

[Johnny Angell]

It says from the producers of Godzilla. Which Godzilla?

 

[dpippel]

Gareth Edwards' 2014 Godzilla.

 

[Oliver Ravencrest]

This looks a lot better than I was expecting it to be

 

[Malcolm R]

New pic and article at EW . The director talks about the design of Kong.

http://www.ew.com/article/2016/11/10/kong-skull-island-first-look-movie-monster

 

[Oliver Ravencrest]

I like how Kong looks and I'm glad they're making him look different than Jackson's version.