Kong: Skull Island (2017)

[mr.negativity]

^Is it the red berry juice from King Kong vs Godzilla?

[Gwangi]

[mr.negativity]

^Yeah, that's the ticket.

[lhb412]

From an earlier draft of the screenplay:



"Mythical serum Titan?!?"

Is that what's producing the gigantic fauna of Skull Island? Turning apes into Kongs and turning birds and lizards into prehistoric throwbacks?

[Benjamin Haines]

[mr.negativity]

KONG: SKULL ISLAND confirmed for 2017

[Dr Kain]

That means KK is going to be huge. Not sure how I feel about that.

[The Shadow]

The "... other famous creatures." bit is interesting. On the surface it probably refers to other Toho kaiju, however the very short description is enough to make me wonder. Warner Brothers does own the rights to at least a few other giant and famous creatures that could theoretically work within this nascent WB-Legendary movie universe.

If King Kong is just the beginning, could we see Mighty Joe Young? the irradiated ants from Them? the Rhedosaurus? the giant prehistoric scorpions of The Black Scorpion? the Kraken?

[lhb412]

^ If they bring back the Rhedosaurus, Mighty Joe Young and THEM! I think I may hyperventilate.

[william newell]

[tbeasley]

[Benjamin Haines]

In the lead-up to Godzilla (2014), there was speculation among the fandom about whether the film would be set in the same continuity as the 1954 original, as every Toho-produced Godzilla movie since then has done so far. How ironic that the 2014 film might retroactively be set in a world where the events of King Kong (1933) took place.

[mr.negativity]

[mr.negativity]

[lhb412]

... well, this is our first glimpse at the Kong design, in a way.

[Kailem]

Judging by the crane-type vehicle in the second photo, it looks like that skull might be a fair bit bigger than previous Kongs. Maybe they really are just going to have him be that big from the get-go.

And here I was half-hoping they'd go with the time-honoured "radiation made him bigger over the years" approach for getting him to a size relative to Godzilla.

[lhb412]

I wonder: why red? Is it easier to do some kind of digital overlay with the red?

[Benjamin Haines]

[jellydonut25]

[klen7]

^ With the line "I wonder how much bigger he's gonna get" tossed in right after

[Kailem]

Yeah I could see that being the case, especially if they really do end up playing this as a follow-up to the 1933 original and have the new Kong be the son of the original or something.

[The Shadow]

If they go the route of this movie following the 1933 film, it would be mighty interesting if they made this movie's Kong an albino like in Son of Kong.

[Benjamin Haines]

[lhb412]

That interview with Hiddleston is exciting because he seems so legitimately excited about the movie.

[The Shadow]