SDCC '14 - Legendary Announces New KING KONG Film - "SKULL ISLAND"

SDCC '14 - Legendary Announces New KING KONG Film - "SKULL ISLAND"

Legendary threw out what may be the biggest curveball at SDCC when they announced a new King Kong movie with a quick teaser trailer. The film will be called Skull Island and will open, November 4, 2016.

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By nailbiter111 - Jul 26, 2014 01:07 PM EST
Filed Under: King Kong
Let's get ready to rumble! Looks like Legendary Pictures is setting up a monster-on-monster fight between Godzilla and King Kong. Today at their Comic-Con panel, Legendary announced a new King Kong film, Skull Island. They made the announcement with a teaser trailer featuring King Kong and his ground-shaking roar. Skull Island first appeared in the 1933 King Kong film. The fictional island is the home of giant gorilla and many other unusual creatures - many of whom were thought to be extinct.

KING KONG - Academy Award winning director Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings Trilogy) brings his sweeping cinematic vision to King Kong. Get ready for breathtaking action in this thrilling epic adventure about a legendary gorilla captured on a treacherous island and brought to civilization, where he faces the ultimate fight for survival.

KING KONG was directed by Peter Jackson, from a script written by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens & Peter Jackson. The cast includes: Naomi Watts; Jack Black; Adrien Brody; Jamie Bell; Andy Serkis; Thomas Kretschmann; and Colin Hanks. With a budget between $207 to $243 million, that film pulled in $550.5 million at the worldwide box office.
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Genaro
Genaro - 7/26/2014, 1:29 PM
Again
PAF
PAF - 7/26/2014, 1:30 PM
Come on. Really?
clogan
clogan - 7/26/2014, 1:31 PM
Swweeet!
Abary
Abary - 7/26/2014, 1:32 PM
[frick] no. If you're gonna do it, at least do it right and not for money.
TChalla
TChalla - 7/26/2014, 1:32 PM
I sense a Godzilla VS. King Kong film in the works!
MCUsDarkKnight
MCUsDarkKnight - 7/26/2014, 1:32 PM
hopefully this will lead to Godzilla vs. King Kong
SpiderFraud
SpiderFraud - 7/26/2014, 1:32 PM
Godzilla should team up with King Kong, travel to a different dimension to fight a army of Jaegers, piloted by Bryan Cranston clones.
AsgardianHobo
AsgardianHobo - 7/26/2014, 1:32 PM
They are speculating that after Godzilla 2 and Skull Island, King Kong vs. Godzilla might happen.

That would be epic!
ScorpioRisin
ScorpioRisin - 7/26/2014, 1:32 PM
Godzilla vs King Kong confirmed!
(Godzilla would eat KK like popcorn though)
PAF
PAF - 7/26/2014, 1:33 PM
King Kong vs Godzilla in the future. Calling it.
ALegendaryPanda
ALegendaryPanda - 7/26/2014, 1:34 PM
YES!! I was not expecting this!
LeeroyJenkins
LeeroyJenkins - 7/26/2014, 1:34 PM
I dont know if they are gonna make a Kong vs Godzilla movie.....unless Kong is a lot bigger than i think he will be
CaptainHammer
CaptainHammer - 7/26/2014, 1:35 PM
Andy serkis better be back as kong
SpiderFraud
SpiderFraud - 7/26/2014, 1:35 PM
If King Kong is the same size of Godzilla, he would just snap his neck (if he can dodge that atomic breathe).

Godzilla ain't boxing with King Kong with those tiny arms.
DaniDeSanta
DaniDeSanta - 7/26/2014, 1:36 PM
I hope Andy Serkis will play King Kong once again.
JamesMan
JamesMan - 7/26/2014, 1:36 PM
@BatfleckReturns

lol the tree throat gagging was great in King Kong Vs Godzilla.
thewonderer
thewonderer - 7/26/2014, 1:36 PM
Didn't King Kong die in the first one?
DukeAcureds
DukeAcureds - 7/26/2014, 1:37 PM
Legendary Pictures presents...
ALegendaryPanda
ALegendaryPanda - 7/26/2014, 1:38 PM
According to the description I read, this King Kong is A LOT bigger and more savage looking than PJ's version!
mbembet
mbembet - 7/26/2014, 1:39 PM
what????
JamesMan
JamesMan - 7/26/2014, 1:39 PM
After Del Toro presented Crimson Peak:

With the CRIMSON PEAK proceedings over, Guillermo looked to the crowd and asked two questions: 1) Hellboy 3? Crowd goes bananas. 2) At The Mountains of Madness? (Del Toro’s long in development passion project) Crowd goes bananas. Del Toro grins and says, “Good”, points off stage. “Because they’re listening.
JamesMan
JamesMan - 7/26/2014, 1:40 PM
"Them" being Legendary Pictures of course.
MrReese
MrReese - 7/26/2014, 1:40 PM
Sayeth whaaaaaaa?

I guess I'm down.
THEDARKKNIGHT1939
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 7/26/2014, 1:41 PM
So it's not the same Kong as PJ's?
AsgardianHobo
AsgardianHobo - 7/26/2014, 1:42 PM
No, it is not a sequel, prequel or the same ape in any way supposedly.

@JamesMan

Yah, that mention of Hellboy 3 was really surprising!
marvel72
marvel72 - 7/26/2014, 1:43 PM
excellent news,can't f*ckin wait.
Facade
Facade - 7/26/2014, 1:43 PM
Didn't care much for the Skull Island half of PJ's King Kong. I'm open to the idea of another Kong film, though.
WhiteSAMURAI
WhiteSAMURAI - 7/26/2014, 1:43 PM
If they hadn't shown some actual footage, I would have expected this movie to never get made. Just doesn't seem like something they'll go all the way through with.
MrCBM56
MrCBM56 - 7/26/2014, 1:44 PM
Cool. PJ's KK was fun... When we FINALLY got to the island. I'm looking forward to this
MrCBM56
MrCBM56 - 7/26/2014, 1:45 PM
@Thewonderer it was beauty killed the beast.
DeusExSponge
DeusExSponge - 7/26/2014, 1:45 PM
Wonderer - He did
AsgardianHobo
AsgardianHobo - 7/26/2014, 1:47 PM
I had King Kong vs. Godzilla on VHS with horrible dubbing. It was so awful, it was amazing!!!
Jockatrix6
Jockatrix6 - 7/26/2014, 1:50 PM
Great. Recently watched the classic 'Son of Kong'. Ended before it even began! Those were the days....
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