J.K. Simmons Lands Role In Legendary's KONG: SKULL ISLAND

J.K. Simmons Lands Role In Legendary's KONG: SKULL ISLAND

Coming off the announcement of a new title and release date, Jordan Vogt-Roberts' Kong: Skull Island has gained a great new cast member in Whiplash and Spider-Man actor J.K. Simmons.

By MarkCassidy - Dec 15, 2014 12:12 PM EST
Filed Under: King Kong
Source: Deadline
Deadline report that the awesome J.K. Simmons (Spider-Man, OZ, Juno, Whiplash) will be joining Tom Hiddleston (The Avengers, Thor when we return to King Kong's home next year. His exact role is unspecified however. The movie recently backed away from its original release date -- and Marvels Doctor Strange -- and will now hit theaters March 10th, 2017. Details on the story are slim, but we do have this brief description. "Previous works have touched on the island, but staying on and exploring this mysterious and dangerous place offers Legendary the opportunity to take audiences deeper inside this rich world with a style and scope that parallels other Legendary productions." Jordan Vogt-Roberts (Kings Of Summer) will direct with a script by John Gatins and Max Borenstein.
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McGee
McGee - 12/15/2014, 12:35 PM
So why exactly did Marc Webb refrain from using this guy (or even the character) for his films?
ALegendaryPanda
ALegendaryPanda - 12/15/2014, 12:35 PM
Awesome, very awesome!!
James99201
James99201 - 12/15/2014, 12:36 PM
Can he please return to Spiderman he can be like the M of spiderman no matter the actor that is portraying Spidey just keep Simmons as JJ
Desrow
Desrow - 12/15/2014, 12:38 PM
awesome

GrayFox1025
GrayFox1025 - 12/15/2014, 12:39 PM
@ McGee

Seriously. In that awful ASM2 there is even a segment where as Spidey is doing his thing, there are voice overs of people complaining about Spider-Man. How hard would it have been to have a raspy guy say that "Spider-Man is a menace!"? They wouldn't even need to show his face and the audience would have still known who it was.
IamnotYou
IamnotYou - 12/15/2014, 12:43 PM
Task 3 isn't happening.
MonsterSquad35
MonsterSquad35 - 12/15/2014, 12:53 PM
sKeemAn
sKeemAn - 12/15/2014, 1:04 PM
Minty
Minty - 12/15/2014, 1:05 PM
Dude's gonna win the Oscar this year. I can feel it. One of Hollywood's most underrated actors.
TheRationalNerd
TheRationalNerd - 12/15/2014, 1:08 PM
"with a style and scope that parallels other Legendary productions."




sKeemAn
sKeemAn - 12/15/2014, 1:11 PM
I want to see more large animal fights.
WorstUserNameEver
WorstUserNameEver - 12/15/2014, 1:13 PM
Random comment but check out the Mark XLIII...

http://screenrant.com/avengers-age-ultron-iron-man-mark-xliii-armor/
slickrickdesigns
slickrickdesigns - 12/15/2014, 1:17 PM
I wish this was Jonah Jameson news!
JamesMan
JamesMan - 12/15/2014, 1:20 PM
More JK is always welcomed!


Nickk
Nickk - 12/15/2014, 1:30 PM
@McGee im watching you!
Scarilian
Scarilian - 12/15/2014, 1:38 PM
@McGee
"So why exactly did Marc Webb refrain from using this guy (or even the character) for his films?"

I'm pretty sure at one stage he literally said that J.K. Simmons was the perfect actor for the role and that he would'nt want to tarnish that characters legacy (Or something along those lines)
Scarilian
Scarilian - 12/15/2014, 1:40 PM
"with a style and scope that parallels other Legendary productions."

Such as Jonah Hex... :P
McGee
McGee - 12/15/2014, 1:50 PM
Joke's on you Nickk. I never take a shower.
McGee
McGee - 12/15/2014, 1:52 PM
And when I make a boom boom? Got that taken care of too.

vtopa
vtopa - 12/15/2014, 1:56 PM
HE WAS ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC IN THE 1ST THREE SPIDERMAN MOVIES...

and his absence in the last two hurt the storytelling.
grif
grif - 12/15/2014, 2:02 PM
send him a nice box of christmas meat
MercwithMouth
MercwithMouth - 12/15/2014, 2:13 PM
JK Simmons was one of the only positives in Raimi's trilogy, along with Willem Dafoe and Alfred Molina(whoever the hell he was playing, because it sure as hell wasn't Doc Ock).
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