MTV's Josh Horowitz actually managed to get a few new details on Legendary's
Kong: Skull Island from Golden Globe winner J.K. Simmons when he spoke to him on the red carpet the other night. It seems this movie won't only take place on the prehistoric island of the title, as the
Whiplash actor reveals that it will, at least partially, be set in Detroit in 1971!
“It’s where I grew up,” he told the site,
“and we’re going to shoot in Detroit during baseball season, so I’ll get to go to Tigers games. There’s a lot to like about [making] this movie.” That's obviously set many years after the original story was, so this clearly won't be a prequel to the Peter Jackson's
King Kong. Are we looking at another reboot? Beyond that, Simmons doesn't say much, but he is full of praise for director Jordan Vogt-Roberts, who he describes as
“passionate and so smart [with] such an interesting new take”. Here is the vid, which also includes a brief snippet with Michael Keaton, though he doesn't give away any details.