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'''''Kong: Skull Island''''' is an upcoming [[2017]] [[United States|American]] giant monster [[:Category:Films|film]] produced by [[Legendary Pictures]] that serves as an origin story for [[King Kong]], and is the second entry in the [[MonsterVerse]]. It will be released to theaters on March 10, 2017.
'''''Kong: Skull Island''''' is an upcoming [[2017]] [[United States|American]] giant monster [[:Category:Films|film]] produced by [[Legendary Pictures]] that serves as an origin story for [[King Kong]], and is the second entry in the [[MonsterVerse]]. It will be released to theaters on March 10, 2017.
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==Development==
Originally, the film was titled ''Skull Island''. The film's release date was originally set for November 4, 2016 at Comic-Con 2014, with Joe Cornish being offered to direct it. The film's release date was later pushed back to March 10, 2017.<ref>[http://www.slashfilm.com/skull-island-movie/ Legendary Announces King Kong Prequel ‘Skull Island’ Movie For 2016 [Comic Con 2014]]</ref><ref>[http://www.deadline.com/2014/07/comic-con-legendary-wants-joe-cornish-for-skull-island/ Comic-Con: Legendary Wants Joe Cornish For ‘Skull Island’]</ref><ref>[http://www.thewrap.com/universal-moves-kong-skull-island-to-2017-cements-great-wall-release-date/ Universal Moves 'Kong: Skull Island' to 2017;  Cements 'Great Wall' Release Date]</ref> It was announced that Tom Hiddleston and Brie Larson will star as the male and female lead. J. K. Simmons and Michael Keaton were originally going to star as well, but the two later left the film due to scheduling conflicts.<ref name="Whiplash">[http://deadline.com/2014/12/jk-simmons-kong-skull-island-whiplash-1201325680/ ‘Whiplash’s J.K. Simmons To Star In ‘Kong: Skull Island’]</ref><ref>[http://deadline.com/2015/01/michael-keaton-legendary-kong-skull-island-1201343615/ Michael Keaton In Talks To Join ‘Kong: Skull Island’ For Legendary]</ref> <ref>[http://deadline.com/2015/07/michael-keaton-j-k-simmons-kong-skull-island-king-kong-jurassic-world-1201466254/ Michael Keaton And JK Simmons Exit Legendary’s ‘Kong: Skull Island’]</ref> In August 2015, Corey Hawkins and Jason Mitchell joined the cast, with several other actors being reportedly considered, including Samuel L. Jackson, John C. Reilly, and Toby Kebbell.<ref>[http://variety.com/2015/film/news/straight-outta-compton-skull-island-corey-hawkins-1201557216/ ‘Straight Outta Compton’s’ Corey Hawkins Joins ‘Skull Island’ (EXCLUSIVE)]</ref><ref>[http://deadline.com/2015/08/kong-skull-island-samuel-l-jackson-tom-wilkinson-1201493619/ Is There Room On ‘Kong: Skull Island’ For Samuel L. Jackson And Tom Wilkinson?]</ref><ref>[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/fantastic-four-actor-toby-kebbell-816450 'Fantastic Four' Actor Toby Kebbell Joins Tom Hiddleston in 'Kong: Skull Island' (Exclusive)]</ref> The film will be directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts with the screenplay to be written by [[Max Borenstein]], [[John Gatins]] and [[Derek Connolly]].<ref name="Deadline">[http://deadline.com/2014/09/skull-island-tom-hiddleston-king-kong-835067/ Legendary’s ‘Skull Island'; Tom Hiddleston Stars, Jordan Vogt-Roberts Helms King Kong Origin Tale]</ref><ref>[http://deadline.com/2015/07/brie-larson-kong-skull-island-1201483997/ Brie Larson Lands Female In 'Kong: Skull Island]</ref><ref>[http://deadline.com/2014/10/skull-island-flight-scribe-john-gatins-rewrite-1201268217/ King Kong Tale ‘Skull Island’ Gets Rewrite From ‘Flight’ Scribe John Gatins]</ref>
Simmons told MTV that the film will take place in Detroit in 1971.<ref>[http://www.mtv.com/news/2050152/michael-keaton-jk-simmons-king-kong-skull-island/Michael Keaton And J.K. Simmons Preview Their Trip To ‘Kong: Skull Island’]</ref><ref>[http://hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/jurassic-world-writer-heads-to-kong-816144 'Jurassic World' Writer Heads to 'Kong: Skull Island' (Exclusive)]</ref><ref>[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/straight-outta-compton-star-jason-817671 'Straight Outta Compton' Star Jason Mitchell Lands 'Kong: Skull Island' Role (Exclusive)]</ref>
On September 10, 2015, Deadline and Variety reported that Legendary Pictures had moved production of the film from [[Universal Pictures]], with whom it currently held a distribution deal, to its former partner [[Warner Bros.]], with whom it had an agreement to distribute the sequels to [[2014]]'s ''[[Godzilla (2014 film)|Godzilla]]'' in the future, supposedly in order to keep both properties under the same distributor. This immediately spawned rumors that Legendary planned to eventually produce a remake of ''[[King Kong vs. Godzilla]]'' with Warner Bros., with neither studio providing a statement.<ref>[http://variety.com/2015/film/news/kong-skull-island-moving-from-universal-to-warner-bros-1201590301/ 'Kong: Skull Island' Moving From Universal to Warner Bros. - Variety]</ref><ref>[http://deadline.com/2015/09/king-kong-godzilla-legendary-monster-movie-warner-bros-1201521004/ King Kong On Move to Warner Bros, Presaging Godzilla Monster Matchup - Deadline]</ref><ref>[http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/480997-king-kong-vs-godzilla-planned-as-skull-island-heads-to-wb King Kong vs. Godzilla Planned as Skull Island Heads to WB! - ComingSoon.net]</ref> On September 16, multiple sources reported that [[Thomas Tull]] had wanted to set up a film featuring both Kong and Godzilla for years and planned to include references to [[Monarch]], the monster-studying organization from ''Godzilla'' (2014), in the script for ''Kong: Skull Island''. However, Warner Bros. was reportedly uncomfortable with including references to one of their films in a Universal project, so Legendary moved the entire project to Warner Bros.<ref>[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hollywood-gorilla-warfare-s-universal-823715 Hollywood Gorilla Warfare: It's Universal vs. Legendary Over 'Kong: Skull Island' (and Who Says "Thank You") - The Hollywood Reporter]</ref><ref>[http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/613367-kong-skull-island-godzilla-pacific-rim-2 Kong: Skull Island Script Contains References to 2014's Godzilla, Pacific Rim 2 Indefinitely Delayed - ComingSoon.net]</ref> None of these reports were confirmed by any of the studios, and no official statement was made about the possibility of a King Kong and Godzilla crossover film for nearly a month. Guillermo Del Toro made a statement the next day confirming that ''[[Pacific Rim: Uprising|Pacific Rim 2]]'', the sequel to Legendary and WB's 2013 [[kaiju]] film ''[[Pacific Rim]]'', had been indefinitely delayed due to the shuffling of the King Kong and Godzilla properties, but was not at all cancelled and was still being actively worked on.<ref>[http://www.ew.com/article/2015/09/17/pacific-rim-2-guillermo-del-toro Guillermo Del Toro is still working on ''Pacific Rim 2'' - Entertainment Weekly]</ref>
On October 14, 2015, Legendary Pictures officially announced ''[[Godzilla vs. Kong]]'' for [[2020]], after both ''Kong: Skull Island'' and ''Godzilla: King of Monsters'' have been released.<ref>[http://www.legendary.com/legendary-and-warner-bros-pictures-announce-cinematic-franchise-uniting-godzilla-king-kong-and-other-iconic-giant-monsters/ Legendary and Warner Bros. Pictures Announce Cinematic Franchise Uniting Godzilla, King Kong and Other Iconic Giant Monsters - Legendary]</ref>
In an interview conducted with ''Entertainment Weekly'', actor Toby Kebbell clarified his role in the film. Kebbell plays an Air Force major named Chapman, who spends most of his time in the film with Samuel L. Jackson's character. It had been widely speculated that Kebbell would have been portraying Kong through motion capture, due to his portrayal of the ape character Koba in ''Dawn of the Planet of the Apes'' through motion capture alongside Andy Serkis, who had portrayed Kong in the [[King Kong (2005 film)|2005 film]]. Kebbell revealed that in ''Kong: Skull Island'', Kong will be primarily portrayed by motion capture actor Terry Notary, although Kebbell did assist Notary in the motion capture process and provided reference for some of the character's facial animations.<ref>[http://www.ew.com/article/2016/05/11/kong-skull-island-toby-kebbell?xid=entertainment-weekly_socialflow_twitter Toby Kebbell clears up ''Kong: Skull Island'' rumors - Entertainment Weekly]</ref>
During a Warner Bros. presentation at CineEurope, director Jordan Vogt-Roberts claimed that this version of [[King Kong]] would be the largest onscreen version of the character to date, at 100 feet.<ref name="THR">[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cineeurope-wonder-woman-skull-island-904652 CineEurope: 'Wonder Woman,' 'Skull Island,' 'The Accountant' Previewed by Warner Bros.]</ref> He later acknowledged the 147-foot King Kong from ''[[King Kong vs. Godzilla]]'' as being taller.<ref name="IGN">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQEWgwEJu5o Kong Skull Island: Making a New, Different Monster - Comic Con 2016]</ref> On July 15, ''Entertainment Weekly'' published an article providing more details about the film, including an interview with Vogt-Roberts. He confirmed that ''Kong: Skull Island'' would be set in the 1970's, explaining that this decade was a time where humanity "could still be confronted with myth" and "there was still unknown in the world." Vogt-Roberts elaborated that the characters would be drawn to [[Skull Island]] to investigate after the previously unknown landmass is discovered by NASA's LANDSAT program, which used satellites to map out the world from space. Vogt-Roberts revealed that Tom Hiddleston's character in the film is an ex-British SAS tracker, while Brie Larson plays a war photographer "who's seen all sorts of terrible, terrible things." Vogt-Roberts went on to clarify that the film would not be retelling the classic "beauty and the beast" story featured in the 1933, 1976, and 2005 ''King Kong'' films. Instead, the film would be focusing on the mythos of Kong's home of Skull Island. The director stated that he felt Kong needed to be extremely large in order to realistically convince someone who does not believe in myth that they are seeing a "god" when viewing him. The article concluded with a reminder that the film's cast would be present at San Diego Comic-Con the following week.<ref>[http://www.ew.com/article/2016/07/15/kong-skull-island-director-biggest-kong?xid=entertainment-weekly_socialflow_twitter ''Kong: Skull Island'' director promises 'the biggest Kong that you've seen on screen' - ''Entertainment Weekly'']</ref>
Also on July 15, the official ''Kong: Skull Island'' [https://twitter.com/kongskullisland?s=09 Twitter] and [https://www.facebook.com/KongSkullIsland/ Facebook] pages went live. These social media pages included the first official images relating to the film, featuring the film's title superimposed on a blue foggy background, with "From the producers of ''[[Godzilla (2014 film)|Godzilla]]''" above the title and the release date of March 2017 below it, along with the film's official tagline, "Awaken The King."
On July 22, the first official teaser poster for the film was revealed at San Diego Comic-Con. The very next day, the film's first official trailer was released. The trailer showcased some of the characters and the locales in the film, and also revealed a gigantic spider monster. Natives living on Skull Island also appeared in the trailer, along with a few brief glimpses of Kong's [[LegendaryKong|new design]].<ref name="Trailer1">[https://youtube/_41NDFmZ2ko Kong: Skull Island Trailer - YouTube]</ref>
[[File:Skullisland2017blacklightmap.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The map of [[Skull Island]] held under a blacklight, revealing hidden information and images]]
On October 11, 2016, Legendary revealed a new poster for the film at New York Comic-Con, taking the form of a map of Skull Island, as well as a letter signed by John Goodman's character in the film, [[Monarch]] agent William Randa. The map shows that Skull Island as a whole is vaguely shaped like a skull, rather than bearing a skull-shaped mountain in its center as in previous incarnations. When placed under a blacklight, the map of Skull Island reveals the Monarch logo on the top left corner, a [[Skullcrawler]] at the western edge of the island itself, and hidden text. A notable excerpt of hidden text located on the map is the text on the bottom corner which reads: "His mouth is fire, his roar the floodwater; his breath is death. Enlil made him guardian of the Cedar Forest, to frighten off the the mortal who would venture there. BUT WHO WOULD VENTURE THERE?"<ref name="Comingsoon">Lesnick, Silas. (October 11, 2016) [http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/775399-kong-skull-island-monster Shine a Light on a New Kong: Skull Island Monster] ''Comingsoon.net''</ref> This text is excerpted from Tablet II of the Sumerian epic ''[[Wikipedia:The Epic of  Gilgamesh|The Epic of  Gilgamesh]]'' from a description given by [[Wikipedia:Enkidu|Enkidu]] to  Gilgamesh of the demon [[Wikipedia:Humbaba|Humbaba]].<ref>Ferry, David. (June 1, 1993) ''Gilgamesh: A New Rendering in English Verse'', p. 16. Farner, Straus, and Giroux New York. Retrieved from [https://books.google.com/books?id=iTClBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA16&lpg=PA16&dq=His+mouth+is+fire,+his+roar+the+floodwater;+his+breath+is+death.+Enlil+made+him+guardian+of+the+Cedar+Forest,+to+frighten+off+the+the+mortal+who+would+venture+there.+BUT+WHO+WOULD+VENTURE+THERE?&source=bl&ots=H8rB8lrO_A&sig=Fq6xe7kFoFrRqKCvp3EY_wtw-pg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjH6YzfnfLPAhWG4CYKHSBSAYIQ6AEIMjAD#v=onepage&q=His%20mouth%20is%20fire%2C%20his%20roar%20the%20floodwater%3B%20his%20breath%20is%20death.%20Enlil%20made%20him%20guardian%20of%20the%20Cedar%20Forest%2C%20to%20frighten%20off%20the%20the%20mortal%20who%20would%20venture%20there.%20BUT%20WHO%20WOULD%20VENTURE%20THERE%3F&f=false Google Books]</ref> Other text on the map includes what is presumably a description of Kong himself. The text classifies Kong as an "Apex Primate," and describes him as a "Predator / Guardian / Roaming / Deity" and an "Adolescent Superspecies," suggesting that Kong may not yet be fully grown in the film.<ref name="Comingsoon"/>
Around the same time, Legendary launched a new viral marketing website for the film called [http://www.discoverskullisland.com/ discoverskullisland.com]. Like the [[M.U.T.O. Research|MUTOResearch.net]] viral marketing website released for ''Godzilla'' in 2014, this site takes the form of a classified Monarch database teasing the organization's research into giant monsters. discoverskullisland.com is designed to look like NASA's LANDSAT satellite mapping program, showing an attempt to discover the location of Skull Island. The website reveals that William Randa is a supervising officer in the organization and that there is a large hurricane in the middle of the ocean, presumably obscuring the location of Skull Island. There was a progress bar in the top left corner that slowly increased with each day, culminating with the release of the second trailer.
On November 11, 2016, a Twitter account for Monarch made in October 2016 made a tweet about a classified case file written in an encrypted code.<Ref>(November 11, 2016) [https://twitter.com/MonarchSciences/status/797179848472948736 MONARCH on Twitter]</ref> Once translated, the code reads: " DESTINATION ACQUIRED! Skull Island".<Ref>(November 11, 2016) [https://twitter.com/reelnewshawaii/status/797194366976561153 ReelToursHawaii on Twitter]</ref><ref>(November 11, 2016) [https://twitter.com/MonarchSciences/status/797200219528007681 MONARCH on Twitter]</ref> Around the same time, the viral site discoverskullisland.com received an update. The update revealed that the "Terra Research" has been completed and that Skull Island is located in the center of the hurricane. The site has four encrypted files that can only opened by their own unique passcodes. The first of these files is opened by the passcode "destination acquired" and reveals a [http://wikizilla.org/wiki/File:Skullislandheli.gif gif] of a scene from the movie showing helicopters reaching Skull Island. The next day, the official Twitter account for the film tweeted a brief teaser trailer for something to be released in four days, with a teaser being released subsequently every day until the countdown was reached.<ref>(November 14, 2015 [https://twitter.com/kongskullisland/status/797484156364079104 Kong: Skull Island on Twitter]</ref> <Ref name="Teaser1">(November 13, 2016) [https://twitter.com/kongskullisland/status/797846521618132992 Kong: Skull Island on Twitter]</ref><ref>(November 14, 2016) [https://twitter.com/kongskullisland/status/797846521618132992 Kong: Skull Island on Twitter]</ref><ref name="Teaser2">(November 15, 2016) [https://twitter.com/kongskullisland/status/798571278739218432 Kong: Skull Island on Twitter]</ref> 
That same day, the Monarch Twitter tweeted a video of a radio broadcast featuring a man saying military call signs.<ref>(November 12) [https://twitter.com/MonarchSciences/status/797489044615630848 [MONARCH] on Twitter]</ref> The call signs translate to "skydevils" and unlock the second encrypted file on discoverskullisland.com.<Ref>(November 12, 2016) [https://twitter.com/Hiddlestardis/status/797583207449460737 Dana.K.Scully]</ref><ref>(November 12, 2016) [https://twitter.com/MonarchSciences/status/797588830626820096 [MONARCH] on Twitter]</ref> The [http://wikizilla.org/wiki/File:Gfdsg4hh.gif file] in question is a scene from the movie featuring King Kong swiping at a helicopter. This scene is where the [http://wikizilla.org/wiki/File:Legendary_Kong.jpg screenshot showing the new Kong design], released on November 10, 2016 by ''Entertainment Weekly'', comes from. Jordan Vogt-Roberts gave a description of the scene, saying that it comes from "a point in the movie where [the audience is] not quite sure what Kong is, what his purpose is, how people should be perceiving him. Through the folly of man, where our initial is to attack anything that is not a known quality, both sides jump the gun, Kong and the humans, and it kicks off a relatively messy engagement."<ref name="EtWeekly">Smith, C. Molly. (November 10, 2016) [http://www.ew.com/article/2016/11/10/kong-skull-island-first-look-movie-monster ''Kong: Skull Island'' unleashes exclusive first look at the movie monster]. ''Entertainment Weekly''</ref> On November 13, 2016, Monarch's Twitter posted yet another cryptic Tweet in binary code.<ref>(November 13, 2016) [https://twitter.com/MonarchSciences/status/797846984535085056 MONARCH on Twitter]</ref> The binary message translates to "WE DON'T BELONG HERE" and unlocks the third encrypted file on discoverskullisland.com.<ref>(November 13, 2016) [https://twitter.com/WispWool/status/797851870098313216 Wisp Wool on Twitter]</ref><ref>(November 13, 2016) [https://twitter.com/MonarchSciences/status/797852067616260096 MONARCH on Twitter]</ref> The [http://wikizilla.org/wiki/File:Kongtwohelicopters.gif file] unlocked shows Kong tearing a helicopter in two (possibly the one that he was fighting in the previous file). On November 14, 2016, Monarch's Twitter released a monochrome overlay featuring their logo that contains a hidden message, saying "ENDANGERED SPECIES", which is used to unlock the fourth encrypted [http://wikizilla.org/wiki/File:Apeskeletons.gif file], which is footage of two gigantic ape skeletons.<Ref>(November 14, 2016) [https://twitter.com/MonarchSciences/status/798208998717566976 MONARCH on Twitter]</ref><ref>(November 14, 2016) [https://twitter.com/LokiMustKneel/status/798212453138055168 Loki Must Kneel on Twitter]</ref><ref>(November 14, 2016) [https://twitter.com/MonarchSciences/status/798212582607728641 MONARCH on Twitter]</ref> The teaser released to the ''Kong: Skull Island'' Twitter account the following day reveals that these skeletons belong to Kong's species and the film's main characters were walking between them.<ref name="Teaser2"/> That same day, Monarch's Twitter released the code to unlock the last encrypted file, which translates to "SKULLCRAWLER".<ref>(November 15, 2016) [https://twitter.com/MonarchSciences/status/798571313375821824 MONARCH on Twitter]</ref><ref>(November 15, 2016) [https://twitter.com/ADeimosAnomaly/status/798573119803822080 Bijan Biares]</ref><ref>(November 15, 2016) [https://twitter.com/MonarchSciences/status/798573898962849792 MONARCH on Twitter]</ref> The [http://wikizilla.org/wiki/File:09dfsg8i.gif file] that the code unlocks shows what appears to be William Randa standing in a burning field as a crocodilian [[kaiju]] with long forelimbs emerges out of a nearby river.
On November 16, 2016, two posters for the film were released through the social media accounts of [[Brie Larson]] and [[Tom Hiddleston]]. The same day, the second trailer debuted on ''Jimmy Kimmel Live'', introduced by Hiddleston in a gorilla costume. This trailer introduced the film's kaiju antagonists, the Skullcrawlers.
On December 30, 2016, the film's social media accounts posted the first of eight [[Monarch]] dossiers on characters from the film, starting with Tom Hiddleston's character [[James Conrad]].
On January 18, 2017, three wide posters were released. The following day, five TV spots debuted as exclusives on various entertainment sites, including [[Toho Kingdom]].
On February 1, 2017, IMAX released its poster for ''Kong: Skull Island'', heavily influenced by a classic ''Apocalypse Now'' poster. The film's press junket began on February 18, 2017, in Los Angeles. On February 27, 2017, Tom Hiddleston's Twitter uploaded the film's third and final trailer.
''Kong: Skull Island'''s premiere was on February 28, 2017, in London.
On March 3, 2017, Google Maps added a listing for Skull Island where its users could leave reviews and add pictures.<ref name="THR">[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/kong-skull-island-officially-listed-google-maps-983122 'Kong': Skull Island Officially Listed on Google Maps]</ref> The island's coordinates are 3°51'50.976"S and 125°46'20.873"W.
==Plot==
==Plot==
"''The year is 1973. Somewhere in our world, it is said that there exists a wondrous island unspoiled by man – a land shrouded in mystery, where myth runs wild. Uncharted and undiscovered.''
"''The year is 1973. Somewhere in our world, it is said that there exists a wondrous island unspoiled by man – a land shrouded in mystery, where myth runs wild. Uncharted and undiscovered.''
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*[[Mire Squid]]
*[[Psychovulture]]
*[[Psychovulture]]
*[[Leaf Wing]]
*[[Leafwing]]
*[[Godzilla/Legendary|Godzilla]] (mentioned; cave paintings)
*[[Godzilla/Legendary|Godzilla]] (mentioned; cave paintings)
*[[Mothra]] (cave painting)
*[[Mothra]] (cave painting)
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*[[CH-53 Sea Stallion]]
*[[CH-53 Sea Stallion]]
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==Production==
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==Gallery==
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**''Kong: Skull Island'' also marks the first ever appearances of [[Mothra]], [[Rodan]] and [[King Ghidorah]] in a film not produced by Toho.
**''Kong: Skull Island'' also marks the first ever appearances of [[Mothra]], [[Rodan]] and [[King Ghidorah]] in a film not produced by Toho.
*One version of the film's post-credit sequence involved the characters watching Godzilla surface in the Arctic Ocean.<ref name="Empire">[http://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/ten-revelations-kong-skull-island-director-jordan-vogt-roberts/ Ten Revelations From Kong: Skull Island Director Jordan Vogt-Roberts]</ref> It was rejected because ''[[Godzilla (2014 film)|Godzilla]]'' stated that he had not been sighted since 1954.
*One version of the film's post-credit sequence involved the characters watching Godzilla surface in the Arctic Ocean.<ref name="Empire">[http://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/ten-revelations-kong-skull-island-director-jordan-vogt-roberts/ Ten Revelations From Kong: Skull Island Director Jordan Vogt-Roberts]</ref> It was rejected because ''[[Godzilla (2014 film)|Godzilla]]'' stated that he had not been sighted since 1954.
*''Kong: Skull Island'' is the first American-made live-action King Kong film where Kong is not killed or seemingly killed at the film's end.
**This is also the only live-action King Kong film where Kong never leaves his island and is brought to human civilization.
*The version of Kong in this film is the largest incarnation of Kong featured in an American film, standing 104 feet tall, while past incarnations have either been around 50 or 25 feet tall. The only incarnation of Kong that is taller is the [[ShodaiKongu|Kong]] from ''[[King Kong vs. Godzilla]]'', which stood approximately 147 feet tall.
*The attire worn by Randa in this film is reminiscent of that worn by [[Carl Denham]] in the original 1933 film.
*The patch and slogan on the back of Hank Marlow's jacket in this film are a reference to the character Dr. Steve Brule, who is portrayed by [[John C. Reilly]] in ''[[wikipedia:Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!|Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!]]'' and ''[[wikipedia:Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule|Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule]]'', as well as the jacket worn by Kaneda in [[wikipedia:Katsuhiro Otomo|Katsuhiro Otomo's]] manga ''[[wikipedia:Akira (manga)|AKIRA]]'' and its [[wikipedia:Akira (1988 film)|1988 anime film adaptation]].
*The design of the [[Skullcrawler]]s in this film was inspired by the [[Two-Legged Lizard]] from the original ''King Kong''. Other influences included [[w:c:evangelion:Sachiel|Sachiel]] from ''[[w:c:evangelion:Neon Genesis Evangelion|Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'', No Face from ''Spirited Away'', and Cubone from ''Pokemon''.<ref name="Fandango">[http://www.fandango.com/movie-news/director-jordan-vogt-roberts-on-why-kong-skull-island-is-unlike-any-other-king-kong-movie-751932 Director Jordan Vogt-Roberts on Why 'Kong: Skull Island' Is Unlike Any Other 'King Kong' Movie]</ref>
*The [[Mother Longlegs]] creature in this film may be inspired by the crab-spiders from the infamous lost spider pit sequence from the original ''King Kong''.
*The [[Mire Squid]] that Kong briefly battles in this film is a reference to the [[Giant Octopus]] he fought in ''King Kong vs. Godzilla''. Kong's use of a tree as a weapon in the final battle with the giant Skullcrawler may also be a nod to his famous use of a tree against [[Godzilla/Showa|Godzilla]] in the film.
*During the film's final battle, Kong appears to attempt to pry open and break the giant Skullcrawler's jaws. This is a reference to Kong's preferred tactic of breaking an opponent's jaws, which he demonstrates in the original film, ''[[King Kong Escapes]]'', and the [[King Kong (1976 film)|1976]] and [[King Kong (2005 film)|2005 remakes]].
*Director Jordan Vogt-Roberts has said that the filmmakers intentionally tried to differentiate the Kong design in this film from the design featured in the [[King Kong (2005 film)|2005 film]] directed by Peter Jackson. Rather than making the design resemble a gigantic silverback gorilla that walks on all four limbs like in Jackson's film, the designers chose to have Kong stand upright like a human. A major reason for this was to show that Kong is his own species that has its "own set of rules, so [the filmmakers] can do what we want and [they] really wanted to pay homage to what came before...and yet do something completely different."<ref name="Entertainment Weekly">[http://ew.com/article/2016/11/10/kong-skull-island-first-look-movie-monster/ Kong: Skull Island gives first look at movie monster]</ref>
*The helicopters that Kong destroys early in the film are [[UH-1 Iroquois]], the same type of choppers that seemingly killed Kong in the climax of the 1976 remake.
==External Links==
==External Links==
*[http://kongskullislandmovie.com/ Official site]
*[http://kongskullislandmovie.com/ Official site]

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American Kong: Skull Island poster
Directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts
Producer Thomas Tull, Jon Jashni,
Mary Parent
Written by Max Borenstein,
John Gatins,
Dan Gilroy,
Derek Connolly
Music by Henry Jackman
Distributor Warner Bros.
Rating PG-13
Budget $185,000,000[1]
Box office $61,015,000
(U.S. Earnings)
$81,600,000
(Foreign Earnings)
$142,615,000
(Total Earnings)
Running time 118 minutes
(1 hour, 58 minutes)
“
All Hail the King
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— Tagline

Kong: Skull Island is an upcoming 2017 American giant monster film produced by Legendary Pictures that serves as an origin story for King Kong, and is the second entry in the MonsterVerse. It will be released to theaters on March 10, 2017.

Plot

"The year is 1973. Somewhere in our world, it is said that there exists a wondrous island unspoiled by man – a land shrouded in mystery, where myth runs wild. Uncharted and undiscovered.

When the secretive organization known as Monarch identify this destination as the origin point for mysterious new superspecies, they mount an expedition to discover its secrets.

What they find on Skull Island is an adventure beyond any human experience. An exotic paradise of wonders and terrors, where flora and fauna have fused together into an Eden of otherworldly jungle creatures.

As one group fights to escape and the other declares war on Kong, we discover that the mighty primate is at the center of a battle for dominion over the island, locked into a ‘survival of the fittest’ face-off with the terrifying apex predators responsible for wiping out his kin.

Driven by vengeance, Kong will become nature’s fury, and fight to take his rightful place upon the throne of most powerful beast on the island, revealing the story of how Kong became King."[2]

Staff

Staff role on the left, staff member's name on the right.

  • Director   Jordan Vogt-Roberts
  • Writers   Dan Gilroy, Max Borenstein, Derek Connolly
  • Story   John Gatins
  • Producers   Thomas Tull, Jon Jashni, Mary Parent, Alex Garia
  • Executive Producers   Edward Cheng, Eric McLeod
  • Music   Henry Jackman
  • Cinematography   Larry Fong
  • Edited by   Bob Murawski, Richard Pearson, Christian Wagner
  • Production Design by   Stefan Dechant
  • Special Effects by   Tosin Akinwoye
  • Director of Photography   Larry Fong
  • Animation Supervisor   Scott Benza
  • Visual Effects Supervisor   Jeff White
  • Costume Designer   Mary E. Vogt
  • Sound Designer   Al Nelson, Pete Horner

Cast

Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.

Appearances

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Monsters

Weapons, Vehicles and Races

Production

Main article: Kong: Skull Island/Development.

Gallery

Main article: Kong: Skull Island/Gallery.

Soundtrack

Main article: Kong: Skull Island - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.

Alternate Titles

  • King Kong: Giant God of Skull Island (キングコング：髑髏島の巨神,   Kingu Kongu: Dokurotou-no-Kyoshin, Japan)
  • Kong: Skeleton Island (金剛‬：骷髏島 Jīngāng‬: Kūlóu dǎo, China)

Theatrical Releases

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  • Belgium - March 8, 2017
  • Egypt - March 8, 2017
  • France - March 8, 2017
  • Argentina - March 9, 2017
  • Austria - March 9, 2017
  • Brazil - March 9, 2017
  • Chile - March 9, 2017
  • Czech Republic - March 9, 2017
  • Serbia - March 9, 2017
  • Germany - March 9, 2017
  • Denmark - March 9, 2017
  • Georgia - March 9, 2017
  • Greece - March 9, 2017
  • Croatia - March 9, 2017
  • Hungary - March 9, 2017
  • Israel - March 9, 2017
  • Italy - March 9, 2017
  • South Korea - March 9, 2017
  • Kazakhstan - March 9, 2017
  • Netherlands - March 9, 2017
  • Philippines - March 9, 2017
  • Portugal - March 9, 2017
  • Russia - March 9, 2017
  • Singapore - March 9, 2017
  • Slovakia - March 9, 2017
  • United States - March 10, 2017   [view poster]American poster
  • Australia - March 10, 2017
  • Bulgaria - March 10, 2017
  • Canada - March 10, 2017
  • Estonia - March 10, 2017
  • Spain - March 10, 2017
  • Finland - March 10, 2017
  • United Kingdom - March 10, 2017
  • Hong Kong - March 10, 2017
  • Ireland - March 10, 2017
  • Lithuania - March 10, 2017
  • Norway - March 10, 2017
  • New Zealand - March 10, 2017
  • Poland - March 10, 2017
  • Romania - March 10, 2017
  • Sweden - March 10, 2017
  • Turkey - March 10, 2017
  • Taiwan - March 10, 2017   [view poster]Taiwanese poster
  • Vietnam - March 10, 2017
  • South Africa - March 10, 2017
  • China - March 24, 2017   [view poster]Chinese poster
  • Japan - March 25, 2017[3]   [view poster]Japanese poster

IMAX Release

Kong: Skull Island IMAX poster

Kong: Skull Island will be released in IMAX on March 10, 2017, in addition to 2D and 3D releases.

Videos

Main article: Kong: Skull Island/Videos.


Trivia

  • According to director Jordan Vogt-Roberts, the first script of the film that he read took place in 1917. Vogt-Roberts later conceived the idea of setting the film during the Vietnam War after talking with Legendary Pictures. When he pitched the idea, Vogt-Roberts told Empire that he thought Legendary would "laugh [him] out of the room," but to his surprise Legendary liked the idea and the setting was changed.[4]
    • Max Borenstein's script also gave the expedition to Skull Island a different motive: the brother of Tom Hiddleston's character was marooned there while searching for a "Titan Serum" capable of curing all disease.[5]
  • Director Jordan Vogt-Roberts did not want there to be any living dinosaurs in the film because, in his words, "Jurassic World owns that as far as I'm concerned, and Peter Jackson's version did such a great job with that V-Rex fight. So I don't want to retread on that at all."[6]
  • Kong: Skull Island is the first King Kong film released in 3D, although like Godzilla it was not filmed in 3D, but post-converted.
  • One IMAX poster for this film is patterned after the poster for the film Apocalypse Now. In addition, the character James Conrad is most likely named after Joseph Conrad, author of Heart of Darkness, the novella upon which Apocalypse Now is based, while the character Hank Marlow is most likely named after Marlow, the book's protagonist.
  • Kong: Skull Island was the first major motion picture to film a significant number of scenes in Vietnam.[7]
  • The beached ship repurposed as an Iwi shrine to Kong, the SS Wanderer, is named after the boat that travels to Skull Island in the novelization of the original 1933 film.[8] Hank Marlow states that the Wanderer came to the island about a decade before his own arrival in 1944.
  • The names of the U.S. Senator and his secretary that Randa and Houston Brooks meet with at the beginning of the film are Willis and O'Brien, respectively, no doubt a reference to Willis O'Brien, who created the stop-motion effects that brought Kong and the other creatures to life in the original 1933 film.
  • Kong: Skull Island marks the first official appearance of Godzilla in a non-Godzilla kaiju film. However, it is not Godzilla's first ever appearance in any non-Godzilla film, as Godzilla made a cameo in Toho's Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 in 2007.
    • Kong: Skull Island also marks the first ever appearances of Mothra, Rodan and King Ghidorah in a film not produced by Toho.
  • One version of the film's post-credit sequence involved the characters watching Godzilla surface in the Arctic Ocean.[9] It was rejected because Godzilla stated that he had not been sighted since 1954.
  • Kong: Skull Island is the first American-made live-action King Kong film where Kong is not killed or seemingly killed at the film's end.
    • This is also the only live-action King Kong film where Kong never leaves his island and is brought to human civilization.
  • The version of Kong in this film is the largest incarnation of Kong featured in an American film, standing 104 feet tall, while past incarnations have either been around 50 or 25 feet tall. The only incarnation of Kong that is taller is the Kong from King Kong vs. Godzilla, which stood approximately 147 feet tall.
  • The attire worn by Randa in this film is reminiscent of that worn by Carl Denham in the original 1933 film.
  • The patch and slogan on the back of Hank Marlow's jacket in this film are a reference to the character Dr. Steve Brule, who is portrayed by John C. Reilly in Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! and Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule, as well as the jacket worn by Kaneda in Katsuhiro Otomo's manga AKIRA and its 1988 anime film adaptation.
  • The design of the Skullcrawlers in this film was inspired by the Two-Legged Lizard from the original King Kong. Other influences included Sachiel from Neon Genesis Evangelion, No Face from Spirited Away, and Cubone from Pokemon.[10]
  • The Mother Longlegs creature in this film may be inspired by the crab-spiders from the infamous lost spider pit sequence from the original King Kong.
  • The Mire Squid that Kong briefly battles in this film is a reference to the Giant Octopus he fought in King Kong vs. Godzilla. Kong's use of a tree as a weapon in the final battle with the giant Skullcrawler may also be a nod to his famous use of a tree against Godzilla in the film.
  • During the film's final battle, Kong appears to attempt to pry open and break the giant Skullcrawler's jaws. This is a reference to Kong's preferred tactic of breaking an opponent's jaws, which he demonstrates in the original film, King Kong Escapes, and the 1976 and 2005 remakes.
  • Director Jordan Vogt-Roberts has said that the filmmakers intentionally tried to differentiate the Kong design in this film from the design featured in the 2005 film directed by Peter Jackson. Rather than making the design resemble a gigantic silverback gorilla that walks on all four limbs like in Jackson's film, the designers chose to have Kong stand upright like a human. A major reason for this was to show that Kong is his own species that has its "own set of rules, so [the filmmakers] can do what we want and [they] really wanted to pay homage to what came before...and yet do something completely different."[11]
  • The helicopters that Kong destroys early in the film are UH-1 Iroquois, the same type of choppers that seemingly killed Kong in the climax of the 1976 remake.

External Links

References

This is a list of references for Kong: Skull Island. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: [1]

  1. ↑ 'Kong: Skull Island' poised for $50-million opening as studios take a monster franchise gamble
  2. ↑ Creative Brief: Design an Illustrated Poster For KONG: Skull Island
  3. ↑ Kong: Skull Island on Warner Bros. Japan's official website
  4. ↑ Nugent, John. (December 28, 2016) Exclusive concept art for Kong: Skull Island revealed. Empire
  5. ↑ Has the ‘Kong: Skull Island’ Plot Been Revealed?
  6. ↑ Kong: Skull Island's director ditched dinosaurs for creatures inspired by Miyazaki and Pokemon
  7. ↑ KONG: SKULL ISLAND Production Notes and High-Res Photos
  8. ↑ CS Interview: Kong: Skull Island’s Jordan Vogt-Roberts
  9. ↑ Ten Revelations From Kong: Skull Island Director Jordan Vogt-Roberts
  10. ↑ Director Jordan Vogt-Roberts on Why 'Kong: Skull Island' Is Unlike Any Other 'King Kong' Movie
  11. ↑ Kong: Skull Island gives first look at movie monster

 
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