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''King Kong vs. Frankenstein'' was a project originally conceived as a sequel to the 1933 film ''[[King Kong (1933 film)|King Kong]]'', with a treatment written by animator Willis O'Brien featuring King Kong battling a large monster created by Frankenstein's grandson in San Francisco. John Beck | ''King Kong vs. Frankenstein'' was a project originally conceived as a sequel to the 1933 film ''[[King Kong (1933 film)|King Kong]]'', with a treatment written by stop-motion animator [[Willis O'Brien]], featuring [[King Kong]] battling a large monster created by Dr. Frankenstein's grandson in San Francisco. | ||
O’Brien showed his treatment and concept illustrations to Daniel O’Shea of [[RKO Pictures]], who in turn introduced O’Brien to producer [[John Beck]]. Beck bought the treatment from O’Brien and commissioned screenwriter George Yates to flesh it out into a full screenplay that could be shown to investors. Yates changed the title to ''King Kong vs. Prometheus'', after the full title of Mary Shelley’s original novel, ''Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus''. Unable to find an interested studio in the US, John Beck went to [[Toho]] with the script. Toho instead purchased the rights to use the King Kong character from RKO and produced ''[[King Kong vs. Godzilla]]'', which Beck retained the distribution rights for outside of Asia.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Japan’s favorite mon-star: the unauthorized biography of “The Big G” |author=Steve Ryfle |date=1998 |publisher=ECW Press|page=80}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Ishiro Honda: a life in film, from Godzilla to Kurosawa|author=Steve Ryfle and Ed Godziszewski |date=2017 |publisher=Wesleyan University Press|page=186}}</ref> | |||
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King Kong vs. Prometheus is an unmade King Kong film.
History
King Kong vs. Frankenstein was a project originally conceived as a sequel to the 1933 film King Kong, with a treatment written by stop-motion animator Willis O'Brien, featuring King Kong battling a large monster created by Dr. Frankenstein's grandson in San Francisco.
O’Brien showed his treatment and concept illustrations to Daniel O’Shea of RKO Pictures, who in turn introduced O’Brien to producer John Beck. Beck bought the treatment from O’Brien and commissioned screenwriter George Yates to flesh it out into a full screenplay that could be shown to investors. Yates changed the title to King Kong vs. Prometheus, after the full title of Mary Shelley’s original novel, Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus. Unable to find an interested studio in the US, John Beck went to Toho with the script. Toho instead purchased the rights to use the King Kong character from RKO and produced King Kong vs. Godzilla, which Beck retained the distribution rights for outside of Asia.[1][2]
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Frankenstein
King Kong
Frankenstein heads
Trivia
- Prometheus's name references the full title of Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.
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