King Kong... sequel???

[Silvercrest]

Within the continuity of the Peter Jackson movie, Skull Island was sinking into the ocean and disappeared beneath the waves just a few years after the movie concluded.

Averted when they removed the weight of a giant ape stomping all over the island.

Prince Kong.

The Giant Ape Someday to Be Known as King Kong

Ah yes. The Hair Apparent.

 

[Gaith]

Ah yes. The Hair Apparent.

That's not furry.

 

[Silvercrest]

And here come all the substandard puns. "Monkey see, monkey do". You're just aping your superiors, you know.

 

[Captaindemotion]

Joe Cornish being sought to direct?

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/68202

 

[TREK_GOD_1]

Ah yes. The Hair Apparent.

And here come all the substandard puns. "Monkey see, monkey do". You're just aping your superiors, you know.

That's not furry.

...did Forrest J. Ackerman return from beyond and just...explode in this thread?

 

[JD]

Where does the sequel idea come from?
The title makes me think a prequel is more likely. I could see a Kong movie set entirely on the island being pretty cool.
I really enjoyed Attack the Block, so I hope Cornish does get the gig.

 

[The Wormhole]

Where does the sequel idea come from?
The title makes me think a prequel is more likely. I could see a Kong movie set entirely on the island being pretty cool.
I really enjoyed Attack the Block, so I hope Cornish does get the gig.

I'm not sure if I'd even use the term "prequel" since it would not surprise me to find out this has nothing to do with Peter Jackson's 2005 movie. Maybe they might end up marketing it as Kong's life prior to being captured and sent to New York, and leave it vague if it is in fact a prequel to the 2005 movie or the original 1930s one.

 

[Christopher]

^Yeah, I gather it's more a new Kong project than a continuation of Jackson's world.

 

[Pingfah]

One presumes King Kong was from a race of similarly sized animals.

Therefore I propose King Kongs as a working title.

 

[Captaindemotion]

The Kingdom of Kong

 

[Doctorwhovian]

I think that Jackson's King Kong has been the only Kong without a sequel (so far). The original had Son of Kong, the 70's King Kong had King Kong Lives and even King Kong Vs. Godzilla had King Kong Escapes.

 

[The Wormhole]

I think that Jackson's King Kong has been the only Kong without a sequel (so far). The original had Son of Kong, the 70's King Kong had King Kong Lives and even King Kong Vs. Godzilla had King Kong Escapes.

Still, it's been close to a decade, will be over a decade by the time this movie is released since the Jackson film. In this day and age where continuity reboots are happening with less time between movies (Spider-Man rebooted 5 years after the third Raimi movie, Superman rebooted 7 years after Superman Returns, Batman being rebooted 4 years after The Dark Knight Rises) there's no real reason to expect this King Kong to be of the same continuity.

 

[Christopher]

Rapid reboots, like everything else, are not the recent innovation people assume. There were maybe a half-dozen screen versions of The Wizard of Oz in the 25 years before the Judy Garland film. The Maltese Falcon was made into films in 1931, 1936, and 1941. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde had two adaptations a decade apart, also in 1931 and 1941.

 

[Tiberius]

They should do a three-part prequel....

And split the last movie into two parts.

Skull Island: Part Three: Part One.

 

[2takesfrakes]

What is the perpetual appeal of KING KONG, one has to wonder ... is it just the BEAUTY & THE BEAST theme, or ... is it something more primal?

 

[The Wormhole]

^^Giant monkeys are cool?

 

[JD]

Where does the sequel idea come from?
The title makes me think a prequel is more likely. I could see a Kong movie set entirely on the island being pretty cool.
I really enjoyed Attack the Block, so I hope Cornish does get the gig.

I'm not sure if I'd even use the term "prequel" since it would not surprise me to find out this has nothing to do with Peter Jackson's 2005 movie. Maybe they might end up marketing it as Kong's life prior to being captured and sent to New York, and leave it vague if it is in fact a prequel to the 2005 movie or the original 1930s one.

^Yeah, I gather it's more a new Kong project than a continuation of Jackson's world.

I didn't necessarily mean a prequel to the Peter Jackson movie specifically, I just meant a prequel to the Kong story in general.

 

[Doctorwhovian]

Regarding the multiple Kongs thing, there was a scene in PJ's Kong in Kong's cave home that showed some giant ape skeletons if I remember correctly.

 

[Mr Light]

And in the commentary track, the writers say that Kong was the last surviving member of his species and was all alone.

 

[TremblingBluStar]

I hope it is a sequel to the 1976 film with Jeff Bridges!!!

That would be awesome!

Bring back the giant robot hand!