King Kong... sequel???

[Gojira]

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.

King Kong Escapes is not a sequel to King Kong vs. Godzilla. Even though both movies are made by Toho this film film was a loose adaptation of the Rankin/Bass Saturday morning cartoon series The King Kong Show and was the second and final Japanese-made film featuring the King Kong character.

In King Kong Escapes he is depicted as the normal size for Kong and not the larger size that was used in the movie with Godzilla.

 

[Christopher]

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

That would be awesome!

Bring back the giant robot hand!

That film actually did have a sequel, 1986's King Kong Lives, starring Linda Hamilton. It involves the attempt to revive Kong with a heart transplant.

 

[publiusr]

It involves the attempt to revive Kong with a heart transplant.

So that's Cheney came from...right at the foot of the World Trade Buildings after all.

 

[Captaindemotion]

So it looks like Tom Hiddleston is to star? This may be worth watching after all, I'd be surprised if he signed up to a second-a rate script.

http://variety.com/2014/tv/news/tom-hiddleston-king-kong-skull-island-1201306778/

 

[JD]

That definitely does raise my interest level. I've still only seen him the Thor movies, so if that is still true by the time that comes out, it'll be weird seeing him in a heroic role.

 

[Aragorn]

Is this the most recent Kong: Skull Island thread? If so...

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[Mr. Adventure]

I love Comic Con time when the trailers all roll out! Thought John Goodman was John Rhys-Davies for a second, oops.

 

[JD]

I did too. That looks awesome!

 

[Rincewiend]

Looks like it takes place in the 1960's...

 

[Greg Cox]

Looks like it takes place in the 1960's...

The 1970s, I hear.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

Looks spectacular with a fantastic cast. While it's good to know that Kong will be motion-captured (according to Wikipedia), it'll be weird to have an ape not performed by Andy Serkis.

I loved the bit between Samuel L. Jackson and John Goodman squaring off each other. Now that's a face-off!

 

[The Wormhole]

You know for a movie that has both Samuel L Jackson and Tom Hiddleston in it, that trailer is surprisingly meh.

 

[USS Firefly]

But it has KONG!

 

[Beagleman]

Looks great!

 

[Mage]

The cinematogrophy looks amazing! That trailer did more for me than I had expected.

 

[JD]

Do we know if there's a specific reason they're setting this in the '70s rather than today or the '30s like the original and Peter Jackson movies? Is the story possibly tied into Vietnam?

 

[The Nth Doctor]

Possibly for that reason, although I wonder if ti's also because they're tying it in with the new Godzilla movie and want to set it sometime after those events.

 

[The Mighty Monkey of Mim]

Yes, isn't this supposed to be followed by a Godzilla vs. King Kong movie?

(Edited to add: Yep.)

 

[Venardhi]

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.

Most of those Wizard of Oz films were created in part by Baum and told different stories in the "Oz-iverse," One was an adaptation of the play and all but the animated one were silent. The MGM/Garland version was the first adaptation we would recognize as anything approaching a feature film adaptation of the novel.

 

[Adam]

Do we know if there's a specific reason they're setting this in the '70s rather than today or the '30s like the original and Peter Jackson movies? Is the story possibly tied into Vietnam?

Also perhaps as a nod to the remake from the mid 70s?