After an initial Comic Con tease, the fuzzy, misunderstood primate known as King Kong has returned in a new trailer for Kong: Skull Island. Like many superheroes and figures of lore, Kong is being treated with an origin story of sorts, set before all that canonical business with the skyscraper in New York. This prologue involves a group of researchers and some sort of military branch traveling to the distant titular planet, that just so happens to be home to the angry, titular beast. With a packed bill including Brie Larson, Tom Hiddleston, Toby Kebbell, John Goodman, Samuel L. Jackson, Shea Whigam, and John C. Riley, Skull Island could be some early 2017 enjoyment with bite.
After the success of his indie drama The Kings of Summer, helmer Jordan Vogt-Roberts has certainly upped his scale and production budget with this massive studio outing. It will be interesting to see if any of his aesthetics for intimacy and character focus carry over into a picture involving helicopters, large-scale action, and a ton of monsters. With this film set to be part of a multi-verse with the recent Godzilla and its upcoming sequel, there will certainly be a level of studio demand about how the proceedings are approached.
See the trailer below.
In March 2017, the producers of Godzilla transport audiences to the birthplace of one of the most powerful monster myths of all in KONG: SKULL ISLAND, from Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures.
When a scientific expedition to an uncharted island awakens titanic forces of nature, a mission of discovery becomes an explosive war between monster and man. Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, Brie Larson, John Goodman and John C. Reilly star in a thrilling and original new adventure that reveals the untold story of how Kong became King.
Kong: Skull Island opens March 17th, 2017.