Kong: Skull Island

Mr E · 23-07-2016 09:31PM #1

First trailer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E591L_sxw-k

brianregan09 · 23-07-2016 09:35PM

Have to say that looks great some amazing shots in there , is this supposed to be in the same universe as the last Godzilla movie ?

dreamers75 · 23-07-2016 10:10PM

brianregan09 wrote: »

Have to say that looks great some amazing shots in there , is this supposed to be in the same universe as the last Godzilla movie ?

Its a lead up to Kong vs Godzilla, so yes.

Looks like it is set in the 70s with the weapons and choppers.

Liam McPoyle · 23-07-2016 10:16PM

SLJ really is in everything these days.

Slydice · 23-07-2016 10:23PM

dreamers75 wrote: »

Its a lead up to Kong vs Godzilla

WHHAAAAAA!!!!!#

#FAINTS

mdwexford · 24-07-2016 01:13AM

Looks pretty sweet.

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 24-07-2016 02:07AM

It's like Christmas for Trailers today with all the epic stuff coming out of SDCC... This looks class - had no idea of who was in the cast until I started watching that trailer and I was pleasantly surprised.

AllGunsBlazing · 24-07-2016 02:17AM

Kinda strikes me as Predator but with a giant gorilla substituting for the alien.

Dair76 · 24-07-2016 02:23AM

AllGunsBlazing wrote: »

Kinda strikes me as Predator but with a giant gorilla substituting for the alien.

Funnily enough, I got the same vibe from Tom Hiddleston as I did from Adrien Brody in Predators....

Anyway this looks terribly daft, as does the premise of having Kong fight Godzilla (I know they did in the 60s for Toho), but I'll lap it up all the same.

JP Liz V1 · 24-07-2016 10:59PM

Saul T Nutzz wrote: »

SLJ really is in everything these days.

Adding coolness to every film

Harry Palmr · 24-07-2016 11:05PM

Another CGI soaked horror

1878_ · 24-07-2016 11:12PM

As a fan of King Kong (original concept) I can't wait for this! The Peter Jackson film wasn't great so hope this makes up for it.

Really enjoyed Godzilla (2014) too.

Mr Freeze · 25-07-2016 12:33PM

dreamers75 wrote: »

Looks like it is set in the 70s with the weapons and choppers.

Definitely looks like its set in the 70s, which makes me wonder what year Kong vs Godzilla is going to be set in. If its modern, will it end up having a whole new cast, not really using anyone from this Kong film?

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 25-07-2016 08:31PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7frzcG9PwvU

squonk · 26-07-2016 03:03PM

dreamers75 wrote: »

Its a lead up to Kong vs Godzilla, so yes.

Jesus Christ does everything have to be either an X vs Y movie or a collection movie like Avengers these days? It's getting boring at this point. Batman v Superman was a bit pile of shít and the last Godzilla movie wasn't all that memorable either.

razorblunt · 26-07-2016 04:05PM

It hasn't got Jack Black, I hear Oscar buzz.

It hasn't got Kyle Chandler, buzzkill.

Comic Book Guy · 26-07-2016 09:01PM

Some cool shots in that, love the one with the choppers heading towards the silhouette of Kong while the sound effect noise cranks up.

Can't wait 😀

JakeArmitage · 27-07-2016 01:14AM

squonk wrote: »

dreamers75 wrote: »

Its a lead up to Kong vs Godzilla, so yes.

Jesus Christ does everything have to be either an X vs Y movie or a collection movie like Avengers these days? It's getting boring at this point. Batman v Superman was a bit pile of sh t and the last Godzilla movie wasn't all that memorable either.

Batman V Superman was class

Venom · 28-07-2016 09:55PM

Trailer looks awesome but then so did the Godzilla one

Tony EH · 29-07-2016 08:11AM

A film like 'King Kong' remains at its most viable in the period it was conceived and shot in. The 30's. Which is why there is only one 'King Kong'.

I was all ready to start rolling my eyes at this and giving out about hollywood trying to remake, yet again, something that has no right being remade.

However, I was pleasantly surprised by that trailer! It looks like something I want to see more of.

Of course, that pleasing feeling sort of dropped off when I heard that this is just a possible run up to a 'King Kong vs Godzilla'. :rolleyes:

Why.

Didn't hollywood get all that vs/meets crap out of their system in the 40's, when Universal wrecked all their classic monsters.

Sigh.

Utah · 29-07-2016 08:15AM

Dair76 wrote: »

Funnily enough, I got the same vibe from Tom Hiddleston as I did from Adrien Brody in Predators....

Is that vibe a "they have no business as action heroes" kind of vibe?!

dreamers75 · 30-07-2016 03:19AM

JakeArmitage wrote: »

Batman V Superman was class

Nope.

Agent Coulson · 14-11-2016 10:27PM

https://twitter.com/kongskullisland/status/797846521618132992
https://twitter.com/kongskullisland/status/798208903083212801

Gwynplaine · 14-11-2016 11:12PM

Saul T Nutzz wrote: »

SLJ really is in everything these days.

So sick of him. Shouting L Jackson.

Mr E · 17-11-2016 07:08AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9y6oPka3us

Loughc · 17-11-2016 09:19AM

That looks so good!

Bacchus · 17-11-2016 09:53AM

Looks interesting. I quite like the Vietnam era, Platoon/'Apocalypse Now' vibe off the setting. Kong looks massive, the monsters look great and the cast is perfect (even Reilly as the 'gone slightly mad' survivor of a previous expedition).

pixelburp · 17-11-2016 03:13PM

Well, I love big monster movies, so I love the look of this. There's no doubt the 70s setting is aping (badum tsch) the styling of Apocalypse Now, but that's no bad thing; if nothing else it keeps the action grounded & the protagonists without easy technology to aid them.

I wonder if this will end with a nod towards Godzilla, given the rumours there'll be a crossover film in the future.

Bacchus · 17-11-2016 03:42PM

pixelburp wrote: »

I wonder if this will end with a nod towards Godzilla, given the rumours there'll be a crossover film in the future.

I forgot that this was part of a new monster universe... given that this is set in the 70s (or so) and Godzilla was modern day, it will be quite interesting how they link them. Or are they rebooting Godzilla again?

pixelburp · 17-11-2016 03:50PM

Bacchus wrote: »

I forgot that this was part of a new monster universe... given that this is set in the 70s (or so) and Godzilla was modern day, it will be quite interesting how they link them. Or are they rebooting Godzilla again?

Well going by the trailer, Kong seems to have lived for quite a while and IIRC, in Godzilla it was implied the titular monster lived for thousands of years, so it isn't inconceivable Kong will simply be ~40 years older.

I think some viral marketing has implied groups involved with the plot in Kong were the same scientific group in Godzilla. I guess we won't see any of the Skull Island characters in the Versus film, unless the studio pull a Fox & pretend human ageing doesn't happen

Bacchus · 17-11-2016 05:08PM

pixelburp wrote: »

Well going by the trailer, Kong seems to have lived for quite a while and IIRC, in Godzilla it was implied the titular monster lived for thousands of years, so it isn't inconceivable Kong will simply be ~40 years older.

I think some viral marketing has implied groups involved with the plot in Kong were the same scientific group in Godzilla. I guess we won't see any of the Skull Island characters in the Versus film, unless the studio pull a Fox & pretend human ageing doesn't happen

Well yeah, no issue regarding Kongs age. I mean more along the lines of... will Kong become public knowledge by the end of this? In Godzilla, the idea of huge monsters seems to be new territory... no mention of a "Kong" incident in it. Not that there has to be but it'll just be interesting to see how it ties together.

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