'Kong: Skull Island' is an upcoming monster film featuring Tom Hiddleston in the lead role. The actor hinted that the new film will be "epic" and "spectacular". It will pit King Kong against super predator such as the Decarnocimex and a dinosaur called the Vastatosaurus Rex.
According to Dread Central, Hiddleston is ready to take on director Jordan Vogt-Roberts' upcoming reboot of the iconic 'King Kong' cinematic series as the latest protagonist. Although no further details of his character have been released as of the present, the English actor expressed his enthusiasm for the new film as well as the new film's storyline.
He teased, "...It's a whole new re-conception of the mythology. It essentially follows a group of disparate travelers and explorers and soldiers who travel to an undiscovered island in the South Pacific. And it's set in a time period where you could conceive that there are still undiscovered places on the earth. What they find on the island is surprising, and then every character has a very different response to it... It's going to be spectacular and epic... but also the human drama is kind of interesting as well.""
It remains unknown whether the upcoming film will be a prequel to the original 1933 film or if it will be an entirely new reboot altogether. Peter Jackson of 'Lord the Rings' fame also attempted to revive the classic franchise with his 2005 release starring Naomi Watts, Jack Black and Adrien Brody. Jackson's film gained critical and mainstream success as well as earned three Academy Awards for Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing and Best Visual Effects.
Vogt-Roberts' new film also boasts a star-studded cast including Brie Larson, John Goodman, John C. Reilly, and Samuel L. Jackson. According to Cheat Sheet, 'Kong: Skull Island' will be set in a different time period from its predecessors and will have a unique story that doesn't involve ambitious film directors and a damsel in distress. It will also lead up to Legendary Pictures' new project that will pit King Kong against another famous kaiju, Godzilla.
According to i09, the upcoming fantasy-adventure film will introduced new super predators into the franchise including a vicious giant insect called the Decarnocimex capable of tearing its prey apart, the slug-like Carnictis that feeds on the dead and wounded, as well as the Vastatosaurus Rex, the largest and deadliest dinosaur on Skull Island.
'Kong: Skull Island' is an upcoming monster film directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts. It is based on a screenplay by Max Borenstein, Derek Connolly, John Gatins and Dan Gilroy. It is scheduled to premiere in theaters on March 10, 2017.
