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‘Kong: Skull Island’ Trailer As Much of a Spectacle as King Kong Himself! #SDCC
Seconds after premiering at the San Diego Comic-Con, Warner Bros. and Legendary shared with the world the first trailer for Kong: Skull Island, the newly minted King Kong movie that will live in the same universe as the Godzilla films.
The footage is absolutely spectacular, giving heavy nods to genre films such as Aliens, Predator, Jurassic Park, Terminator 2, among many others (collect them all!). Jordan Vogt-Roberts looks to bring the “wow” back to theaters by delivering an apocalyptic (even Apocalypse Now) feel to the film that mirrors the size of the new King Kong, who is quite notably monstrous.
I think what impresses me the most is that they dropped the “Beauty and the Beast” nonsense and have turned this into a battle between man and monster…on an island. There’s even a shot of someone shooting an automatic weapon from the top of an enormous Triceratops skull. I really don’t know how you top that…
In the film, a diverse team of explorers is brought together to venture deep into an uncharted island in the Pacific – as beautiful as it is treacherous – unaware that they’re crossing into the domain of the mythic Kong. It features Tom Hiddleston, Brie Larson, John Goodman, John C. Reilly, Samuel L. Jackson, Tom Wilkinson, Jason Mitchell, Corey Hawkins, Thomas Mann and John Ortiz.
Kong: Skull Island opens in theaters on March 10, 2017, followed by Godzilla 2 on March 22, 2019, and Godzilla vs. Kong on May 29, 2020.
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Sony returns to their own Marvel universe with the upcoming Kraven the Hunter, which has been bumped all over the release schedule. This week, it’s been bumped once more.
There was a time when Sony was going to unleash Kraven in theaters in October 2023, but the film was then bumped to August 2024. It’ll now release on December 13, 2024.
Kraven the Hunter will be the very first Marvel movie from Sony to be released into theaters with an “R” rating, with lots of bloody violence being promised.
Aaron Taylor-Johnson stars as the title character, Marvel’s ultimate predator.
“Kraven the Hunter is the visceral story about how and why one of Marvel’s most iconic villains came to be. Set before his notorious vendetta with Spider-Man, Aaron Taylor-Johnson stars as the titular character in the R-rated film.”
Ariana DeBose will play Calypso in the upcoming Kraven the Hunter movie.
Christopher Abbott (Possessor) is playing The Foreigner, with Levi Miller (Better Watch Out) also on board. Alessandro Nivola (The Many Saints of Newark) will play another villain, but character details are under wraps. Russell Crowe and Fred Hechinger also star.
J.C. Chandor (A Most Violent Year) is directing Kraven the Hunter.
The screenplay was written by Art Marcum & Matt Holloway and Richard Wenk.
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