Kong: Skull Island Review Movie 10 March 2017 coming out

Kong: Skull Island is an upcoming American monster film directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts and written by Dan Gilroy and Max Borenstein, from a story by John Gatins and Gilroy. The film is a reboot of the King Kong franchise and will serve as the second film in Legendary's MonsterVerse. It stars an ensemble cast consisting of Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, John Goodman, Brie Larson, Jing Tian, Toby Kebbell, John Ortiz, Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell, Shea Whigham, Thomas Mann, Terry Notary, and John C. Reilly. Principal photography began on October 19, 2015, in Hawaii. Kong: Skull Island is scheduled to be released in the United States on March 10, 2017, in 2D, 3D, IMAX 3D and in Dolby Cinemas.

Plot

In 1971, a secretive organization known as Monarch finds an island that is shrouded in mystery and identified as the origin for a new species. The resulting expedition to the island reveals that a giant ape named Kong is at the centre of a battle for dominion over the island, against the apex predators, nicknamed "Skullcrawlers", responsible for wiping out his kind. As the expedition crew makes plans to fight for survival against Kong and the other monsters on the island, some of them begin to see that Kong is worth saving.

Cast

• Tom Hiddleston as James Conrad, a disillusioned former Rhodesian Special Air Service Captain who served in the Vietnam War, hired as a hunter-tracker for the expedition by Randa. Hiddleston described his character as man who holds "no political allegiance in the conflict" but "understands conflict", further stating, "He’s a former soldier who has been formed by an understanding of war, but his specific skill set is something that’s attached to the power of nature; and I think that’s something people haven’t seen in a long time."
• Samuel L. Jackson as Preston Packard, an United States Army Lieutenant Colonel and leader of the Sky Devils helicopter squadron, hired to chopper the group of explorers on the expedition. Jackson compares his character to Captain Ahab from Moby-Dick, stating, "He does have to exact some measure of revenge for the people he’s lost. That’s just the nature of how we operate—eye for an eye!”
• John Goodman as William "Bill" Randa, a senior official in the government organization Monarch who is in charge of the expedition.
• Brie Larson as Mason Weaver, a war photojournalist and peace activist. Larson stated that her character has her "own sort of motive" as to why she joined the expedition, stating, "That’s the interesting thing about this movie. It’s a group of misfits that are all coming from different angles looking at the same thing. You get to see how many different views in regards to nature and how we should handle it are dealt with from many different perspectives."Larson further added that Weaver has an "interest and respect for nature" and "Through that she has a closer, more loving, and intimate relationship with Kong".
• Jing Tian as San Lin, a young biologist working for Monarch.
• Toby Kebbell as Jack Chapman, an US Army Major and right hand man to Packard.
• John Ortiz as Victor Nieves, a senior Landsat official on the expedition.
• Corey Hawkins as Houston Brooks, a young geologist and graduate of Yale University recruited for the expedition by Monarch for his groundbreaking theories on seismology.
• Jason Mitchell as Glenn Mills, a young loyal warrant officer and helicopter pilot of the Sky Devils.
• Shea Whigham as Earl Cole, a seasoned Captain of the Sky Devils with a "unique" perspective on the mission.
• Thomas Mann as Reg Slivko, a young hipster and warrant officer of the Sky Devils known for carrying a portable record player.
• John C. Reilly as Hank Marlow, a World War II Lieutenant who spent 28 years stranded on Skull Island. He knows the creatures of the island, and he is a friend of the Iwi natives. Will Brittain portrays a young Hank Marlow.
• Marc Evan Jackson as Steve Woodward, a Landsat employee on the expedition.
• Eugene Cordero as Reles, a warrant officer on the expedition.

Additionally, Terry Notary provides a motion capture performance as Kong, a mythical monstrous ape who is worshiped as the king and god on Skull Island by the Iwi natives. while Thomas Middleditch provides the voice of Jerry, Richard Jenkins appears as Senator Willis, and MIYAVI appears as Gunpei Ikari in minor roles in the film.

Production

Development

Legendary Pictures announced in July 2014 at the San Diego Comic-Con a King Kong origin story—initially titled Skull Island—and listed a release date of November 4, 2016, with Universal Pictures distributing. Legendary offered Joe Cornish the job of directing the film, while previous King Kong helmer Peter Jackson suggested Guillermo del Toro. In September 2014, the studio announced that Jordan Vogt-Roberts would direct the film.

On December 12, 2014, the studio announced they had re-titled the film Kong: Skull Island. On September 10, 2015, it was announced that Universal would let Legendary Pictures move Kong: Skull Island to Warner Bros., so they could do a King Kong and Godzilla crossover film, since Legendary still had the rights to do the two Godzilla sequels with Warner Brothers. Later, it was announced that the film's script had references to Monarch, the secret government entity in Godzilla (2014).

The script saw a number of screenwriters attached before filming. Seeking the continuity between the King Kong and Godzilla worlds, Max Borenstein (writer of 2014's Godzilla) wrote the first draft while John Gatins was hired to write the second draft. In August 2015, it was revealed that Dan Gilroy also collaborated on the script with Borenstein and Gatins.^[On August 18, 2015, it was confirmed that Derek Connolly was also doing script rewrites.

In April 2016, artist Joe DeVito sued producers of the film for using elements of his Skull Island universe, which he claimed that he created and the producers used without his permission.

Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date	March 10, 2017(United States)
Running time	118 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$190 million