Son of Kong May Be Next Monsterverse Movie Following Godzilla Vs. Kong
Son of Kong May Be Next Monsterverse Movie Following Godzilla Vs. Kong
Legendary is in talks with Godzilla vs. Kong director Adam Wingard for a new installment in the MonsterVerse.
Following the success of
Godzilla vs. Kong, Legendary Pictures is looking to continue the MonsterVerse franchise, and it might be with a remake of a classic. Namely, Son of Kong. At one point, specifically following the release of
Godzilla: King of the Monsters, it seemed like the series may be running out of gas. But now it has found new life. As such, further movies are being explored and director Adam Wingard is being courted to return.
Horror History: KING KONG (1933) Is Now 88 Years Old
88 years ago, Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Schoedsack s masterpiece monster movie KING KONG was released in 1933 By Mike Sprague
On this day in horror history, Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack unleashed
King Kong back in 1933. Fay Wray stars in the monster movie adventure with Robert Armstrong and Bruce Cabot. James Ashmore Creelman and Ruth Rose penned the screenplay which they developed from an idea by Cooper and Edgar Wallace.
Check out the trailer below.
King Kong tells the story of Actress Ann Darrow (Fay Wray) and director Carl Denham (Robert Armstrong). They travel into the middle of the ocean to shoot his epic new jungle picture. Along the way, the actress falls for rugged John Driscoll (Bruce Cabot).
The Untold Truth Of King Kong s Creators
The Untold Truth Of King Kong s Creators United Archives/Getty Images
By Sam Scott/April 6, 2021 7:02 pm EDT
King Kong is such a part of pop culture that it seems like he s always been around. Those images of the giant ape, of him fighting with prehistoric beasts, menacing a woman chained to an ancient altar, chained up himself in a Broadway theater, climbing the Empire State Building as biplanes circle for the kill hit on such a gut level and have been reproduced and parodied so often that they have some of the power of ancient legends, those stories that have been around who knows how long and were thought up by who knows who.
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