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Variety reports that Spirit Pictures is looking to breathe new life into King Kong and a project initially developed by effects legend Ray Harryhausen.

Producers at the company have picked up the rights to the book "Kong: King of Skull Island," a prequel to the well-known tale of the big ape.

Written by Joe DeVito and Brad Strickland, the book focuses on the backstory of Skull Island and how the giant gorilla became king there. It introduces other giant gorillas and dinosaurs only hinted at in the previous films.

The plan is to produce the film using motion-capture technology such as Robert Zemeckis used to make The Polar Express, Beowulf and the upcoming Disney's A Christmas Carol.

Spirit also is developing War Eagles a project original King Kong co-director Merian C. Cooper and Harryhausen had developed together and were nearly set to produce before the outbreak of WWII. The period actioner is set in 1939 and revolves around an ace fighter-pilot who tests a new jet and winds up crash-landing in the arctic, where he encounters a lost civilization that's been thriving there for centuries.

Andy Briggs is working on the scripts for both films.


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I'd rather hold off another couple years and get a King Kong vs Godzilla remake

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So is Jacksons KK a stand alone? They arent going to build on it?

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Ugh.

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bullshit do we need a other King Kong movie

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hellfire said:

bullshit do we need a other King Kong movie


What we need is what Genocyber said; another King Kong vs Godzilla movie. Some of the remakes these days are ridiculous and unnecessary, but King Kong vs Godzilla is one that should definitely be strongly considered.

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So I guess this will be a remake of the 1976 movie that star Jeff Bridges & Jessica Lange, huh?

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Nightwing said:

So I guess this will be a remake of the 1976 movie that star Jeff Bridges & Jessica Lange, huh?
Erm, no that was a remake of the b&w one, and was just the same as Jackson's version (with hours more obviously). The article posted clearly states that it's a prequel showing how Kong came to be, which I think will be great. I've always wondered about Kong's past and where he came from.

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Genocyber said:

I'd rather hold off another couple years and get a King Kong vs Godzilla remake


that would be awesome. they should also have american and japaneze people working on it so hollywood doesnt butcher the big G again.

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Crimson-X said:



Erm, no that was a remake of the b&w one, and was just the same as Jackson's version (with hours more obviously). The article posted clearly states that it's a prequel showing how Kong came to be, which I think will be great. I've always wondered about Kong's past and where he came from.




I know that. I was just being sarcastic with hearing the news.

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