{"id":34540,"date":"2014-07-27T13:58:29","date_gmt":"2014-07-27T17:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=34540"},"modified":"2014-07-27T14:01:19","modified_gmt":"2014-07-27T18:01:19","slug":"sdcc-legendary-plans-to-take-us-to-kongs-birthplace-skull-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2014\/07\/27\/sdcc-legendary-plans-to-take-us-to-kongs-birthplace-skull-island\/","title":{"rendered":"SDCC: Legendary Plans To Take Us To Kong&#8217;s Birthplace, SKULL ISLAND"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/king-kong-dinosaur-1933.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-34572\" src=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/king-kong-dinosaur-1933-550x413.jpg\" alt=\"king-kong-dinosaur-1933\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Godzilla 2<\/strong> isn&#8217;t the only giant monster Legendary <a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2014\/07\/26\/sdcc-gareth-edwards-lets-know-when-to-expect-godzilla-2-and-who-might-be-showing-up\/\" target=\"_blank\">has plans for<\/a> in the upcoming future. Yesterday at the production shingle&#8217;s panel at San Diego Comic Con it was also announced that they were developing a feature based on the classic 1933 film <strong>King Kong<\/strong> called <strong>Skull Island<\/strong> which is scheduled to hit theaters November 4, 2016. No creatives were announced in conjunction with the project.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement came in the form of a short video which took attendees of the studios presentation to an ancient, jungle-covered landscape while a voice-over intoned &#8220;We penetrated deeper and deeper into the very heart of darkness.&#8221; The clip culminated with the reveal of Kong.<\/p>\n<p>In a released statement, the studio explained &#8211;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Previous works have touched on the island, but staying and exploring this mysterious and dangerous place offers Legendary the opportunity to take audiences deeper inside this rich world with a style and scope that parallels other Legendary productions.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Previously, Peter Jackson&#8217;s 2005 remake of <strong>Kong<\/strong> explored a bit of the island&#8217;s backstory, with Jackson&#8217;s production designers creating a history for it that was then glimpsed in the vine-covered ruins that the film&#8217;s heroes dashed past whilst be chased by dinosaurs and Kong. Artist Joe DeVito teamed with writer Brad Strickland for the 2005 book <em>Kong: King Of Skull Island<\/em>, which also served as inspiration for writer Will Murray&#8217;s recent mashup of Kong and pulp hero Doc Savage, <em>Skull Island<\/em>. (Which I&#8217;m in the middle of reading and it is a crackling good adventure.)<\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/heat-vision\/skull-island-king-kong-movie-721443\" target=\"_blank\">Hollywood Reporter<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">The production company is planning a tour of King Kong&#8217;s old stomping ground.<\/div>\n<p> <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2014\/07\/27\/sdcc-legendary-plans-to-take-us-to-kongs-birthplace-skull-island\/\" title=\"SDCC: Legendary Plans To Take Us To Kong&#8217;s Birthplace, SKULL ISLAND\">[click for more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34572,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[84],"tags":[701,7390],"series":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-34540","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-king-kong","9":"tag-skull-island"},"aioseo_notices":[],"nelio_content":{"autoShareEndMode":"never","automationSources":{"useCustomSentences":false,"customSentences":[]},"efiAlt":"","efiUrl":"","followers":[],"highlights":[],"isAutoShareEnabled":false,"networkImageIds":[],"permalinkQueryArgs":[],"series":[],"suggestedReferences":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34540\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34540"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=34540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}