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Kong: Skull Island

Genre
Action
Rating
PG-13
Released
10 March, 2017
Kong: Skull Island

Kong: Skull Island is a 2017 American monster film directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts. It is a reboot of the King Kong franchise and serves as the second film in Legendary's MonsterVerse, as well as the 11th film in the King Kong franchise. The film stars 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. In the film, set in 1973, a team of scientists and Vietnam War soldiers travel to the uncharted Skull Island and meet Kong, a gigantic ape who is the last of his species, closely followed by other terrifying creatures. The film was announced in July 2014 at San Diego Comic-Con, and Vogt-Roberts was announced as the director in September 2014. The project initially began at Universal Pictures as an origin story but was later moved to Warner Bros. to develop a shared cinematic universe featuring Godzilla and Kong.

Director Jordan Vogt-Roberts
Produced by Thomas Tull, Mary Parent, Jon Jashni, Alex Garcia
Screenplay by Dan Gilroy, Max Borenstein, Derek Connolly
Story by John Gatins
Starring 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, John C. Reilly
Music Henry Jackman
Cinematography Larry Fong
Edited by Richard Pearson
Production, company Legendary Pictures, Tencent Pictures
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
Released February 28, 2017 (Empire, Leicester Square), March 10, 2017 (United States)
Running time 118 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $185 million
Box office $566.7 million
Netflix ID 80139562

About Kong: Skull Island

This reboot of the King Kong franchise sees a team of scientists disturbing King Kong during the Vietnam War.

Achievement of Kong: Skull Island

The movie was filmed close to the filming location of Jurassic World in Hawaii. King Kong in the movie is 104 feet tall. 

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Latest information about Kong: Skull Island updated on July 28 2021.