When it comes to the San Diego Comic Con, often times the non-comic related film’s often get lost in fray of all the DC and Marvel news that comes out of the weekend. However one film is looking to make a ‘big’ name for itself, is latest reboot of the King Kong franchise, Kong: Skull Island and that’s exactly what it did in Hall H this afternoon.
As part of Warner Brothers presentation, Director Joran Vogt-Roberts and the cast of the film were on hand to give us some details on the film, as well as debut the first trailer for the monster epic. Joining Roberts on the stage was Brie Larson, Tom Hiddleston, John Goodman, Corey Hawkins and Jason Mitchell.
The trailer itself is actually fairly light on the main man himself, but what we do see is very impressive. Kong definately looks a lot bigger than the last incarnation we saw in Peter Jackson’s 2005 film, King Kong, this is likely due to the release of Godzilla vs King Kong which is set to be released in 2020, although despite this it still looks like the great ape may come up a little short…..pun definitely intended.
The film’s plot, which is set in the 1970’s revolves around a military team, whilst attempting to explore an uncharted region of earth heading to the titular island, before everything goes to hell and the main characters find themselves fighting to survive. Samuel L Jackson and Tom Hiddlestons both look to be portraying military types, with Hiddleston’s character being a tracker of some sort. Brie Larson is set to play a photojournalist who deals primarily with war, whilst a very svelte looking John Goodman playing a government official in charge of the expedition.
You can check out the trailer below as well as the first poster released, which again showcases Kong’s enormous size:
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