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Michael Keaton In Talks For ‘Kong: Skull Island’
Michael Keaton is reportedly in talks to join the cast of Kong: Skull Island, according to Deadline, who had the exclusive on the news.
The Batman actor, who has been receiving high praise for his recent role in Birdman as a Hollywood has-been famous for an old superhero role, is reportedly “finalizing a deal” to join Tom Hiddleston (The Avengers) and J.K. Simmons (Juno) in the King Kong feature directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts.
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Legendary’s ‘Skull Island’ Gets New Name & Release Date
Universal Pictures and Legendary Pictures announced today a name change for their King Kong film Skull Island, as well as a new release date.
Skull Island is now Kong: Skull Island and Universal will release the film in 3D and IMAX 3D on Friday, March 10, 2017 (moved from its original date of November 4, 2016).
The project was originally announced in July at San Diego Comic-Con, where attendees got to see a teaser for the film. Soon after, we learned that Avengers star Tom Hiddleston had signed on to the project, with Jordan Vogt-Roberts on board to direct.
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Tom Hiddleston To Star In King Kong Movie ‘Skull Island’; Jordan Vogt-Roberts To Direct
We got quite the surprise when Legendary Pictures announced at San Diego Comic-Con 2014 that they were going to make a film based on Skull Island. The island where King Kong originated from was expanded thanks in part to Peter Jackson‘s version of the iconic beast back in 2005, but it seems that this film would focus on the entire island has a whole and may or may not just be about King Kong.
While we are left to speculate what the film will be about, Legendary has released some fascinating new details about the film, and have already found its lead star and a director. Tom Hiddleston will star in an unspecified role, while Kings of Summer director Jordan Vogt-Roberts will helm the film. Hit the jump for more info.
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Legendary Wants Joe Cornish To Direct King Kong Feature ‘Skull Island’
In a surprise announcement on Saturday in San Diego Comic-Con’s Hall H, Legendary Pictures revealed their plans for a new King Kong film called Skull Island and showed the crowd a sneak peek video.
Now, Deadline reports that the studio has offered the directing job to Joe Cornish, who made his feature directorial debut with 2011’s well-received Attack the Block. No word yet on whether Cornish will accept the gig, which is said to be an origin story/prequel tale set on the behemoth ape’s island home, Skull Island. The filmmaker has reportedly been getting quite a bit of offers for big films, such as Universal’s Section Six, the James Bond-esque action-spy film written by Aaron Berg.
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SDCC 2014: Legendary Teases New King Kong Movie ‘Skull Island’
Legendary Pictures booked a large panel today at San Diego Comic-Con’s Hall H, where they showed footage for their upcoming features, Godzilla, Warcraft, Crimson Peak, Blackhat, and As Above So Below. When the panel was drawing to a close, the audience thought for sure there’d be something about Pacific Rim 2, since director Guillermo del Toro was there promoting Crimson Peak and head of Legendary Thomas Tull mentioned how del Toro was working on the sequel.
The lights then went out and instead of getting a Pacific Rim 2 tease, attendees were treated to a look at new King Kong movie Skull Island.
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