Monday, December 15, 2014

J.K. Simmons Confronts "Kong: Skull Island"

Deadline reports that "Spider-Man" and "Whiplash" star J.K. Simmons is tipped to join the retitled King Kong reboot "Kong: Skull Island" for Legendary Pictures.


The origin story will deal with the giant gorilla and his life on an island of prehistoric monsters before he was taken into captivity.

"Thor" star Tom Hiddleston will reportedly play the lead role in the project, though no further details about his character were given.

"Flight" and "Real Steel" screenwriter John Gatins  has been hired to rewrite the script taking over from"Godzilla" scribe Max Borenstein who penned the initial script.for the film which was announced at this year's San Diego Comic-Con.

"The Kings of Summer" director Jordan Vogt-Roberts will call action here. At one point "Attack the Block" director Joe Cornish was reportedly offered the gig that Vogt-Roberts now has. JVR is tipped to direct Metal Gear Solid for Sony Pictures, though that pic will likely get pushed now.

 Thomas Tull and Jon Jashni are producing the film which is slated for release on March 10th 2017.

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