Tag: King Kong

LA Comic Con 2018! The Kaiju VS Giant Robots Panel!

by Jonathan

We love Giant Robots and Kaiju monsters! Even more, we love talking about them! And this past weekend, at Los Angeles Comic Con, Geekscape hosted a panel talking all about these larger than life passions of ours! Couldn’t make it? All good! Now you can listen in to a panel of expert pros and fans alike as we talk some serious deep cuts! From Voltron to Godzilla to Pacific Rim… and including all of the really obscure and hard to find movies, comics, TV shows and art inbetween, we hope you enjoy this dive into Kaiju VS Giant Robots!

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The 8th Wonder Of The World! Check Out The Trailer For ‘Kong: Skull Island’!

by The_acz

Hope your ready for the return of everyone’s favorite giant gorilla!

No, not Donkey Kong (good guess though), but King freaking Kong. A new trailer for the highly anticipated prequel Kong: Skull Island was just shown off last night during Jimmy Kimmel. (Do people still watch late night shows aside from some of the excerpts online?) The film has a slightly lighter tone than the previous one, but that doesn’t stop it from being pretty intense and exhilarating at some parts. Also, they actually show off Kong in all his glory! That’s more screen time than the new Godzilla had, right? Check out the trailer below! Are you excited for this film? Comment below and let us know!

SDCC 2016: ‘Kong: Skull Island’ Gets An Epic First Trailer!

by Derek Kraneveldt

Briefly: Another bombshell trailer just dropped at the Warner Bros. panel during San Diego Comic-Con (though this one we definitely expected).

The studio has finally revealed the first trailer for Kong: Skull Island, which comes to us from The Kings of Summer director Jordan Vogt-Roberts, stars Tom Hiddleston, Brie Larson, Samuel Jackson, John Goodman, and John C. Reilly, among others.

There have been heavy rumours since Skull Island was announced that this film would mark the launch of a new, shared monster universe that would later tie-in with Godzilla (and potentially other creatures). We don’t see a Monarch logo (or anything of the sort) in this first look, but we’re damned sure that it would be cool as hell to see the two creatures fight.

For now, take a look at this first trailer, and be sure to let us know what you think of it.

‘Godzilla Vs. King Kong’ Confirmed For 2020!

by Derek Kraneveldt

Briefly: Now this is a cool announcement.

Sure, it’s been rumoured for since the announcement of Legendary’s Kong: Skull Island that Godzilla and King Kong would (at some point) be appearing in the same film. Now it’s official, and we’re excited as hell.

What better way to join the creatures together than the MUTO-hunting organization, Monarch, that we first saw in 2014’s impressive Godzilla.

Today’s announcement also gave us a short timeline of the plans for this shared universe, which will see the previously announced Kong: Skull Island hit theatres on March 10th 2017, Godzilla 2 on June 8, 2018, and Godzilla vs. King Kong in 2020.

Legendary also reiterated that “Classic Toho monsters including King Ghidorah, Mothra, and Rodan, as announced at Comic-Con 2014, may also join the Legendary pantheon of giant monster mayhem going forward,” so there’s a good chance we could be seeing some of those classic creatures as well.

What could be next? A Legendary’s Agents of MONARCH TV series?

“Audiences really responded to Godzilla,” stated Legendary CEO Thomas Tull. “Today, I’m excited to reveal that film was only the beginning of an epic new entertainment universe. As a lifelong fan of these characters, I’ve always wanted to see the ultimate showdown, and today we’re pleased to be announcing that and more.”

“Working with our partners at Legendary, we enjoyed tremendous creative and commercial success with `Godzilla,’” added Warner Bros. CEO Tsujihara. “It’s great to be able to revisit these characters and help create a franchise with so many creative possibilities for filmmakers. Fans love these big, globally iconic films and it doesn’t get any bigger than this.”

So, which film in this new shared universe are you most excited for? Sound out below!

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Tom Hiddleston To Star In Legendary’s ‘Skull Island’!

by Derek Kraneveldt

Briefly: Legendary’s Skull Island appears to be moving along nicely, and one of Hollywood’s hottest actors has just signed up to star: Loki himself, Tom Hiddleston. The film was originally announced back at SDCC, and at that time it was revealed that Godzilla screenwriter Max Borenstein would draft the screenplay.

Legendary has also announced that The Kings of Summer director Jordan Vogt-Roberts will direct the film (he’s also attached to direct the Metal Gear Solid film… meaning that it probably won’t be made forever, which may be a good thing).

Hiddleston will also star in Legendary / Guillermo Del Toro’s Crimson Peak (which looks phenomenal, by the way), so we better get used to seeing his face (because we weren’t already).

Details are scarce on Skull Island, but the studio states that ‘previous works have touched on the island, but staying on 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’

Excited? The film will hit theatres on November 4th, 2016.

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Peter Jackson And Guillermo Del Toro Team Up For ‘King Kong VS Godzilla’!

by GeekscapeStaff

Looks like Guillermo Del Toro and Peter Jackson didn’t give up on the idea of working together after Guillermo left behind the directing duties on The Hobbit!

Today, Universal Pictures and Warner Bros announced that both Jackson and Del Toro would team up for what the pair are calling “their dream project”: ‘King Kong VS Godzilla’! Legendary Pictures, the production company behind this summer’s Godzilla and last summer’s Del Toro helmed Kaiju epic Pacific Rim, will produce the joint effort for both the studios and the creatives.

As you’ll remember, Legendary is now on the Universal lot, owners of King Kong, who put out Peter Jackson’s 2005 Kong remake. The production company was formerly on the Warner Bros lot, the company that released Pacific Rim and this summer’s Gareth Edwards directed Godzilla reboot.

Obviously, a movie the size of King Kong VS Godzilla may just need two studios to bring it to the screen. Warner Bros is no stranger to this, having partnered with MGM on Peter Jackson’s current Hobbit trilogy, and dual studio productions seem to be becoming the norm in this tent-pole driven day and age.

The only question now is… who will direct and who will produce? Or is there room in the director’s chair for both of these cinematic titans?

King Kong VS Godzilla is scheduled for a November 2016 release.