In a nifty piece of studio shuffling, Legendary Pictures has moved their upcoming untitled Skull Island, King Kong film from Universal over to Warner Bros as the studio now owns the rights to Godzilla. Legendary’s Thomas Tull wants to keep the giant monster franchises under one studio so that one day they can pair the two behemoths together ala Toho’s King Kong vs. Godzilla from 1962. With today’s technical marvels, it would be a very cool film.
In what would be a pretty epic pairing, the Godzilla sequel that is in the works will be followed by a movie that pits the giant ape versus the giant fire breathing reptile. Rumor has it this is happening very quickly with moves going all the way to Japan, where Godzilla rights holder Toho is based.
The Kong: Skull Island film is casting quickly. Brie Larson, Tom Hiddleston and Corey Hawkins are set and Samuel L. Jackson was in line to star, with Tom Wilkinson also offered a big role and John C. Reilly atop the list for another main role. Jordan Vogt-Roberts is directing a script by John Gatins and Max Borenstein, and they are eyeing a production start of late year or early 2016. Universal had been set to release the film March 10, 2017
Source: Deadline
