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This is the first American King Kong film where Kong does not die at the end. In King Kong (1933) an [...]
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Almost every creature (or at least those that are shown onscreen) on Skull Island has the ability to [...]
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Technically, hair was the greatest challenge. ILM has been perfecting the hair pipeline with "Warcra [...]
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The original movie camera used by Carl Denham in the 1933 film can be seen in Hank Marlow's place- a [...]
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When Marlow (John C. Reilly) first notes that he is a Cubs fan, Slivko (Thomas Mann) makes fun of hi [...]
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When Hank Marlow (John C. Reilly) is showing off his makeshift boat, the Grey Fox, there is a baseba [...]
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According to Vogt-Roberts and Borenstein, San-Lin role was originally larger but had been reduced. A [...]
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Jordan Vogt-Roberts suggested that the Kong encountered by the young Marlow and Gunpei Ikari at the [...]
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In an interview with Entertainment Weekly in November 2016, when asked about his artistic vision wit [...]
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"That was the thing that kept us up the most going into this project. How do we arrive at a design t [...]
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Running Gag: The soldiers saying "Dear Billy..." when coming across something unusual, which is take [...]
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Kong flinging a tree at a chopper is similar to a scene in King Kong Escapes (1967).
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Samuel L. Jackson was paid $5,000,000.
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The reason Kong is bigger than usual is because Jordan Vogt-Roberts said he wanted Kong to feel like [...]
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John C. Reilly says, "Good night, Irene." Bugsy uses the same line in La tempesta perfetta (2000), i [...]
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This movie was released twelve years after Peter Jackson's King Kong (2005), forty-one years after D [...]
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This is the fifth Kong film in which characters such as Ann Darrow, Carl Denham, and Jack Driscoll d [...]
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Marc Evan Jackson somewhat reprises his role as "Landsat Steve" in several NASA productions during t [...]
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The Skullcrawler (described as a black-and-white snake with arms and a skull head) was inspired by t [...]
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Thomas Middleditch is the voice on the phone with Brie Larson.
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The Skullcrawlers' history on Skull Island is revealed in Walter R. Riccio's visions. Riccio says th [...]
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According to Samuel L. Jackson, Weaver is like a photojournalistic Jane Fonda.
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Jeff White revealed that Jordan Vogt-Roberts explained two things about Kong 'Number one: not a gori [...]
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Brie Larson's character has the surname Weaver which is probably a homage to famous actress Sigourne [...]
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John Gatins wrote the second draft of the screenplay.
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For the facial performance, White explains, "one of the biggest worries that we had on the film was [...]
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The Skullcrawlers have horizontally-slit pupils like a goat, even though for large terrestrial anima [...]
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In September 2015, Legendary Pictures moved this movie from Universal Pictures to Warner Brothers.
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Second movie Shea Whigham plays a character who dies in an explosion, after Splinter (2008).
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Tom Wilkinson was in talks to play Senator Willis.
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Director Jordan Vogt-Roberts is a fan of video games, anime and manga, and littered the movie with r [...]
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In April 2016, artist Joe DeVito sued the producers of this film for using elements of his Skull Isl [...]
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Skullcrawlers share some resemblances with the naga of Southern and Southeastern Asian mythologies, [...]
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The Mother Longlegs spider could be an homage to the giant spider with crab claws that was cut from [...]
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The Skullcrawlers are said in some promotional material to be "missing links between snakes and liza [...]
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Landsat Steve (Marc Evan Jackson) attended the launch of the Landsat 9 satellite on 9/27/2021 in cos [...]
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Samuel L. Jackson and Brie Larson appeared in Farce of the Penguins (2006), Unicorn Store (2017), an [...]
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In the movie, Weaver (Brie Larson) makes it off of Skull Island with her film intact, while in the n [...]
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Director Jordan Vogt-Roberts has said an inspiration and reference used for the design of the Skullc [...]
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The book on Lt.Col. Packard's (Samuel L. Jackson) desk is "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest".
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Gunpei Ikari's (Miyavi's) sword, which Marlow (John C. Reilly) keeps after his death, is a shin-gunt [...]
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Video games used as inspirations include Shadow of Colossus, Metal Gear Solid, Journey, The Legend o [...]
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Initially believed to be a male, the Skull Devil is actually a female and is the mother of the Skull [...]
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The scene where Kong approaches James Conrad (Hiddleston) and Mason Weaver (Larson) at night in the [...]
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Another challenge was the scale of Kong. It took much more hair to cover a character that large; IIL [...]
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The opening on the beach is tonally inspired by the likes of The Good the Bad the Weird, and he adds [...]
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Many ideas were suggested for the post-credit scene in order to tie the film to Godzilla (2014) and [...]
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Derek Connolly did some last-minute work on the script.
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The reason Kong is larger than any of his other incarnations is due to the fact that with the upcomi [...]
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"It sounds like a bird, but it's a fuckin' ant!" This entire scene was an outtake in which John C. R [...]
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Hank's boat is named "The Gray Fox". Director Jordan Vogt-Roberts is slated to direct Metal Gear Sol [...]
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The mire squid was complicated in animating tentacle arms, Jeff White said. "There was interaction w [...]
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The Psychovultures were originally based on stingrays.
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When Kong uses the ship propellor on a chain in a way very similar to how Kratos utilizes his signat [...]
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Tian Jing (San) has a total of eleven lines.
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Marlow says he was in the 15th Air Force and wears its Shoulder-Sleeve Insignia. The 15th operated i [...]
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Director Jordan Vogt-Roberts confirmed on Twitter that the soldier getting impaled by the giant spid [...]
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Kong has 11-14 minutes of screentime, more screentime than the skullcrawlers and skulldevil Ramarak, [...]
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Co-Writer Dan Gilroy originally wrote Conrad to be "a guy whose unit was attacked by a monster in Vi [...]
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Weaver (Brie Larson) shoots Ramarak in the eye with a flare gun, similar to what Herc Hansen (Max Ma [...]
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When asked about Kong's larger size compared to the other Titanus Kong members of Skull Island, Arvi [...]
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The leafwings are the smallest known MonsterVerse kaiju.
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Mason Weaver's camera is a Leica KE 7A U.S. Army.
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With the blessing of previous Kong actor, Andy Serkis, Terry Notary completed the motion capture for [...]
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Vogt Roberts had dinner with Park Chan-wook, and the main question the Korean director had about the [...]
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Kong resides in the skull-featured cave atop the tallest mountain on the island, just like in King K [...]
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The scene where Kong fights a giant octopus is an homage to Il trionfo di King Kong (1963), in which [...]
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This movie features the tallest incarnation of Kong in an American movie, standing at approximately [...]
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Director Jordan Vogt-Roberts co-wrote and appeared in the Honest Trailers of his own movie, highligh [...]
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This will be the 45th feature film from Legendary Pictures.
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Scale was also important. "Because he's in natural environments, we needed to scale him up and down, [...]
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In the novelization, Kong's injuries from Packard's napalm trap are more severe as his fur is left s [...]
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Sets were built at Kualoa Ranch, Hawaii, near the same filming locations as Jurassic World (2015).
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Kong seems to care for the native Sker Buffalos as he is enraged upon seeing one killed by a Skullcr [...]
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Mason Weaver (Brie Larson) is the only person to actually have physical contact with Kong by softly [...]
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Packard carries what appears to be two Colt M1902 military pistols in a dual shoulder holster rig, t [...]
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Originally, the bad kaiju was going to be a giant dragon-like serpent with a saw-like jaw, but was s [...]
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The title credits are done by Kyle Cooper, who also did David Fincher's Seven.
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John C. Reilly and the character he plays, Hank Marlow, are from Chicago, Illinois.
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No reporter would be embedded with MACV-SOG. The military never even admitted MACV-SOG existed until [...]
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The ship named Athena is a nod, to Alien via the lettering font. It's the first of several "dorky" n [...]
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Samuel L. Jackson uses one of his Pulp Fiction (1994) catchphrases when he exclaims "bitch please!"
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Kong is referred to merely as "Kong" and not the usual moniker of "King Kong" (the official bio refe [...]
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Toby kebbell who plays Jack Chapman also helped with the motion capture for Kongs face.
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On the FX Channel's bowdlerized version of the Samuel L. Jackson film Snakes on a Plane (2006), his [...]
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Marlow says the boat was built from salvaged parts of his P-51 Mustang, Gunpei's A6M Zero, and a B-2 [...]
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Several actors were in MCU - Hiddleston (Loki), Jackson (Fury), Brie (Capt Marvel), John c Reilly (g [...]
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Portions of the movie were filmed in northern Vietnam, including the famous Halong Bay.
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Samuel L. Jackson said on a talk show that throughout filming, he and his co-stars didn't know just [...]
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On the helicopter, heading into the storm, Samuel L Jackson says " Hold on to your butts!" In a nod [...]
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The film's cast includes one Oscar winner, Brie Larson, and three Oscar nominees, Richard Jenkins, S [...]
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Marlowe refers to the Ramarak Skullcrawler as the "Big One", a possible reference to Jurassic Park ( [...]
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The image that Bill Randa hands Senator Willis, was originally of Godzilla, but he fought against th [...]
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When Toby Kebbell came aboard for an unspecified role in the film. Since the actor was coming off cr [...]
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The Sker Buffaloes somewhat resemble the Shishigami from Princess Mononoke.
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Vogt-Roberts opted for keyframe animation, primarily due to Kong's size. This choice enabled Vogt-Ro [...]
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The scene where Kong munches on a giant squid is a nod to a similar scene in Oldboy (2003). Oldboy ( [...]
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Nieves' (John Ortiz's) death in the sun's silhouette is Director Jordan Vogt-Roberts' nod to E.T. th [...]
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Various direct references to King Kong (1933) occur throughout the film, such as when Kong is seen f [...]
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Bill Randa mentions that he has been trying to prove that monsters exist for 30 years which is the s [...]
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Jackson compares his character to Captain Ahab from Moby-Dick, stating, "He does have to exact some [...]
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The natives of Skull Island were antagonists out of desperation in King Kong (1933) and horrifically [...]
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The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) has proposed that Director Jordan Vogt-Roberts [...]
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Kong's size was a key factor in the director's decision for keyframe animation, led by ILM animation [...]
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Samuel L Jackson's character says that he is "tip top". He uses the same words in Pulp Fiction.
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John Ortiz and Shea Whigham appeared in Fast and Furious (2009) and Fast & Furious 6 (2013).
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Directors mentioned as inspirations include Terrence Malick, Steven Spielberg, and Hayao Miyazaki.
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The psychovultures are shown to have bright blue blood. This suggests copper-based physiology, which [...]
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At the premiere in Vietnam, the sixteen-foot-tall display model statue of Kong was engulfed in flame [...]
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The Psychovultures are similar to the bat-like Terapusmordax from King Kong (2005).
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Larson stated that her character has her "own sort of motive" as to why she joined the expedition: " [...]
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During development, Peter Jackson recommended Guillermo del Toro as director.
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Tom Hiddleston described his character as a man who holds "no political allegiance in the conflict" [...]
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In the novelization, it is stated that the Skullcrawlers are amphibious, as Mason Weaver (Brie Larso [...]
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The Mother Longlegs' name comes from "Daddy Longlegs", a common nickname for a type of arachnid.
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Hank Marlow's jacket says "Lizard Company" on it which is a nod of sorts to Travis Bickle's jacket i [...]
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Gunpei Ikari's (Miyavi's) and Hank Marlow's (John C. Reilly's) mutual stranding, initial hostility, [...]
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Toby Kebbell did motion capture work as an ape (Koba) in Apes Revolution - Il pianeta delle scimmie [...]
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Director Jordan Vogt-Roberts admitted that he was strongly influenced by video games from his childh [...]
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Packard's (Samuel L. Jackson's) unit is called an assault helicopter battalion, which, in 1973, shou [...]
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The script originally included a section where they find a "boat city" which was a steampunk-like vi [...]
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The novelization states that Skullcrawlers can mimic human cries, and that was the cause of Gunpei I [...]
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Weaver actually had a backstory about growing up with a control freak father and all around dysfunct [...]
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The Skullcrawlers were designed to act as the "fallen angels" of Kong's kingdom and represent the da [...]
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To prepare for filming, Jordan Vogt-Roberts screened the South Korean monster movie The Host (2006), [...]
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Several dialogues and violent scenes were changed or replaced with alternate footage to achieve a PG [...]
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Even though the Leafwings are said to be subspecies of the Psychovultures, they have different genus [...]
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The Royal Air Force lighter Conrad (Tom Hiddleston) inherited from his dad and lends to Weaver (Brie [...]
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The film takes place in 1973. At the beginning of the film, President Richard Nixon announces the en [...]
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Tom Hiddleston shot this back-to-back with Thor: Ragnarok (2017).
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Samuel L. Jackson, Tom Hiddleston & Brie Larson are all members of the Marvel Universe: Jackson as N [...]
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Kong attempts to snap a Skullcrawler's jaws apart at one point in the climax, much like he did with [...]
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In January of 2016, the production was on-location at the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. On Janu [...]
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In the novelization, the snake could be a reference to the Giant Boa Constrictor seen in King Kong ( [...]
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Interestingly, Kong is shown with chimp-like feet with splayed big toes, despite being an obligate u [...]
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The names of Marlow and Conrad are likely references to Joseph Conrad and the lead character, Marlow [...]
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Originally, the movie was over three hours long, however it was cut down to one hour and fifty-eight [...]
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Russell Crowe was considered for a role.
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The scenes with mountains, rivers, and grassy fields were mostly shot in Vietnam, including Ninh Bin [...]
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Bill Randa (John Goodman) doesn't believe in aliens. He played the alien robot Hound in the Transfor [...]
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Arvid Nelson, the author of Godzilla: Aftershock and Skull Island: The Birth of Kong says that Kong [...]
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Kong spends a lot of the movie in the water, or on fire. Jeff White stated "We wanted to make sure i [...]
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When the group finds one of Kong's fresh bloody handprints on the side of a mountain, Packard proudl [...]
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The outfit worn by Bill Randa (John Goodman) replicates the outfit worn by Robert Armstrong as Carl [...]
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Like the 1976 film, Skull Island is found by satellites but instead of a permanent cloud bank, it's [...]
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The large Skullcrawler also has the name Ramarak, but it has not been used in the films or the books [...]
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Part of the reason for the film going to Warner Brothers. Legendary Pictures wanted the film to be a [...]
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Kong's appearance is based on his King Kong (1933) counterpart.
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According to director Vogt-Roberts, an alternate opening would have taken place in WWII with soldier [...]
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Kong combines features of early hominids, the cryptid Bigfoot, and perhaps some aspects of the Garga [...]
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When the engine starts and stutters for the first time on the makeshift boat Marlow built, it makes [...]
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It was a massive undertaking to attain permission and arrange filming in Vietnam. Vogt Roberts says [...]
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"What's interesting is that Kong is intentionally not a gorilla in this film," said ILM's VFX superv [...]
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According to Jordan Vogt-Roberts, several first-person shooter like scenes from the film are derived [...]
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The film's marketing emulates that of Godzilla (2014), teasing and showing as little of the title mo [...]
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Some of the background extras from the scenes shot in Vancouver also worked on Godzilla (2014).
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Brie Larson also doubles as one of the natives on Skull Island. She greets the survivors with a spea [...]
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Brie Larson and John Goodman have both guest starred on Community.
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Kong ripping apart and devouring the mire squid is a rare instance of a kaiju actively consuming ano [...]
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By killing the Ramarak Skullcrawler, Kong avenged the death of his parents as it led the others skul [...]
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Marlow's P-51 has invasion stripes painted on the wings and fuselage. These were only applied to All [...]
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Vogt Roberts said on the commentary that Richard Jenkins, Corey Hawkins, Toby Kebbell, and John Dyks [...]
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At 100 feet, this represents the biggest and most badass Kong. And although ILM used motion-facial-c [...]
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Second King Kong film of the 21st century, following King Kong (2005). The female protagonist of tha [...]
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In the climax, Kong becomes accidentally ensnared in chains, a reference to the numerous times he ha [...]
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Brie Larson and John Goodman were also in The Gambler (2014) together.
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John Ortiz and Shea Whigham appeared in Pride and Glory (2008) and Silver Linings Playbook (2012).
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In the official novelization, another mire squid attacks and tries to eat Slivko before it has one o [...]
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Michael Keaton and J.K. Simmons were originally attached to the film. Both had to drop out due to sc [...]
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The Sker Buffalo resembles a larger version of a yak, but its horns resemble moose antlers, and it b [...]
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The film was given a limited 70mm release in North America.
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In the intro credits, there is a sketch of a turtle with the words "M.U.T.O. - Massive Unidentified [...]
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Eugene Cordero (Reles) appeared in Jordan Vogt-Roberts' directorial debut, The Kings of Summer (2013 [...]
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Director Jordan Vogt-Roberts fell in love with Vietnam while visiting the country during location sc [...]
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Kong kills Packard the same way as Kong killed Colonel Nevitt in King Kong Lives (1986). Kong is als [...]
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The mire squid gets its name from its environment, as "Mire" refers to a stretch of swampy or boggy [...]
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In the novelization, it's revealed that Conrad's (Tom Hiddleston's) cynical demeanor stems from an i [...]
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Bill Randa (John Goodman) says he is the sole survivor of a ship accident involving a monster. This [...]
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Will Brittain portrays young Hank Marlow and his adult son.
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The skeletons of Kong's species (his deceased parents) are strewn along the ground of the Bone Grave [...]
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King Kong (1976) was also filmed in Hawaii.
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The American pilot falling out of the sun is meant to suggest Icarus, a world of myths, and the loss [...]
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When Kong is eating the mire squids tentacles Toby Kebbell who did the motion-capture chewed on red [...]
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During the final battle, Kong grabs Ramarak by the tail and swings him around before throwing him, j [...]
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Despite its name, the Spore Mantis does not resemble an actual mantis (lacking the trademark claspin [...]
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Nick Robinson, Moises Arias, Erin Moriarty: Brief background cameos during the bar scene are from th [...]
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The opening title sequence featuring WB and Legendary logos was originally meant to feature "throwba [...]
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Brooks carries a 12 gauge Ithaca 37 throughout the film. One of the armorers confirmed this was the [...]
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Filming took place near Hanoi, Vietnam.
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Kong is similar to Godzilla from Godzilla (2014) in several ways: both are the last of their kind, b [...]
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Corey Hawkins and Jason Mitchell appeared in Straight Outta Compton (2015).
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The Skullcrawlers don't appear to have the ability to digest bone, as one is seen vomiting a human s [...]
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The Skullcrawlers share a similar body design to the Leapers from the Dead Space video games.
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Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L Jackson and Brie Larson star together again in Marvel's "Avengers Endgame"
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Richard Jenkins played John C. Reilly's father in Fratellastri a 40 anni (2008).
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Near the end of the credits is a line that says: Characters of "Godzilla", "King Ghidorah", "Mothra" [...]
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Tom Hiddelston, Brie Larson, John C. Reilly, Samuel L. Jackson, and Clark Gregg all played character [...]
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In an interview with Collider, co-Writer Dan Gilroy revealed that Mason Weaver (Brie Larson) was ori [...]
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The copyrights of the Kong franchise are complicated. The novelization of King Kong (1933) is now in [...]
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The name "Psychovulture" comes from a mix of "psycho", a state into which they go upon ingesting cer [...]
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Vogt Roberts says Vietnam is ready for their version of The Raid, suggesting their film industry is [...]
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Chuck Jones' "Now Hear This" is playing in the background of the briefing scene. Vogt Roberts always [...]
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The Skullcrawlers, at least in their role in the story, are reminiscent of the Deathrunners and Gaw [...]
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While past incarnations of Kong are hardly dumb, this version has shown intelligence closer to a hum [...]
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Kong also had to naturally inhabit 'Skull Island,' which was mostly shot in Vietnam by cinematograph [...]
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The poster for the IMAX release is an homage to the iconic poster for Apocalypse Now (1979).
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The scene where the Psychovultures carry off Nieves and devour him mid-air is similar to a scene fro [...]
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William Randa (John Goodman) says "monsters do exist". John Goodman voiced James P. "Sully" Sullivan [...]
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Randa's (John Goodman's) camera continue to flash after he was eaten by a Skullcrawler, similar to h [...]
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The montage showing the boat head off down the river away from the village was originally longer and [...]
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On set, the film crew had a couple of things -- particularly, a tool called CineView, which they dev [...]
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Tom Hiddleston and Samuel L. Jackson admitted their reasons for joining the movie were basically thi [...]
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The roar of the Skullcrawler is very high in tone, possessing a raspy quality with a hiss and growl [...]
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The character Mason Weaver is assigned with the MACV-SOG as an anti-war photographer. This could be [...]
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Joe Cornish was offered the chance to direct, but declined.
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The writing atop the record player is a design nod to the serial number and writing on the box holdi [...]
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Kong seems to show a great deal of loneliness, as a result to him losing his parents to the Skullcra [...]
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A few of Bill Randa's throwaway lines in the first act foreshadow King Ghidorah, the alien monster f [...]
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Long before production on the film began, the filmmakers experimented with different techniques to c [...]
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In the official novelization, it is revealed the Mire Squids' ink is flammable, and igniting it resu [...]
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One deleted kaiju was a species of giant tigers with antlers, while others have curved, elongated te [...]
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Hayao Miyazaki's Principessa Mononoke (1997) helped influence the design and approach of the monster [...]
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The two-armed pit lizard from King Kong (1933) was used as a reference for the Skullcrawlers. They w [...]
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This is one of two films where the only attempt of a character played by Samuel L. Jackson to say "m [...]
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The Skullcrawlers combine features of snakes, lizards, and mosasaurs, all of which are members of th [...]
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The Skullcrawlers and their alpha may be a reference to Gaw and the Deathrunners from Kong: King of [...]
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The helicopters used in the film are, Bell UH-1 Iroquois Boeing, CH-47 Chinook, Sikorsky HH-53 Super [...]
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Originally, Mason Weaver was supposed to have a romantic connection with Kong. This idea was changed [...]
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According to Jordan Vogt-Roberts, the first draft of the screenplay had the action taking place in 1 [...]
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The body performance for the fully CG Kong was based on motion-capture sessions with actor Terry Not [...]
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Actor and stuntman Terry Notary motion-captures an ape in both this and the Planet of the Apes film [...]
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The second installment of the MonsterVerse, following Godzilla (2014).
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There is an after credits scene which sets up the MonsterVerse by establishing that Kong isn't the o [...]
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Kong's design is inspired by a combination of King Kong (1933) and the Japanese adaptation in the 19 [...]
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There's a good chance that in their fight with Ramarak, Kong's parents very nearly killed it, or at [...]
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Kong is the last of his kind, like he was portrayed in King Kong (2005), with visible remains of his [...]
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The actual prop bones can still be found at Oahu's Kualoa Ranch.
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Bill Randa (John Goodman) is somewhat similar to Quint (Robert Shaw) from Lo squalo (1975). Both are [...]
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This is the second movie with John Goodman to feature the song "Run Through the Jungle" by Creedence [...]
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The aspect ratio changes to a letterbox format at various times throughout the movie whenever it air [...]
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Just as Godzilla (2014) featured characters that worked for Project Monarch and used the term M.U.T. [...]
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