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Nov 8, 2018 · Today, King Kong the Musical opens on Broadway at the Broadway Theatre. Many people are probably wondering, how did King Kong end up a musical? It does seem puzzling at first, to think a film ...
Apr 12, 2024 · In the Warner Brothers film "Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire," now in theaters, we get to see two legendary screen monsters team up to save the world. On today's show, we're going to recall the ...
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Mar 31, 2024 · The combination of “Godzilla x Kong," “Dune Part Two” and “Ghostbusters" has put the year to date 6 percent behind 2023, while it was 20 percent behind on the eve of the March 1 release of ...
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Apr 2, 2021 · But few scream big screen as much as King Kong and Godzilla. To help kickstart moviegoing and bring back a little chest-thumping swagger to theaters, the industry is counting on two of the movies ...
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The original "King Kong" takes as a starting point that gorilla stories were in demand in the 1930s, as settings that seemed "exotic' in the eyes of US moviegoers often became box office hits. So a film crew led by director Carl Denham sets out to find a giant gorilla on the fictional Skull Island, near Indonesia, where Kong is worshiped as a god b...
The sequel came out the same year. The story takes place a month after Kong's death. Carl Denham is liable for Kong's havoc. Facing bankruptcy from lawsuits, he flees to Captain Englehorn's ship. After numerous adventures, Denham ends up back on Skull Island for a treasure hunt together with Englehorn, a singer called Helene, and another shady capt...
The first King Kong film in color came out in 1962 as a Japanese film in the Kaiju monster genre. Directed by Ishiro Honda, it was also the third Godzilla film. "King Kong vs. Godzilla" tells the story of the prehistoric dinosaur Godzilla breaking free from an iceberg and threatening to destroy Japan. At the same time, King Kong, captured by scient...
The 1967 Japanese sequel was also directed by Ishiro Honda. Like its predecessor and the entire Godzilla series, the film was produced by Toho. This time, the giant gorilla Kong is clearly the good guy of the film, infatuated with a nurse named Susan. A mad scientist named Dr. Who is failing to mine a radioactive element in the Arctic with the help...
In the 1976 film, King Kong gets a modernized remake of the original story: An oil company disrupts Kong's peaceful island existence and abducts him to New York. The film, directed by John Guillermin, stars Jessica Lange and Jeff Bridges. Producer Dino De Laurentiis had a 12-meter-tall mechanical King Kong figure built especially for the film, whic...
Ten years later, the sequel "King Kong Lives" followed. John Guillermin was also the director, but the cast completely changed. Kong did not die in his fall from the Empire State Building, but was in a coma for a decade, hooked up on life-support. After receiving a blood transfusion from a female giant ape named Lady Kong, Kong awakens, kidnaps the...
2017's "Kong: Skull Island" is the second film in the MonsterVerse multi-media franchise, which produces blockbuster movies starring the likes of King Kong, Godzilla, and other Toho monsters. Hollywood stars Tom Hiddleston, Brie Larson, John C. Reilly, Samuel L. Jackson and John Goodman star in Jordan Vogt-Roberts' fantasy adventure film. In real l...
After the great success of "Kong: Skull Island," which grossed $567 million (approx. 534 million euros) worldwide, "Godzilla vs. Kong" followed in 2021. An untitled Godzilla vs. Kong project is now set to be released in 2024. It will be the fifth film in the MonsterVerse franchise. As the iconic giant ape turns 90, King Kong remains a box-office st...
Mar 15, 2020 · Despite all of the advances in sight and sound and effects in today’s movies, “King Kong” still stands tall as a groundbreaking piece of jaw-dropping, eye-widening entertainment. And it’s...
Apr 2, 2021 · Once again, mayhem and mass destruction is back at the box office. It’s almost like old times. “Godzilla vs. Kong,” one of the few tentpoles to dare release during COVID times, is poised ...
