Origins of King Kong Movie On the Way

There’s another King Kong movie in development but it won’t be rehashing the same old story. Spirit Pictures has purchased the film rights to the novel, Kong: King of Skull Island, a 2004 prequel to the original tale of Kong written by Joe DeVito and Brad Strickland.

The lavishly illustrated book, which was published to coincide with Jackson’s remake of the 1933 classic film, acts as both a prequel and a sequel to the tale, released while Peter Jackson’s 2005 remake of King Kong was being shot. Spirit Pictures bought the screen rights to the book from the family of Merian C Cooper, director of the original 1933 version of King Kong.

King of Skull Island focuses on how Kong became King of Skull Island and introduces a slew of new characters, including dinosaurs and other giant gorillas.

The new Kong epic plans to use motion capture technology, most popularly known as the CG technology used in the Robert Zemekis picture, The Polar Express.

Variety