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** Plus they say in the movie that Kong is still growing.
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* RunningGag: The soldiers saying "Dear Billy..." when coming across something unusual, which is taken from the letters that Chapman was planning to send to his son.
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* PrecisionFStrike: From Marlow:
-->''Sounds like a bird but it's a fuckin' ant.''
-->''Sounds like a bird but it's a fuckin' ant.''
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**The helicopter unit's name ''Fox'' and the boat's name ''Gray Fox'' reference director Jordan Vogt-Roberts' upcoming project, a VideoGame/MetalGearSolid film.
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* {{Planimal}}: According to the viral website, much of the fauna of Skull Island falls under this category, making note of how the animals have integrated plant biology into their forms.
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* ImprovisedWeapon: Kong is shown using a rock as a weapon, as well as turning an entire tree into a makeshift club.
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* ImprovisedWeapon: Kong is shown using uses a rock as a weapon, as well as turning an entire turns entires tree into a makeshift club.clubs or javelins, and even fights with a [[spoiler:ship propeller]].
* KingMook: A giant Skullcrawler named Ramarak fights Kong in the climax of the film.
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* KingMook: A giant Skullcrawler named Ramarak fights Kong in the climax of the film.
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* SanitySlippage: Col. Packard goes through this over the course of the movie, and it even gets {{Lampshaded}}.
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* ShutUpKirk: As Mason Weaver attempts a KirkSummation on Col. Packard, he reacts, just after the first sentence, with a loud ''BITCH PLEASE!''
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* AdaptationalBadass: While Kong has always been a badass, he was killed by biplanes in the original movie. In this one? He's not only ''freaking gigantic'' (rivaling the Legendary Godzilla, who he's intended to fight in a sequel), but is shown swatting an ''attack helicopter'' out the sky with one hand.
* AdaptationalHeroism: The natives of Skull Island were antagonists out of desperation in the original 1933 film and horrifically degenerate troglodytes in the 2005 remake, but the trailer shows that here they're quite harmless and hold no ill-will to the outsiders.
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* AdaptationalBadass: While Kong has always been a badass, he was killed by biplanes in the original movie. In this one? He's not only ''freaking gigantic'' (rivaling the Legendary Godzilla, who he's intended to fight in a sequel), but is shown swatting an defeats a dozen ''attack helicopter'' out the sky with one hand.
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** The natives of Skull Island were antagonists out of desperation in the original 1933 film and horrifically degenerate troglodytes in the 2005remake, remake. In this movie, they are a very territorial and taciturn but ultimately friendly and helpful race.
** King Kong himself, already an AntiVillain or AntiHero in many of thetrailer shows that here they're quite harmless previous portrayals, is presented in an almost completely heroic light here.
* AnimalNemesis: Col. Packard goes full Captain Ahab, with his grudge against Kong growing as more andhold no ill-will to the outsiders.more of his men die on Skull Island.
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** The natives of Skull Island were antagonists out of desperation in the original 1933 film and horrifically degenerate troglodytes in the 2005
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* BigGood: This is apparently how the natives view Kong, as he doesn't go around causing grief and pretty much is indifferent to any creature that doesn't attempt to cause him any of the former. [[BullyingADragon If you decide to, however.....]]
* BloodyHandprint: One of the shots in the trailer shows that Kong left one on the side of a mountain.
* BloodyHandprint: One of the shots in the trailer shows that Kong left one on the side of a mountain.
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* BigGood: This is apparently how the The natives view Kong, Kong as their benevolent guardian and worship him as a god, as he doesn't go around causing grief and pretty much is indifferent to any creature that doesn't attempt to cause him any of the former. [[BullyingADragon If you decide to, however.....]]
* BloodKnight / GeneralRipper: To Col. Packard, it's hard to accept that the war is over. He is determined to fight Kong as if he were still in 'Nam fighting Communists.
* BloodyHandprint:One of the shots in the trailer shows that Kong left one on the side of a mountain.
* BloodKnight / GeneralRipper: To Col. Packard, it's hard to accept that the war is over. He is determined to fight Kong as if he were still in 'Nam fighting Communists.
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** Based on some licensing details revealed during the credits, it appears as though [[spoiler:Mothra, Rodan, and King Ghidorah]] will be shown or alluded to in the film.
* CombatTentacles: The third trailer and several TV spots for the film have a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment of Kong fighting a tentacled... ''something''.
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** Based on some licensing details revealed during the credits, it appears as though [[spoiler:Mothra, Rodan, and King Ghidorah]] will be shown or are alluded to in the film.
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* ColonelBadass: Col. Packard takes no shit from no giant monster.
* CombatTentacles:The third trailer and several TV spots for the film have Belonging to a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment of giant squid Kong fighting a tentacled... ''something''.fights at the lake.
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* ElephantGraveyard: One scene shows the characters in what appears to be a graveyard of dinosaur bones smothered in a yellow-colored OminousFog. [[spoiler: Except they're not - they're the bones of what seems to be Kong's species.]]
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* TheCuckoolanderWasRight:
** Bill Randa and Houston Brooks [[DiscussedTrope mention]] they've been called tinfoil-hat wearing loonies before for believing in their HollowEarth theory.
** Hank Marlow has gone a bit bonkers after 28 years on the Island, yet his knowledge of its fauna and survival skills are impeccable.
* CurbStompBattle: In his first encounter with non-native humans, King Kong completely tears apart a dozen helicopters and only takes some damage to his arm.
* DenserAndWackier: Even though the movie has no shortage of scary or violent moments, it includes massive LargeHam actors, tongue-in-cheek subversions of familiar tropes, [[SeinfeldianConversation Tarantinoesque dialogue]] and many completely gonzo action scenes, including [[ItMakesSenseInContext Tom Hiddleston slashing mini-pterodactyls with a katana while wearing a gas mask]].
* ElephantGraveyard:One An important fight scene shows the characters takes place in what appears to be a graveyard of dinosaur giant monster bones smothered in a yellow-colored OminousFog. [[spoiler: Except they're not - they're the bones of what seems to be Kong's species.]]
** Bill Randa and Houston Brooks [[DiscussedTrope mention]] they've been called tinfoil-hat wearing loonies before for believing in their HollowEarth theory.
** Hank Marlow has gone a bit bonkers after 28 years on the Island, yet his knowledge of its fauna and survival skills are impeccable.
* CurbStompBattle: In his first encounter with non-native humans, King Kong completely tears apart a dozen helicopters and only takes some damage to his arm.
* DenserAndWackier: Even though the movie has no shortage of scary or violent moments, it includes massive LargeHam actors, tongue-in-cheek subversions of familiar tropes, [[SeinfeldianConversation Tarantinoesque dialogue]] and many completely gonzo action scenes, including [[ItMakesSenseInContext Tom Hiddleston slashing mini-pterodactyls with a katana while wearing a gas mask]].
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* FireBreathingWeapon: Some of the soldiers are shown wielding flamethrowers.
* GentleGiant: Marlow's dialogue in the second trailer implies Kong to be this, at least towards the natives of the island. Kong is also seen walking across the river and noticing one of the soldiers watching, but gives the soldier an indifferent glance and moves on.
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* AFatherToHisMen: Col. Packard refuses to leave any of his soldiers behind and takes their deaths ''very'' personally.
* HeroicBSOD: Happens to several soldiers once they discover the horrors of the Island.
* KatanasAreJustBetter: In this move, a katana is, most of the time, more effective against monsters than firearms are.
* KillItWithFire: Taken ''UpToEleven'', with several giant monsters killed or severely injured by flamethrowers, exploding methane, burning gasoline, etc.
* KillItWithFire: Taken ''UpToEleven'', with several giant monsters killed or severely injured by flamethrowers, exploding methane, burning gasoline, etc.
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* LighterAndSofter: Compared with ''Film/{{Godzilla 2014}}'', which portrayed a near-apocalyptic conflict between Godzilla and the MUTO duo that took place primarily in heavily-populated cities and resulted in thousands of human casualties and several nuclear accidents, this film takes place on a single sparsely-populated island with the human characters mainly trying to escape rather than prevent a global catastrophe. The trailers for this film also make a point of showing people, especially John C. Reilly's eccentric character, making goofy wisecracks, in contrast to the ''Godzilla'' trailers focusing more on grim SceneryGorn and the emotional trauma the characters face.
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* ShellShockedVeteran: According to an MTV interview with the cast, the film is set during the Vietnam War and a number of the characters have PTSD.
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* TheVoiceless: The natives of the Island seem to be completely mute, or at least their language is non-verbal.
* WarIsHell: The dehumanising nature of war is a major theme in the movie, [[DiscussedTrope discussed]] at length by many different characters.
* WorldOfHam: With the presence of John C. Reilly, Samuel L. Jackson, and John Goodman, this is very much a given.
* WorthyOpponent: Marlow treats the Japanese pilot that crashed together with him on Skull Island during WWII with utmost reverence.
* WarIsHell: The dehumanising nature of war is a major theme in the movie, [[DiscussedTrope discussed]] at length by many different characters.
* WorldOfHam: With the presence of John C. Reilly, Samuel L. Jackson, and John Goodman, this is very much a given.
* WorthyOpponent: Marlow treats the Japanese pilot that crashed together with him on Skull Island during WWII with utmost reverence.
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* SparedByTheAdaptation: Given that Kong is slated to return in 2020's ''Godzilla vs Kong'', it's pretty much a ForegoneConclusion that he survives this film.
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* TooDumbToLive: Kong makes his existence known to the group because they come onto the island and start dropping bombs. Now you could make the argument that they didn't know they were dropping explosives in the domain of a one-hundred foot tall gorilla, [[GoneHorriblyRight but at least one member of the group did]].
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* TooDumbToLive: Kong makes his existence known to the group because they come onto the island and start dropping bombs. Now you could make the argument that they didn't know they were dropping explosives in the domain of a one-hundred foot tall gorilla, ape, [[GoneHorriblyRight but at least one member of the group did]].
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Initially a co-production with Creator/{{Universal}} (who own the rights to the King Kong character), [[ChannelHop the film is now]] being co-produced by Creator/{{Warner Brothers}} and will be part of the Monsterverse, a Kaiju-based SharedUniverse with Legendary's ''Film/{{Godzilla|2014}}'' (with that film's MONARCH organization serving as the link), with the two being set to meet in ''Godzilla vs. Kong'' in 2020.
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Initially a co-production with Creator/{{Universal}} (who own the rights to the King Kong character), [[ChannelHop the film is now]] being co-produced by Creator/{{Warner Brothers}} and will be part of the Monsterverse, a Kaiju-based SharedUniverse with Legendary's ''Film/{{Godzilla|2014}}'' (with that film's MONARCH Monarch organization serving as the link), with the two being set to meet in ''Godzilla vs. Kong'' in 2020.
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** Based on some licensing details revealed during the credits, it appears as though [[spoiler:Mothra, Rodan, and King Ghidorah]] will be shown or alluded to in the film. [[spoiler:Rodan explicitly makes an appearance in the post-credits scene.]]
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** Based on some licensing details revealed during the credits, it appears as though [[spoiler:Mothra, Rodan, and King Ghidorah]] will be shown or alluded to in the film. [[spoiler:Rodan explicitly makes an appearance in the post-credits scene.]]
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''Kong: Skull Island'' is an upcoming movie by Creator/LegendaryPictures, slated to be released March 10th, 2017. Set to be written by Max Borenstein (who wrote for [[Film/{{Godzilla2014}} another Legendary Pictures movie]]), the movie will be an origin story to the Eighth Wonder of the World himself, Film/KingKong, as well as his homeland, Skull Island. The movie will be directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts and will star Creator/TomHiddleston, Creator/BrieLarson, Creator/JohnGoodman, Creator/SamuelLJackson, and Creator/JohnCReilly.
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''Kong: Skull Island'' is an upcoming movie by Creator/LegendaryPictures, slated to be released March 10th, 2017. Set to be written Written by Max Borenstein (who wrote for [[Film/{{Godzilla2014}} another Legendary Pictures movie]]), the movie will be an origin story to the Eighth Wonder of the World himself, Film/KingKong, as well as his homeland, Skull Island. The movie will be directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts and will star Creator/TomHiddleston, Creator/BrieLarson, Creator/JohnGoodman, Creator/SamuelLJackson, and Creator/JohnCReilly.
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* TheCameo: Based on some licensing details revealed during the credits, it appears as though [[spoiler:Godzilla, Mothra, Rodan, and King Ghidorah]] will be shown or alluded to in the film. [[spoiler:Rodan explicitly makes an appearance in the post-credits scene.]]
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* TheCameo: TheCameo:
** Godzilla is alluded to as the monster that Monarch tried to nuke in 1954.
** Based on some licensing details revealed during the credits, it appears as though[[spoiler:Godzilla, Mothra, [[spoiler:Mothra, Rodan, and King Ghidorah]] will be shown or alluded to in the film. [[spoiler:Rodan explicitly makes an appearance in the post-credits scene.]]
** Godzilla is alluded to as the monster that Monarch tried to nuke in 1954.
** Based on some licensing details revealed during the credits, it appears as though
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* TheCameo: Based on some licensing details revealed during the credits, it appears as though [[spoiler:Godzilla, Mothra, Rodan, and King Ghidorah]] will be shown or alluded to in the film. [[spoiler:Rodan explicitly makes an appearance in the post-credits scene.]]
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* BullyingADragon: This is pretty much Packard's modus operandi with anyone and anything. Granted, the first time no one was aware of Kong so his rampage was justified, but even after learning the ape may be pretty benevolent when not bothered, he apparently doesn't give a dadmn.
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* BullyingADragon: This is pretty much Packard's modus operandi with anyone and anything. Granted, the first time no one was aware of Kong so his rampage was justified, but even after learning the ape may be pretty benevolent when not bothered, he apparently doesn't give a dadmn.damn.
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* BullyingADragon: This is pretty much Packard's modus operandi with anyone and anything. Granted, the first time no one was aware of Kong so his rampage was justified, but even after learning the ape may be pretty benevolent when not bothered, he apparently doesn't give a dadmn.
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* {{Prequel}}: This 2017 film occurs in the same world as ''Film/{{Godzilla 2014}}'', but is set the '70s, whereas ''Godzilla'' was set in the present day.
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* {{Prequel}}: This 2017 film occurs in the same world as ''Film/{{Godzilla 2014}}'', but is set in the '70s, whereas ''Godzilla'' was set in the present day.
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* RecycledInSpace: ''Film/ApocalypseNow'' WITH KAIJU!
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* RecycledInSpace: ''Film/ApocalypseNow'' WITH KAIJU!{{KAIJU}}!
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* {{Prequel}}: This 2017 film is set in the world of ''Film/{{Godzilla 2014}}'', but is set the '70s, whereas ''Godzilla'' was set in the present day.
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* {{Prequel}}: To ''Film/{{Godzilla|2014}}'', especially since it's set in the '70s, whereas ''Godzilla'' was set in the present day.
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* {{Prequel}}: To ''Film/{{Godzilla|2014}}'', especially since it's This 2017 film is set in the world of ''Film/{{Godzilla 2014}}'', but is set the '70s, whereas ''Godzilla'' was set in the present day.
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* AwesomeMcCoolname: How Randa apparently came up with the name "Skullcrawlers" for the lizard-like monsters on the island.
-->'''Randa:''' I call them Skullcrawlers.\\
'''Marlow:''' Why?\\
'''Randa:''' Cause it sounds neat.\\
'''Marlow:''' ...Okay?
-->'''Randa:''' I call them Skullcrawlers.\\
'''Marlow:''' Why?\\
'''Randa:''' Cause it sounds neat.\\
'''Marlow:''' ...Okay?
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* AwesomeMcCoolname: How Randa Marlow apparently came up with the name "Skullcrawlers" for the lizard-like monsters on the island.
-->'''Randa:''' -->'''Marlow:''' I call them Skullcrawlers.\\
'''Conrad:''' Why?\\
'''Marlow:'''Why?\\
'''Randa:'''Cause it sounds neat.\\
'''Marlow:''' ...'''Conrad:''' ...Okay?
'''Conrad:''' Why?\\
'''Marlow:'''
'''Randa:'''
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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Randa calls The huge reptilian creatures lurking on the island "Skullcrawlers", and [[spoiler:the classified Monarch reports]] designate them as "hypervores" in the viral marketing. Both seem to indicate [[HorrorHunger how insatiable and vicious they are]]. Also lampshaded by Randa.
-->'''Randa:''' Look, I just made that name up. I'm trying to scare you.
-->'''Randa:''' Look, I just made that name up. I'm trying to scare you.
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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Randa Hank Marlow calls The huge reptilian creatures lurking on the island "Skullcrawlers", and [[spoiler:the classified Monarch reports]] designate them as "hypervores" in the viral marketing. Both seem to indicate [[HorrorHunger how insatiable and vicious they are]]. Also lampshaded by Randa.
-->'''Randa:'''Marlow.
-->'''Marlow:''' Look, I just made that name up. I'm trying to scare you.
-->'''Randa:'''
-->'''Marlow:''' Look, I just made that name up. I'm trying to scare you.
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-->''"[[Music/TheAnimals We Gotta Get Out of This Place!]]"''
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* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: The soldiers' first reaction to seeing a giant gorrila on the horizon is just to flatly ask "is that a monkey?"
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* AwesomeMcCoolname: How Randa apparently came up with the name "Skullcrawlers" for the lizard-like monsters on the island.
-->'''Randa:''' I call them Skullcrawlers.\\
'''Marlow:''' Why?\\
'''Randa:''' Cause it sounds neat.\\
'''Marlow:''' Okay?
-->'''Randa:''' I call them Skullcrawlers.\\
'''Marlow:''' Why?\\
'''Randa:''' Cause it sounds neat.\\
'''Marlow:''' Okay?
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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The huge reptilian creatures lurking on the island are colloquially referred to as "Skullcrawlers", and designated as "hypervores" [[spoiler:according to classified Monarch reports]] in the viral marketing. Both seem to indicate just [[HorrorHunger how insatiable and vicious they are]].
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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Randa calls The huge reptilian creatures lurking on the island are colloquially referred to as "Skullcrawlers", and designated as "hypervores" [[spoiler:according to [[spoiler:the classified Monarch reports]] designate them as "hypervores" in the viral marketing. Both seem to indicate just [[HorrorHunger how insatiable and vicious they are]]. Also lampshaded by Randa.
-->'''Randa:''' Look, I just made that name up. I'm trying to scare you.
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* [[ActionizedSequel ActionizedPrequel]]: To ''Film/{{Godzilla 2014}}'', which had [[ActionFilmQuietDramaScene long scenes without any action or monster fighting]]. The final trailer shows not only Kong fighting the Skullcrawlers, but the humans getting in on the action as well. There's also confirmation from the director that the film will show Kong earlier instead of waiting half-way through the movie.
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* [[ActionizedSequel ActionizedPrequel]]: Actionized Prequel]]: To ''Film/{{Godzilla 2014}}'', which had [[ActionFilmQuietDramaScene long scenes without any action or monster fighting]]. The final trailer shows not only Kong fighting the Skullcrawlers, but the humans getting in on the action as well. There's also confirmation from the director that the film will show Kong earlier instead of waiting half-way through the movie.
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Previews: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_41NDFmZ2ko Official Trailer]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9y6oPka3us Trailer 2]]
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2]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzcc36t36Bc&t=0s Trailer 3]].
* CombatTentacles: The third trailer and several TV spots for the film have a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment of Kong fighting a tentacled... ''something''.
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* GentleGiant: John C. Reilly's character's dialogue in the second trailer implies Kong to be this, at least towards the natives of the island. Kong is also seen walking across the river and noticing one of the soldiers watching, but gives the soldier an indifferent glance and moves on.
-->Kong's a pretty good king. Keeps to himself, mostly, but you don't go into someone's house and start dropping bombs unless you're picking a fight.
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* GentleGiant: John C. Reilly's character's Marlow's dialogue in the second trailer implies Kong to be this, at least towards the natives of the island. Kong is also seen walking across the river and noticing one of the soldiers watching, but gives the soldier an indifferent glance and moves on.
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** When the group finds one of Kong's fresh bloody handprints on the side of a mountain, Packard proudly remarks that they were the ones to injure him, and how they'll soon have enough munitions to "finish the job" -- all but saying outright that [[{{Film/Predator}} if it bleeds, they can kill it]].
* TooDumbToLive: Kong makes his existence known to the group because they come onto the island and start dropping bombs. Now you could make the argument that they didn't know they were dropping explosives in the domain of a one-hundred foot tall gorilla, [[GoneHorriblyRight but at least one member of the group did]].
* TooDumbToLive: Kong makes his existence known to the group because they come onto the island and start dropping bombs. Now you could make the argument that they didn't know they were dropping explosives in the domain of a one-hundred foot tall gorilla, [[GoneHorriblyRight but at least one member of the group did]].
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->''"This planet doesn't belong to us. Ancient species owned this earth long before mankind. I spent 30 years trying to prove the truth: monsters exist."''
-->-- '''Randa'''
''Kong: Skull Island'' is an upcoming movie by Creator/LegendaryPictures, slated to be released March 10th, 2017. Set to be written by Max Borenstein (who wrote for [[Film/{{Godzilla2014}} another Legendary Pictures movie]]), the movie will be an origin story to the Eighth Wonder of the World himself, Film/KingKong, as well as his homeland, Skull Island. The movie will be directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts and will star Creator/TomHiddleston, Creator/BrieLarson, Creator/JohnGoodman, Creator/SamuelLJackson, and Creator/JohnCReilly.
Initially a co-production with Creator/{{Universal}} (who own the rights to the King Kong character), [[ChannelHop the film is now]] being co-produced by Creator/{{Warner Brothers}} and will be part of the Monsterverse, a Kaiju-based SharedUniverse with Legendary's ''Film/{{Godzilla|2014}}'' (with that film's MONARCH organization serving as the link), with the two being set to meet in ''Godzilla vs. Kong'' in 2020.
Previews: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_41NDFmZ2ko Official Trailer]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9y6oPka3us Trailer 2]]
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!!''Skull Island'' contains examples of these tropes:
* AdaptationalBadass: While Kong has always been a badass, he was killed by biplanes in the original movie. In this one? He's not only ''freaking gigantic'' (rivaling the Legendary Godzilla, who he's intended to fight in a sequel), but is shown swatting an ''attack helicopter'' out the sky with one hand.
* AdaptationalHeroism: The natives of Skull Island were antagonists out of desperation in the original 1933 film and horrifically degenerate troglodytes in the 2005 remake, but the trailer shows that here they're quite harmless and hold no ill-will to the outsiders.
* AscendedExtra: The two legged lizard from the 1933 film appears to be the basis of the "Skullcrawler" monster antagonists.
* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: In previous movies, Kong was just big enough to hold a entire human in his hand. This movie makes him 100 feet (30 meters) tall, [[UpToEleven big enough to potentially face off against Godzilla]] [[JustifiedTrope (which is exactly what Legendary Pictures plans on doing)]]. According to viral marketing, he's only a ''teenager''.
* BehemothBattle: Kong fights the Skullcrawlers, and potentially other giant monsters too.
* BigBad: The Skullcrawlers, said be "devils" in comparison to PhysicalGod Kong.
* BigGood: This is apparently how the natives view Kong, as he doesn't go around causing grief and pretty much is indifferent to any creature that doesn't attempt to cause him any of the former. [[BullyingADragon If you decide to, however.....]]
* BloodyHandprint: One of the shots in the trailer shows that Kong left one on the side of a mountain.
* TheCameo: Based on some licensing details revealed during the credits, it appears as though [[spoiler:Godzilla, Mothra, Rodan, and King Ghidorah]] will be shown or alluded to in the film.
* CompositeCharacter: This film's Kong has some traits from all the major past incarnations. The bipedal stance and shape of the [[Film/KingKong1976 1976 version]], coloration of the [[Film/KingKong2005 2005 version]], facial build resembling the [[Film/KingKong1933 1933 original version]]; and the kaiju sized scaling of the [[Film/KingKongVsGodzilla Toho]] [[Film/KingKongEscapes versions.]]
* ContinuityReboot: The movie ignores all previous King Kong films in favor of re-establishing the character within Legendary Pictures' [[SharedUniverse Monsterverse]].
* ContinuityNod: Randa discusses and shows film of the 1954 attempts to nuke Godzilla in one scene.
* ElephantGraveyard: One scene shows the characters in what appears to be a graveyard of dinosaur bones smothered in a yellow-colored OminousFog. [[spoiler: Except they're not - they're the bones of what seems to be Kong's species.]]
* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: Skull Island is a LostWorld where non-avian dinosaurs survived the KT Extinction and continued to thrive alongside other prehistoric creatures. That said, it's been stated that no dinosaurs will be appearing in the film... only their bones.
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: King Kong is a member of a species of gigantic gorilla-like apes.
* FireBreathingWeapon: Some of the soldiers are shown wielding flamethrowers.
* GentleGiant: John C. Reilly's character's dialogue in the second trailer implies Kong to be this, at least towards the natives of the island. Kong is also seen walking across the river and noticing one of the soldiers watching, but gives the soldier an indifferent glance and moves on.
-->Kong's a pretty good king. Keeps to himself, mostly, but you don't go into someone's house and start dropping bombs unless you're picking a fight.
* GiantSpider: One shot in the trailer shows what appears to be a spider-like creature with legs long enough to blend in with the trees walking right over the characters.
* HelicopterFlyswatter: At least one helicopter falls prey to King Kong.
* IslandOfMystery: Skull Island, of course, and it will be explored more thoroughly in this movie than it was in previous movies.
* IsleOfGiantHorrors: The titular island. Beside [[KillerGorilla Kong]], there are dinosaurs, giant spiders, and reptilian monsters named "Skullcrawlers".
* {{Kaiju}}: Definitely, as Kong himself is one of the earliest examples in the genre but, as stated above, he's ''much'' bigger than any previous American incarnation.
* KillerGorilla: A given, considering it's a King Kong movie.
%%* LastOfHisKind: Possibly averted. Since this is an origin story, there's a chance we might see more than one of Kong's kind.
* KingMook: A giant Skullcrawler named Ramarak fights Kong in the climax of the film.
* LighterAndSofter: Compared with ''Film/{{Godzilla 2014}}'', which portrayed a near-apocalyptic conflict between Godzilla and the MUTO duo that took place primarily in heavily-populated cities and resulted in thousands of human casualties and several nuclear accidents, this film takes place on a single sparsely-populated island with the human characters mainly trying to escape rather than prevent a global catastrophe. The trailers for this film also make a point of showing people, especially John C. Reilly's eccentric character, making goofy wisecracks, in contrast to the ''Godzilla'' trailers focusing more on grim SceneryGorn and the emotional trauma the characters face.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: There are about 11 major characters in the group that journey to the island.
* MythologyGag: Kong fights a [[Film/KingKongVsGodzilla giant octopus]] in one scene.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The huge reptilian creatures lurking on the island are colloquially referred to as "Skullcrawlers", and designated as "hypervores" [[spoiler:according to classified Monarch reports]] in the viral marketing. Both seem to indicate just [[HorrorHunger how insatiable and vicious they are]].
* OriginsEpisode: Ultimately serves as one for Kong himself.
* PhysicalGod: According to WordOfGod, making Kong ''feel'' like one of these was one of the big reasons for his size increase.
* {{Prequel}}: To ''Film/{{Godzilla|2014}}'', especially since it's set in the '70s, whereas ''Godzilla'' was set in the present day.
* PrehistoricMonster: Kong himself and almost everything else on Skull Island qualifies, with Packard describing the former as "a monster from some bygone era" in the trailer.
* RecycledInSpace: ''Film/ApocalypseNow'' WITH KAIJU!
* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: The lizard-like Skullcrawlers are Kong's rivals for dominance of Skull Island.
* SerkisFolk: Much like the 2005 remake, Kong will be portrayed via motion capture, specifically by Terry Notary (who previously did mocap work on ''many'' various movies, including the ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes'' [[Film/RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes rebooted]] [[Film/DawnOfThePlanetOfTheApes films]]) with some assistance from Toby Kebbell (who is also part of the human cast as the character Chapman).
* SettingUpdate: From [[TheGreatDepression The '30s]] to TheSeventies -- specifically, near the end of the Vietnam War. Strangely, this means King Kong has still only appeared in two time periods, the '30s and the '70s.
* SharedUniverse: With the Legendary Godzilla films, with the two being intended to crossover.
* ShellShockedVeteran: According to an MTV interview with the cast, the film is set during the Vietnam War and a number of the characters have PTSD.
* ShoutOut:
** Tom Hiddleston's character's name is James Conrad, in reference to Creator/JosephConrad, author of ''Literature/HeartOfDarkness'', whose film adaptation ''Film/ApocalypseNow'' this film draws much from.
** John C. Reilly's character wears a bomber jacket with the ironic back patch "Good For Your Health", in a nod to Kaneda's iconic jacket from ''Film/{{Akira}}''.
* YouKilledMyFather: Kong, still a teenager by his species standards, fights the Skullcrawlers because they killed and ate his parents.
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[[caption-width-right:350:''[[TagLine We don't belong here.]]'']]
->''"This planet doesn't belong to us. Ancient species owned this earth long before mankind. I spent 30 years trying to prove the truth: monsters exist."''
-->-- '''Randa'''
''Kong: Skull Island'' is an upcoming movie by Creator/LegendaryPictures, slated to be released March 10th, 2017. Set to be written by Max Borenstein (who wrote for [[Film/{{Godzilla2014}} another Legendary Pictures movie]]), the movie will be an origin story to the Eighth Wonder of the World himself, Film/KingKong, as well as his homeland, Skull Island. The movie will be directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts and will star Creator/TomHiddleston, Creator/BrieLarson, Creator/JohnGoodman, Creator/SamuelLJackson, and Creator/JohnCReilly.
Initially a co-production with Creator/{{Universal}} (who own the rights to the King Kong character), [[ChannelHop the film is now]] being co-produced by Creator/{{Warner Brothers}} and will be part of the Monsterverse, a Kaiju-based SharedUniverse with Legendary's ''Film/{{Godzilla|2014}}'' (with that film's MONARCH organization serving as the link), with the two being set to meet in ''Godzilla vs. Kong'' in 2020.
Previews: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_41NDFmZ2ko Official Trailer]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9y6oPka3us Trailer 2]]
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!!''Skull Island'' contains examples of these tropes:
* AdaptationalBadass: While Kong has always been a badass, he was killed by biplanes in the original movie. In this one? He's not only ''freaking gigantic'' (rivaling the Legendary Godzilla, who he's intended to fight in a sequel), but is shown swatting an ''attack helicopter'' out the sky with one hand.
* AdaptationalHeroism: The natives of Skull Island were antagonists out of desperation in the original 1933 film and horrifically degenerate troglodytes in the 2005 remake, but the trailer shows that here they're quite harmless and hold no ill-will to the outsiders.
* AscendedExtra: The two legged lizard from the 1933 film appears to be the basis of the "Skullcrawler" monster antagonists.
* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: In previous movies, Kong was just big enough to hold a entire human in his hand. This movie makes him 100 feet (30 meters) tall, [[UpToEleven big enough to potentially face off against Godzilla]] [[JustifiedTrope (which is exactly what Legendary Pictures plans on doing)]]. According to viral marketing, he's only a ''teenager''.
* BehemothBattle: Kong fights the Skullcrawlers, and potentially other giant monsters too.
* BigBad: The Skullcrawlers, said be "devils" in comparison to PhysicalGod Kong.
* BigGood: This is apparently how the natives view Kong, as he doesn't go around causing grief and pretty much is indifferent to any creature that doesn't attempt to cause him any of the former. [[BullyingADragon If you decide to, however.....]]
* BloodyHandprint: One of the shots in the trailer shows that Kong left one on the side of a mountain.
* TheCameo: Based on some licensing details revealed during the credits, it appears as though [[spoiler:Godzilla, Mothra, Rodan, and King Ghidorah]] will be shown or alluded to in the film.
* CompositeCharacter: This film's Kong has some traits from all the major past incarnations. The bipedal stance and shape of the [[Film/KingKong1976 1976 version]], coloration of the [[Film/KingKong2005 2005 version]], facial build resembling the [[Film/KingKong1933 1933 original version]]; and the kaiju sized scaling of the [[Film/KingKongVsGodzilla Toho]] [[Film/KingKongEscapes versions.]]
* ContinuityReboot: The movie ignores all previous King Kong films in favor of re-establishing the character within Legendary Pictures' [[SharedUniverse Monsterverse]].
* ContinuityNod: Randa discusses and shows film of the 1954 attempts to nuke Godzilla in one scene.
* ElephantGraveyard: One scene shows the characters in what appears to be a graveyard of dinosaur bones smothered in a yellow-colored OminousFog. [[spoiler: Except they're not - they're the bones of what seems to be Kong's species.]]
* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: Skull Island is a LostWorld where non-avian dinosaurs survived the KT Extinction and continued to thrive alongside other prehistoric creatures. That said, it's been stated that no dinosaurs will be appearing in the film... only their bones.
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: King Kong is a member of a species of gigantic gorilla-like apes.
* FireBreathingWeapon: Some of the soldiers are shown wielding flamethrowers.
* GentleGiant: John C. Reilly's character's dialogue in the second trailer implies Kong to be this, at least towards the natives of the island. Kong is also seen walking across the river and noticing one of the soldiers watching, but gives the soldier an indifferent glance and moves on.
-->Kong's a pretty good king. Keeps to himself, mostly, but you don't go into someone's house and start dropping bombs unless you're picking a fight.
* GiantSpider: One shot in the trailer shows what appears to be a spider-like creature with legs long enough to blend in with the trees walking right over the characters.
* HelicopterFlyswatter: At least one helicopter falls prey to King Kong.
* IslandOfMystery: Skull Island, of course, and it will be explored more thoroughly in this movie than it was in previous movies.
* IsleOfGiantHorrors: The titular island. Beside [[KillerGorilla Kong]], there are dinosaurs, giant spiders, and reptilian monsters named "Skullcrawlers".
* {{Kaiju}}: Definitely, as Kong himself is one of the earliest examples in the genre but, as stated above, he's ''much'' bigger than any previous American incarnation.
* KillerGorilla: A given, considering it's a King Kong movie.
%%* LastOfHisKind: Possibly averted. Since this is an origin story, there's a chance we might see more than one of Kong's kind.
* KingMook: A giant Skullcrawler named Ramarak fights Kong in the climax of the film.
* LighterAndSofter: Compared with ''Film/{{Godzilla 2014}}'', which portrayed a near-apocalyptic conflict between Godzilla and the MUTO duo that took place primarily in heavily-populated cities and resulted in thousands of human casualties and several nuclear accidents, this film takes place on a single sparsely-populated island with the human characters mainly trying to escape rather than prevent a global catastrophe. The trailers for this film also make a point of showing people, especially John C. Reilly's eccentric character, making goofy wisecracks, in contrast to the ''Godzilla'' trailers focusing more on grim SceneryGorn and the emotional trauma the characters face.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: There are about 11 major characters in the group that journey to the island.
* MythologyGag: Kong fights a [[Film/KingKongVsGodzilla giant octopus]] in one scene.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The huge reptilian creatures lurking on the island are colloquially referred to as "Skullcrawlers", and designated as "hypervores" [[spoiler:according to classified Monarch reports]] in the viral marketing. Both seem to indicate just [[HorrorHunger how insatiable and vicious they are]].
* OriginsEpisode: Ultimately serves as one for Kong himself.
* PhysicalGod: According to WordOfGod, making Kong ''feel'' like one of these was one of the big reasons for his size increase.
* {{Prequel}}: To ''Film/{{Godzilla|2014}}'', especially since it's set in the '70s, whereas ''Godzilla'' was set in the present day.
* PrehistoricMonster: Kong himself and almost everything else on Skull Island qualifies, with Packard describing the former as "a monster from some bygone era" in the trailer.
* RecycledInSpace: ''Film/ApocalypseNow'' WITH KAIJU!
* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: The lizard-like Skullcrawlers are Kong's rivals for dominance of Skull Island.
* SerkisFolk: Much like the 2005 remake, Kong will be portrayed via motion capture, specifically by Terry Notary (who previously did mocap work on ''many'' various movies, including the ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes'' [[Film/RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes rebooted]] [[Film/DawnOfThePlanetOfTheApes films]]) with some assistance from Toby Kebbell (who is also part of the human cast as the character Chapman).
* SettingUpdate: From [[TheGreatDepression The '30s]] to TheSeventies -- specifically, near the end of the Vietnam War. Strangely, this means King Kong has still only appeared in two time periods, the '30s and the '70s.
* SharedUniverse: With the Legendary Godzilla films, with the two being intended to crossover.
* ShellShockedVeteran: According to an MTV interview with the cast, the film is set during the Vietnam War and a number of the characters have PTSD.
* ShoutOut:
** Tom Hiddleston's character's name is James Conrad, in reference to Creator/JosephConrad, author of ''Literature/HeartOfDarkness'', whose film adaptation ''Film/ApocalypseNow'' this film draws much from.
** John C. Reilly's character wears a bomber jacket with the ironic back patch "Good For Your Health", in a nod to Kaneda's iconic jacket from ''Film/{{Akira}}''.
* YouKilledMyFather: Kong, still a teenager by his species standards, fights the Skullcrawlers because they killed and ate his parents.
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