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Comic Book Preview – Kong: The Great War #2

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Dynamite Entertainment releases Kong: The Great War #2 this Wednesday, and we have the official preview for you below; check it out… The men of U-184 have survived one night on the island… but the casualties mount with relentless fury, as more beasts from the annals of pre-history wreak terror on the modern world! Acclaimed […]

Netflix promises monster madness in first trailer for Skull Island animated series

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Prepare to enter the dangerous world of Skull Island. In the first official trailer for the upcoming Netflix animated series, we get a good look at what King Kong and the rest of the monsters who rule Skull Island are up to these days. Continuing Legendary’s MonsterVerse series, the new animated adventure looks to bring […]

Netflix unleashes teaser for MonsterVerse anime Skull Island

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Netflix has opened the giant gates housing the latest addition to Legendary’s MonsterVerse in the form of a teaser for their highly-anticipated anime series Skull Island.  Created by Love and Monsters’ Brian Duffield, and produced by Castlevania‘s Powerhouse Animation, Skull Island boasts an impressive voice ensemble that features Nicolas Cantu (The Fabelmans), Mae Whitman (Family […]

Comic Book Preview – Kong: The Great War #1

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The Eighth Wonder of the World returns this week courtesy of Dynamite Entertainment with the release of Kong: The Great War #1; check out the official preview below… The World at War! While men of all nations fight on foreign shores, an Imperial German U-Boat is lost at sea! The crew now faces terror beyond […]

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire revealed as next Monsterverse movie with first teaser

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The fifth film in Warner Bros. and Legendary’s $1.9 billion grossing Monsterverse has unveiled its title and a release date. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire is the new title for Adam Wingard’s direct follow-up to his $450 million grossing pandemic-era blockbuster Godzilla vs. Kong, and it will stomp into cinemas around the world on March […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)

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Godzilla vs. Kong, 2021. Directed by Adam Wingard. Starring Alexander Skarsgård, Millie Bobby Brown, Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, Shun Oguri, Eiza González, Julian Dennison, Lance Reddick, Kyle Chandler, Demián Bichir, and Kaylee Hottle. SYNOPSIS: The case of Godzilla vs. Kong was heard in theaters a few months ago, and now the verdict has been […]

Blu-ray Review – King Kong: Collector’s Edition (1976)

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King Kong, 1976. Directed by John Guillermin. Starring Jeff Bridges, Charles Grodin, Jessica Lange, John Randolph, Rene Auberjonois, Julius Harris, and Jack O’Halloran. SYNOPSIS: Dino De Laurentiis’s 1976 remake of King Kong tends to be forgotten in favor of Peter Jackson’s 2005 version, but many of us who were kids at the time tend to […]

Kong: Skull Island passes $500 million at the worldwide box office

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Kong: Skull Island has become the third movie of the year to cross the $500 million mark at the global box office after Disney’s Beauty and the Beast and 20th Century Fox’s Logan. The second instalment of Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros.’ shared MonsterVerse, Kong: Skull Island has earned $150.7 million domestically, plus a further […]

Movie Review – Kong: Skull Island (2017)

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Kong: Skull Island, 2017 Directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts Starring Tom Hiddleston, Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, John Goodman, John C. Reilly, Corey Hawkins, John Ortiz, Tian Jing, Toby Kebbell, Jason Mitchell, Will Brittain SYNOPSIS: A team of explorers and soldiers travel to an uncharted island in the Pacific, unaware that they are crossing into the domain […]

King Kong will be 100 feet tall in Kong: Skull Island

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Back in October of last year, Legendary Pictures announced that its upcoming Kong: Skull Island and Godzilla 2 movies would be followed in 2020 by the ultimate monster showdown in Godzilla vs. Kong. Given the enormity of Godzilla in Gareth Edwards’ reboot, there had been some discussion as to how King Kong could stand up to […]