Spirit Pictures has purchased film rights to Kong: King of Skull Island, an authorized 2004 prequel to the tale of King Kong, Variety reports. Spirit plans to use motion-capture technology similar to that in Robert Zemeckis films like The Polar Express and Beowulf to depict the book's island full of prehistoric creatures.
Jul 27
2009
12:19 PM ET
'King Kong' prequel novel headed to the big screen
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A Kong prequel without Peter Jackson? That’s too bad. Based on Kong’s battle with the three t-rexes, I think Jackson would make a really exciting prequel—except that he’s busy with another prequel—or is he?
ahhhh, I hate king kong. Who falls in love with a monkey when an amazing guy is fighting giant insects and dinosaurs to save your sorry tail? Drives me crazy…