Legendary Pictures made the
surprise announcement at Comic-Con this past summer that they are moving forward with a new
King Kong prequel movie entitled
Kong: Skull Island. When the
official synopsis was released last month, it revealed that the project "will fully immerse audiences in the mysterious and dangerous home of the king of the apes as a team of explorers ventures deep inside the treacherous, primordial island." Given the title and this synopsis, most fans just assumed that the entire movie would be set on the island, but, during an interview with
MTV,
cast member
J.K. Simmons revealed another setting, while discussing what attracted him to the movie.
"When it first came to my attention, 'There's interest in you for a new
King Kong,' I thought, 'Okay...Why?' But then I met with
Jordan Vogt-Roberts, who's going to be directing it and
John Gatins, who's writing and
Tom (Hiddleston).
Jordan was just so passionate and so smart. There's such an interesting, new take on it. It's set in Detroit in 1971, which is where I grew up. We're going to shoot it in Detroit during baseball season, so I'll be able to go to Tigers games! There's a lot to like about this movie!"
Of course, it isn't known how much of the story will be set in Detroit, and how much will be on
Skull Island, but this is also the first we've heard about a period setting for the project. We also
reported last week that
Michael Keaton is joining the cast alongside
Tom Hiddleston and
J.K. Simmons, although no details were given regarding their characters. While we wait for more details on this highly-anticipated adventure set for release on March 10, 2017, take a look at
J.K. Simmons' video interview below.
