The new IMAX poster for Kong: Skull Island pays homage to a classic film that's also set in the violent era of the Vietnam War.
Unveiled by EW, the Kong: Skull Island poster features a similar style and layout as Bob Peak's artwork for Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now. Kong: Skull Island takes place in the ’70s with Vietnam War-era military equipment and personnel, perhaps leading to the fitting shout-out to Coppola's classic film on the new IMAX poster.
A Legendary Pictures film, Kong: Skull Island stomps into theaters on March 10th, 2017 from Warner Bros. The upcoming movie is part of Warner Bros. and Legendary's shared cinematic universe of massive monsters, with a May 29th, 2020 release date already penciled in for Godzilla vs. Kong, following the March 22nd, 2019 release of Godzilla 2, which is now set to star Stranger Things' Millie Bobby Brown.
Previous Press Release: Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures’ “Kong: Skull Island” reimagines the origin of the mythic Kong in a compelling, original adventure from director Jordan Vogt-Roberts (“The Kings of Summer”).
In the film, a diverse team of explorers is brought together to venture deep into an uncharted island in the Pacific – as beautiful as it is treacherous – unaware that they’re crossing into the domain of the mythic Kong.
“Kong: Skull Island” stars Tom Hiddleston (“The Avengers,” “Thor: The Dark World”), Samuel L. Jackson (“The Hateful Eight,” “Avengers: Age of Ultron”), Oscar winner Brie Larson (“Room,” “Trainwreck”), John Goodman (“Transformers: Age of Extinction,” “Argo”) and John C. Reilly (“Guardians of the Galaxy,” “Step Brothers”). The international ensemble cast also includes Tian Jing (“Police Story: Lockdown”), Corey Hawkins (“Straight Outta Compton”), Jason Mitchell (“Straight Outta Compton”), John Ortiz (“Steve Jobs”), Thomas Mann (“Beautiful Creatures”), Shea Whigham (“The Wolf of Wall Street”), Toby Kebbell (“Dawn of the Planet of the Apes”) and Eugene Cordero (“The Kings of Summer”).
Vogt-Roberts is directing the film from a screenplay by Max Borenstein, John Gatins, Dan Gilroy and Derek Connolly. “Kong: Skull Island” is produced by Legendary’s Thomas Tull and Jon Jashni with Mary Parent. The executive producers are Eric McLeod and Alex Garcia.
Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures Present a Legendary Pictures Production, “Kong: Skull Island.” The film will be released worldwide in 2D, 3D in select theatres, and IMAX beginning March 10, 2017, from Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.
Poster via EW:
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