Hey, Monster Kids! The celebration of King Kong’s 90th anniversary this year rolls on with the announcement just yestreday of the latest chapter in the Kong saga: a rematch witn his old sparring partner, Godzilla!
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire is the much-anticipated sequel to 2021’s Godzilla vs. Kong, and the latest entry in Legendary Pictures’ Monserverse series of films that include Godzilla, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, and Kong: Skull Island. Returning for this new adventure are GvK director Adam Wingard and GvKcast members Rebecca Hall, Kaylie Hottle, and Academy Award Best Supporting Actor nominee Brian Tyree Henry (Causeway), who’s perhaps better known for his roles on the TV series Atlanta and in the MCU comic film Eternals.
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire—which, according to a Legendary press release, involves the titans teaming up “to face a world-ending threat so terrifying that neither could survive alone”—explodes into movie theaters on March 15, 2024.
And speaking of Godzilla’s new BFF, in case you’re unfamiliar with the story of King Kong, it just so happens that your friendly fiends here at ’Warp Central have the perfect book to help you catch up with his backstory…
King Kong is a republication of the 1932 novelization of the original movie classic. Written by Delos W. Lovelace, based on the story by Edgar Wallace and Merian C. Cooper and the screenplay by James A. Creelman and Ruth Rose, it includes scenes that didn’t appear in the final cut of the film—including the notorious “spider pit” sequence in which Kong’s human pursuers are attacked by horrific arachnids and insects. Our version features six original black-and-white illustrations by comics artist Paul Tuma, whose work has appeared in the pages of The Twilight Zone, Paul Kupperberg’s Secret Romances, and Bloke’s Terrible Tomb of Terror.
King Kong (the 1932 novelization) is available for download, so visit its product page for ordering information.
