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Peter Jackson Thinks Guillermo del Toro Should Direct 'Skull Island'
by Ethan Anderton
August 1, 2014
Source: Collider
Following the surprising but also confusing Skull Island announcement by Legendary Pictures at Comic-Con last week, news surfaced that Attack the Block director Joe Cornish has an offer to be at the helm of the next monster film from Universal Pictures, telling a new origin of King Kong. While there's no indication of whether Cornish will take the gig (he already turned down Star Trek 3), director Peter Jackson, who brought the giant gorilla to life in his 2005 remake of the 1930s classic, thinks that Guillermo del Toro should be the one bringing Kong back to the big screen. But that's just one opinion.
Here's what Jackson told Collider when asked about the surprise project:
I don’t know anything about it. I’m hearing it from you, for the first time. I would look forward to it. If Guillermo did King Kong, that would be great. That would be fantastic. I’ll be there on the first day, and will help him with anything he needs. I’ve always wondered, if in my lifetime, whether we’re going to see The Lord of the Rings film remade, or The Hobbit remade. How long will it actually last or survive until someone remakes it? It will be interesting to see. But with Kong, we were the ones who remade it for the third time.
What's really interesting about this is there was some confusion in Hall H following the announcement, because Legendary head honcho Thomas Tull made a passing remark about seeing what Guillermo del Toro was up to after finishing Pacific Rim 2 just before playing the Skull Island announcement teaser. But it appears he may have just been talking about del Toro's question to fans in Hall H about whether or not they wanted to see Hellboy 3 and At the Mountains of Madness. Anyway, Jackson isn't the only one who thinks del Toro is the perfect man for the job.
Master motion-capture actor Andy Serkis, the man who spectacularly brought King Kong to life in Jackson's film, agreed with the del Toro desire, "I didn’t even realize there was another version being made. Guillermo is a great director, so I’m sure he’ll make an extraordinary film.” It sounds like he might have misconstrued the question and assumed that del Toro was already lined up to direct, but there's no denying that what he says is true. We'd love to see del Toro tackle Skull Island, especially if it might lead to a Godzilla vs. King Kong movie, which he could just as easily direct. It's just a dream for now, but stay tuned.
5 Comments
1
You know who shouldn't direct Skull Island? Peter Jackson.
Pop Ninjas on Aug 1, 2014
2
Well yea considering he already did it perfectly he should let Someone else
Jon Odishaw on Aug 2, 2014
3
GDT has too much on his plate already. Finishing Crimson Peak, doing that 'tiny black and white movie' and then moving on to pacific Rim 2.
Chris Groves on Aug 1, 2014
4
yes gtd can do it but Peter Jackson should do it! His version of King Kong was awesome (a bit to long though) especially the cgi Kong! It was a turning point in cgi use and James Cameron did think so to! By the way :the strain is epic and the best horror I've seen in years and that for tv show!
Avi on Aug 1, 2014
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Jackson's kong was long .. about 30 minutes than usual.. but that was the perfect skull island.. It was so rich , so real like .. The CG of monsters werer great... King Kong was so beautifully animated.. And those shots.. The movie was so layered in the quiet moments in my opinion. Just remove the brontos and you have a great movie
sanch on Aug 26, 2014
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