Since 2014, Legendary Photos has been regularly constructing out its MonsterVerse. Although it’s nonetheless planning to have Godzilla and King Kong conflict a second time, it’s additionally ensuring each beasts can stand on their very own. In the identical approach Godzilla’s getting a TV spinoff on Apple TV+, so too is Kong with an animated sequence on Netflix.
Like 2017’s (fairly candy) Kong: Cranium Island film, the Cranium Island animated sequence focuses on a gaggle of people who’ve made the error of displaying as much as the titular island. After rescuing a lady named Annie (Mae Whitman) from drowning within the ocean, the explorers find yourself on Cranium Island, which is filled with gnarly monsters. However they might find yourself having a pal in Kong, whose entire deal is to battle different monsters as violently as attainable.
The beasts of Cranium Island appear to have gotten much more bloodthirsty because the 2017 film, which makes watching the trailer above type of darkly humorous as a few of them get snatched up or put in hurt’s approach. As for when this takes place within the MonsterVerse timeline, it looks like it’s located nearer to Cranium Island the movie moderately than the 2021 film, Godzilla vs. Kong. The monster analysis group Monarch has to return to the island and set up a foothold within the island in some unspecified time in the future, and this sequence looks like a method to make that occur.
Additionally starring Benjamin Bratt, Betty Gilpin, and Nicolas Cantu, Cranium Island is created, written, and govt produced by Brian Duffield (Cocaine Bear, Love and Monsters). It premieres June 22 on Netflix.
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