King Kong and Godzilla May Have a Major BigScreen Showdown
King Kong and Godzilla could be headed for a big-screen showdown. Legendary Pictures is looking to move its King Kong spinoff Kong Skull Island from Universal to Warner Bros. the latter of which holds the sequel rights to Legendary's 2014 Godzilla film, EW has confirmed. The potential studio shift, which was first reported by Deadline, would pave the way for a monster movie shared universe in which the giant ape might one day battle the towering radioactive reptile. Shared cinematic universes have caught on in Hollywood in the wake of Disney's success with its interconnected Marvel movies. Warner Bros. is plotting its own superhero universe based on DC Comics characters, and Universal has designs on a mega-franchise featuring classic horror characters like Dracula, the Mummy, and the Wolf Man.