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]]>Don’t worry, we’re not going to see the monkey reeling off one-liners and crawling through vents. It’s certainly not an unrealistic tag when taking into account Kong’s role in the upcoming Godzilla vs. Kong.
In an interview with our sister publication SFX Magazine, director Adam Wingard said: “Kong in this film is very much like [Die Hard’s] John McClane. He’s got the ’80s action-hero vibe.”
That includes a McClain-esque mountain to climb for Kong in his duel with Godzilla. “The best of those heroes always have more shit dumped on them. They can’t get a break. They still have to punch through and overcome,” Wingard explains.
That even extends to the location of Godzilla and Kong’s throwdowns. One of the early battles peeked in the Godzilla vs. Kong trailer is a tidal tussle at sea. It’s very much the nuclear lizard’s home turf and, again, that stacks things against Kong in a big way.
“Because Godzilla really has the upper hand in the ocean, and he kinda has the upper hand on Kong regardless, it’s stacking up as many problems and obstacles in that classic action-hero way,” the director adds.
Find out how – and if – Kong yippee-ki-yays his way out of that one when Godzilla vs. Kong is available to rent at home in the UK on April 1. In the US it’s heading to the theaters and HBO Max simultaneously on March 31.
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]]>“I just wanted this to feel like the real matchup. I wanted you to walk away from this. I wanted there to be no more arguments on the playground,” director Adam Wingard told IGN (opens in new tab) over whether Godzilla vs. Kong will see one of the behemoths taste defeat.
“This is the decider. You don’t have to debate it anymore. You watch this film. That’s Godzilla, that’s King Kong. They’re beating the shit out of each other, and one wins, and that’s it.”
The recent Godzilla vs. Kong trailer even doubled down on that idea – by putting “One Will Fall” front and center of the marketing. But the trailer is also hiding a monstrous secret: the villain Machagodzilla has been spotted in a handful of background moments, perhaps hinting that Godzilla and Kong will put their differences to one side to overcome the robotic kaiju.
Godzilla vs. Kong will release internationally in theaters on March 26, with it heading to the US on HBO Max at the slightly later date of March 31.
HBO Max is gearing up for a busy period. Godzilla vs. Kong is joined by Zack Snyder’s Justice League on March 18, with the Mortal Kombat movie – and Mileena’s new look – debuting on April 16.
In the meantime, check out what else 2021 has in store with our complete guide to movie release dates.
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