'King Kong Skull Island' Coming to TV
by EG
MarVista Entertainment and IM Global are teaming to adapt DeVito ArtWorks' Skull Island and Merian C. Cooper's King Kong. King Kong Skull Island will be a serialized, contemporary continuation of the classic franchise.
The project, which has yet to be taken out to networks, will boast a female lead with a multicultural ensemble that will explore both the wonders and horrors of Skull Island and its origins.
Oscar nominees Jonathan Penner and Stacy Title (The Bye Bye Man) will write the script and exec produce. Dannie Festa (Trolls) of World Builder Entertainment will exec produce. The series is backed by the estate of King Kong's creator, a key element when rebooting any franchise.
"Jonathan and Stacy have taken a world that has enraptured audiences in all its many forms over the years and given it a contemporary, female-focused spin,” said MarVista CEO Fernando Szew. "It is with great anticipation that we partner with IM Global Television to bring this exciting new vision directly into viewers' homes.”
Read the rest of this article at The Hollywood Reporter.
Kong: Skull Island had a brief tenure at the top of the box office charts earlier this year.