KONG: SKULL ISLAND: JK Simmons Added To Cast

Deadline report that the awesome J.K. Simmons (Spider-Man, OZ, Juno, Whiplash) will be joining Tom Hiddleston (The Avengers, Thor when we return to King Kong’s home next year. His exact role is unspecified however. The movie recently backed away from its original release date — and Marvels Doctor Strange — and will now hit theaters March 10th, 2017. Details on the story are slim, but we do have this brief description. “Previous works have touched on the island, but staying on and exploring this mysterious and dangerous place offers Legendary the opportunity to take audiences deeper inside this rich world with a style and scope that parallels other Legendary productions.” Jordan Vogt-Roberts (Kings Of Summer) will direct with a script by John Gatins and Max Borenstein.

‘King Kong’ Origin SKULL ISLAND Gets A New Title And Backs Down From DOCTOR STRANGE!

Skull Island (which has a new title you can find after the jump) has backed down from the power of Marvel and Benedict Cumberbatch and will no longer open opposite Doctor Strange in 2016. Instead, we’ll be waiting quite a while longer to see it.

Well, it looks like we’ll never find out who would win in a fight between Benedict Cumberbatch and Tom Hiddleston as Kong: Skull Island has been pushed back to March 10th, 2017. It was originally set to open opposite Doctor Strange on November 4th, 2016, but if Batman and Superman are scared of facing off against Marvel, you have to imagine that King Kong is as well! Kong: Skull Island will be helmed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts and a vague description revealed earlier this year that, “Previous works have touched on the island, but staying on and exploring this mysterious and dangerous place offers Legendary the opportunity to take audiences deeper inside this rich world with a style and scope that parallels other Legendary productions.”