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King Kong, also referred to simply as Kong, is a fictional giant monster resembling a gorilla, who has appeared in various media since 1933. The character has become an international pop culture icon, appearing in several movies, comics, video games and television series. His first appearance was in the novelization of the 1933 film King Kong from RKO Pictures, with the film premiering a little over two months later. A sequel quickly followed that same year with The Son of Kong, featuring Little Kong. The Japanese film company Toho later produced King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962), featuring a giant Kong battling Toho's Godzilla, and King Kong Escapes (1967), a film loosely based on Rankin/Bass' The King Kong Show (1966–1969). In 1976, Dino De Laurentiis produced a modern remake of the original film directed by John Guillermin. A sequel, King Kong Lives, followed a decade later featuring a Lady Kong. Another remake of the original, set in 1933, was released in 2005 by filmmaker Peter Jackson. Kong: Skull Island (2017), set in 1973, is part of Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Entertainment's Monsterverse, which began with a reboot of Godzilla in 2014. A sequel, Godzilla vs. Kong was released in 2021. It was followed by the film Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire in 2024, which featured more of Kong's kind. King Kong has inspired a number of imitators, parodies, cartoons, books, comics, video games, theme park rides, and a stage play. The character has also crossed over into other franchises such as Godzilla, Planet of the Apes, Doc Savage, Tarzan, and the Justice League. His role in the different narratives varies, ranging from an egregious monster to a tragic antihero.
It is present day, 25 years after 1999 when the monsters of Monsterland thwarted their last encounter with the space monster King Ghidorah. And after World War II's nuclear warfare had awakened giant monsters from beneath the Earth. Instead of raging war against each other, Mankind united to kill the monsters and avenge the lives of millions in their wrath. Soon after, man was faced with an even larger threat, Aliens. Races of superior beings hellhent on world domination, Man's forces now rely on their powerful giant monsters to save the Earth from anything that threatens to destroy it. One such is the King of the Monsters, the second last surviving member of its kind who first appeared in 1955. Before, he menaced the entirety of Japan but unlike his brethren from 1954 he became an ally to humanity, the hope for a safe and secure future. His name is Godzilla.
