Kong (Monsterverse)
King Kong, or simply Kong, is a giant monster, based on the character of the same name created by Edgar Wallace and Merian C. Cooper and belongs to Universal Pictures. He is one of the main protagonists in Legendary Pictures' Monsterverse franchise.
Kong is a species of the Great Ape who is one of the few alpha Titans, and is one of the most powerful ape on Earth. He is one of the only survivors of his Great Ape species, the Kong species, that have been almost wiped out completely by the war between the Godzilla species and his kind and later on by the Skullcrawlers.
Kong is also the protector and guardian of both Skull Island and later, the Hollow Earth, defending them from Titans that attempted to conquer or eat them. He is also Suko's adoptive father and friend, Godzilla's former rival, ally and partner and the leader of the Hollow Earth Great Ape tribe after Kong, Godzilla and Shimo destroyed the Skar King, the Hollow Earth Great Ape tribe's tyrannical leader.
Overview
Name
Throughout the MonsterVerse timeline, this Kong specimen is named Kong onscreen and in the promotional materials of the films he starred in. In 2019, during the events of Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Monarch refers to Kong as Titanus Kong, but the cryptozoological classification for his species in the MonsterVerse is dubbed as "Apus Giganticus".Design
In the 2017 film Kong: Skull Island, Kong is scaled to be tall, making it the second largest and largest American incarnation in the series until the 2021 film Godzilla vs. Kong, in which he became the largest incarnation in the series, standing at. Director Jordan Vogt-Roberts stated in regard to Kong's immense stature:He also stated that the original 1933 look was the inspiration for the design:Co-producer Mary Parent also stated that Kong is still young and not fully grown as she explains that "Kong is an adolescent when we meet him in the film; he's still growing into his role as alpha".
Appearances
Movies
Kong: Skull Island- Godzilla: King of the Monsters Godzilla vs. Kong Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
- ''Godzilla x Kong: Supernova''
TV shows
Skull IslandComics
Skull Island: Birth of Kong Kingdom Kong Justice League vs. Godzilla vs. Kong Godzilla x Kong: The Hunted- ''Which is Stronger!? Godzilla x Kong''
Novels
- Kong: Skull Island - The Official Movie Novelization
- Godzilla: King of the Monsters - The Official Movie Novelization
- Godzilla vs. Kong - The Official Movie Novelization
- Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire - The Official Movie Novelization
- ''Godzilla x Kong: Supernova - The Official Movie Novelization''