"Suppose it doesn't like having it's picture taken?"
Happy World Photography Day! 📸
Well, happy for everyone but Kong. He hates those pesky photographers and their annoying cameras.
🎬: "King Kong" (1933)
This Kong figure, based on his appearance in "Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire", could be considered lost media.
The company that was set to release it, Diamond Distribution, has unfortunately gone out of business. So sadly, this guy won't see the light of day.
Pour one out for little Kong 🫡
(Photo originally posted by The Kaiju Kingdom Podcast)
Gotta share this look at the Mighty Joe Young puppet that's up for auction by Propstore!
It's so cool to see that Joe survived all these years, and how he's in great shape, relatively speaking! The details on the skin, fur, eyes, and everything is fantastic.
Hopefully this wonderful piece of history goes to a loving home who will take care of him.
Pretty interesting to use the "King Kong Lives" design in an otherwise extremely "King Kong" (1976) themed fan poster. Technically they're the same version of Kong, but they both look and act so differently, they might as well be two completely different interpretations of the character.
Still a fine piece of art, regardless!
Probably not, but it's always crazy when you remember that he was a Green Lantern in the MonsterVerse crossover with the Justice League.
Kong is a true hero 🦍
Over 30,000 extras showed up to the event at the World Trade Center, after seeing it being advertised in the local newspapers.
Video by seba_creaa on Instagram
Baby Kong from "King Kong Lives" (1986) was King Kong's second son figure; Kiko from "Son Of Kong" (1933) was his first, and Suko from "Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire" in the MonsterVerse series was his third.
Joe DeVito's cover art of "King Kong vs. Tarzan", written by Will Murray.
Did you know? 🦁🐯
King Kong's roar was created by recording lion and tiger vocalizations, combining them, slowing them down, and playing them back in reverse?
It was all thanks to the brilliant creative mind of sound designer Murray Spivack, who gave Kong his iconic voice.
"A couple of years back I was gifted a plaster cast of my Kong sculpture. Up until then I had nothing from Kong. Apparently one of the mold makers made a cast from a mold that we made to do clay press outs so I could sculpt the different expression masks. He then carved not very good eyes on the flashing that was covering the eyes. Then apparently sold castings. The plaster cast was missing a lot of the detail that I had originally put in.
So I made a Rebound 25 silicone mold of the plaster face and then poured in melted monster clay in that mold which produced a clay casting that I could add back the detail. Once that was done I made a second silicone mold of the new detailed clay cast. In that mold I added a quarter in of water based clay and then made an ultra cal core. I injected dragon skin fx pro into the void that was once the quarter in wet clay which produced my silicone casting. I removed the ultra cal core and I then added a ridge poly foam. Added some paint and punched yak hair into the new silicone face. It took about five days to punch the head. I trimmed the hair added an actual pair of scleral contact lenses that I wore in the film. This was the result."
"Kat Kong" was a book written as a parody of King Kong by Dav Pilkey, creator of the "Captain Underpants" book series.
Producer of "King Kong" (1976) and "King Kong Lives" (1986), Laurentiis brought back everyone's favourite giant gorilla back in a big way for the 1970s, modernizing the classic tale for a contemporary audience, resulting in a classic in its own right, and later revived Kong in a far out, cult film that needs to be seen to be believed.
Much love to this visionary man who loved the Eighth Wonder of the World!
Wray played Ann Darrow in the original "King Kong" (1933), becoming one of the first and most memorable "Scream Queens" from the era.
Her lovely performance set the bar for all "Kong Girls" who followed in her footsteps ❤️
Remembering Fay Wray on the anniversary of her passing with this lovely and heartfelt short film, KONG: STEEL IN LOVE by Tom Woodruff Jr.
In 2016, caretaker of the original King Kong stop motion armature, Bob Burns, lent Kong to Woodruff Jr. to be animated for this incredibly touching short film, with the idea that Kong was still alive after all these years, and still held a love for Fay Wray, 83 years later.
It sure is wonderful to see Kong being animated in recent years ❤️
King Kong has fought many serpentine and snake-like creatures over the years, including those who live in the water! He first met a sea serpent on screen in 1967's "King Kong Escapes", where he fought one to protect his current crush, Lt. Susan Watson (Linda Miller).
Later on in 2024's "Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire", Kong was ambushed by the ferocious Drown Viper while he was helping himself to a drink of water in a lake deep within the Hollow Earth, but thankfully he made quick work of it.
Do you have a favourite moment with Kong and his battles against serpents?
🎬: "Godzilla vs. Kong" (2021)
He looks absolutely beautiful! It's so cool seeing a modern take on King Kong '76, made by the same man who created him originally! I love it so much!