The King Kong

## Release chronology

"*Looks like Kong will have to fight for his place in the throne.*"
―Nathan Lind
***The King Kong*** is a 2022 monster film based on the giant monster of the same name. A sequel to *Kong of Skull Island* and *Godzilla vs. Kong*, it is the 7th installment of the MonsterVerse. It was released on May 30, 2022.

A sequel, *Son of Kong*, was released in 2027.

The film introduces Kalia, The Hollow Earth Alpha, Scourge, as well as teasing Mechagodzilla into the MonsterVerse. The film also incorporates the story of the film crew from the original 1933 film.

## Synopsis

"*The exploration of the Hollow Earth and the discovery of Kong's species culminate in an uprising as Kong challenges the reigning alpha, all captured on camera as the dramatic event unfolds.*"
―Legendary and Warner Bros.
## Plot

5,100 BC, an adult white one-eyed kong and a juvenile kong is walking about in the Ginnungagap rainforest of the Hollow Earth, when the white kong suddenly kills the juvenile by breaking his neck. He carries the dead body and trespasses the territory of the gojiras, he then abducts one of their children and runs away, causing the gojiras to chase him, albeit very slowly. The white kong sprints and makes his way to the kingdom of Agartha, where he kills the baby gojira and dumps both carcasses before the royal palace. He then runs to the nearby lair of his species, and show the king his bloody hand, revealing that the juvenile was the prince of the kongs. The king then commands all of the males to follow him to his son's corpse. The adult kong fakes being injured so he can stay behind. On their way, the kongs are joined by their ally, the parasitic MUTOs. At Agartha, the gojiras have arrived and seeing as how corpses of a young gojira and the prince of kongs are before them, the gojiras and kongs begin an **all out war** right then and there at the center of Agartha. Genitor and the Old King Kong lead both factions and they end up killing each other. As all of this happens the white kong watches from a hill afar. The war ends with most of the members of each faction lying dead. The white kong then takes the Axe of the King Kong and to his friends' surprise, began executing the male kongs. He comes back to the lair wearing the king's uniform and informs the females that all of the males have died and he is the only one left as he takes the throne.

In the present day, just one year after the Godzilla/Kong Crisis, Jia walks around the newly built Hollow Earth Research Center and meets with her stepmother Ilene Andrews, the Monarch team has talked about the mining project proposed by Anderson-Maeda Enterprises to mine aether.

On the surface, filmmaker Carl Denham tells his screenwriter friend Jack Driscoll about an idea he has of filming a movie in the Hollow Earth. Driscoll disputes as they can't enter there without a specially designed aircraft like Anderson-Maeda's HEAVs. Denham tells him not to worry about that as some crook in Anderson-Maeda would get them to the Hollow Earth and that he needs to find an actress. Driscoll tells him about an actress he has been looking into, Ann Darrow, and that he should contact her about it, which he did, meeting with the filmmakers, Darrow reveals she is a wildlife enthusiast and would love to be in the film, the crew then meets Frank Englehorn, an Anderson-Maeda employee who are willing to smuggle them into the Hollow Earth. He tells Carl that the craft can't possibly hold a lot of filming equipment and Carl tells him that he doesn't need much equipment, just his camera and some other stuff.

Back in the Hollow Earth, the Anderson-Maeda team explores the realm with Kong when suddenly he meets Wukong, one of Monarch's contained MUTOs, they quarrel for a bit before Wukong acknowledges Kong's superiority and they become friends.

As they keep exploring, Kong meets female kong giant, they share a moment and Kong abandons the team to follow the female, she leads him to a tribal site in which he meets other members of his species, the team follows them and reports to the center that Kong has found his people, Jia and Ilene looks on, fascinated by the discovery. They then encounter a figure walking from the distance, as it gets closer, we see a rugged looking white kong from the Great MUTO War, wielding a double-edged glaive, the alpha menaces Kong before destroying a HEAV that got too close, the Monarch base is startled and the alpha became rowdy, ordering Kong to go away and he did.

Carl and his film crew prepares to enter the Hollow Earth, from one of the entrance located in California. They were able to bypass Anderson-Maeda and successfully enter. There, they were unfortunately attacked by a large animal that caused the HEAV to crash in the Argoynm rainforest, they proceed to walk on foot, and begins filming their movie (which is about a couple played by Ann and Charles, being lost in the Hollow Earth) before being attacked by various animals which led them being found by the Monarch crew.

The film crew is then detained in the Hollow Earth Research Center. Sometime later the Hollow Earth Alpha appears before them, and attacks the building, leading Kong to come in and **fight** the alpha, with the film crew being freed amidst the damage. Denham retrieves his camera to film the fight. After a tense fight which the alpha displayed lightning powers, he prepares to kill Kong before Wukong saves him by biting the alpha, causing him to faint from the venom. The alpha's tribe arrives and retrieves hi back to their lair.

The Monarch crew wonders how the alpha gained his lightning powers, and Jia then tells them about the Iwi's knowledge about the kong giants, and how Kong could attain the same power by striking him with lightning on an aether field. They mobilize to take Kong to a known stormy aether field as the alpha could come back anytime. The film crew wanders around, looking to resume principal photography. At the storm field, Kong consumes some aether and gets his powers, as Kalia (the female) witnesses.

At the tribe's lair, the alpha wakes up, scolds the others and prepares a larger convoy consisting of his riding animal, a unirotherium. He then travels far across the land and arrive in the Dark Habitat to summon the Sourge. Kong and the female, named Kalia, begin to court, followed by the team which ends in them mating, to the shock of the humans. The film crew resumes filming when they see the alpha and the Scourge heading toward them, they hide as the monsters pass, and head back to Monarch. As the jungle falls silent, Kong and Kalia's courtship is interrupted by the return of the alpha and the Scourge, as the sky darkens. Kong is taken by the Scourge, Wukong follows them, Monarch calls all HEAV units to be deployed to follow them. They are attacked by the alpha and manages to take him down but is nearly depleted of ammos in the process. They take a detour to refuel the weaponry with aether. Kong and Wukong fights off the Scourge using his power, managing to bring them both down to Earth. A hectic **battle** ensues between them, and Monarch joins in. The alpha wakes up and heads to the battlefield.

Back at the headquarters, the film crew hangs out with Jia before they are **attacked** by monsters. The headquarters would be saved by Kalia, who fights off the attacking monsters. Monarch calls for backup to the surface, who sends a legion of HEAVs. The alpha makes its way to Kong and the two fight once more. The backup arrives and they prepare an explosive device used for mining to be used against the Scourge. Wukong appears before them, causing them to shoot at him but stopping when the film crew informs his friendship with Kong.

 *The plot is still under construction*

In a mid-credits scene, a Monarch base at the Great Victoria Desert in Australia is operating, revealing a deactivated Mechagodzilla at the center.

## Cast

Filming crew

* Sebastian Stan as Carl Denham
* Sydney Sweeney as Ann Darrow
* Alden Ehrenreich as Jack Driscoll
* Isaiah Mustafa as Frank Englehorn
* Logan Lerman as Charles Weston

Monarch crew

* Rebecca Hall as Dr. Ilene Andrews
* Alexander Skarsgård as Nathan Lind
* Kaylee Hottle as Jia
* Joe Morton as Houston Brooks

## Appearances

### Benevolent MUTO(s)

King KongWukongKaliaKodaZimbaGaboMeroOld King KongPrince of the kongs

### Malevolent MUTO(s)

The Hollow Earth AlphaThe ScourgeGenitorMechagodzilla (cameo)

### Locations

* Earth
	+ Australia
		- Great Victoria Desert
			* Outpost 75
	+ Hollow Earth
		- Jotunheimra
			* Agartha
			* Argonym rainforest
				+ Hollow Earth Research Center
			* Dark Habitat
			* Ginnungagap rainforest
			* Kongs' lair
			* Storm Valley
	+ Skull Island (mentioned)
	+ United States
		- Monarch Museum

### Events

* Great MUTO War
* Godzilla/Kong Crisis (mentioned)
* **King Kong's Campaign**

### Species

* Pantheon (mentioned)
* Humans
* MUTOs
	+ Celestial moths (flashback)
	+ *Deussimia wukong*
	+ Gojiras (flashback)
	+ Kong giants
	+ Unirotherium
* Hollow Earth creatures
	+ Ahools
	+ *Compsognathus*
	+ Dark peafowls
	+ Dazzling deers
	+ Gryphons
	+ Holy tigers
	+ Jackalopes
	+ Skullcrawlers
	+ Temple monkeys
	+ Unicorns

### Items

* Aether
* Double-edged aether glaive
* Armor of the King Kong
* Axe of the King Kong
* Hollow Earth Aerial Vehicles
* Stargate

### Organizations

* Anderson-Maeda Enterprises
* Monarch

## Trivia

* The "King Kong" is a title for whoever is the alpha of the kong giants.
* One of the early versions of the film was titled *King Kong Escapes!*, where he would've fought Rhedosaurus.
* The Hollow Earth Alpha's leadership of the kong tribe is describes as a cult in the Hollow Earth.
	+ A variety of species was considered for the role of the alpha, including a wolf and a bear before settling on another member of Kong's species.
* The way Kong gets his lightning powers is inspired by DC Comics' The Flash.

## References and notes

1. ↑ This film follows the 2005 version of Jack Driscoll being a screenwriter.
2. ↑ This doesn't kill him as he has super enhanced metabolism like Kong, Ilene knows this.
3. ↑ Long story short Monarch lets them as Denham told them that there's no reason to scrutinize them as they are the only way for them to come back to the surface