Kong : Skull Island avoids the involvement of John Goodman .
It stars an ensemble cast consisting of Tom Hiddleston , Samuel L. Jackson , Brie Larson ( who replaced John Goodman who was dropped for undisclosed reasons ) , Jing Tian , Toby Kebbell , John Ortiz , Corey Hawkins , Jason Mitchell , Shea Whigham , Thomas Mann , Terry Notary and John C. Reilly
Kong-COLON- Skull Island