In Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow , King Kong 's shape is visible in the background on the Empire State Building .
Similarly , during the New York sequence when Jude Law 's character deploys a bomb to stop a giant robot , the shape of King Kong can be seen on the Empire State Building in the background. < ref > { { cite newsDuring the underwater dogfight sequence a light momentarily displays the wreckage of a ship with the name `` The Venture '' which is the ship that sailed to Skull island in King Kong which was also set in the 1930s .
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow