List of King Kong movies

This is a list of all feature-length King Kong movies in order of release date. There are currently 13 films in the franchise—10 live-action and three animated—with an 11th live-action film currently in production. Unlike the Godzilla and Gamera series, the Kong films are not primarily produced by a single studio, and only one company (Legendary Pictures) has ever produced more than two of them.

List

#

Poster/cover

Title

Release date

Funded by

Produced/
animated by

Director(s)

Writer(s)

FX director/
supervisor(s)

Monsters

Story

Screenplay

#1

King Kong

March 7, 1933

RKO Radio Pictures

Merian C. Cooper
Ernest Schoedsack

Edgar Wallace
Merian C. Cooper
("from an idea by")

James Creelman
Ruth Rose

Willis O'Brien
("chief technician")

#2

Son of Kong

December 22, 1933

Ernest Schoedsack

Ruth Rose

#3

King Kong vs. Godzilla

August 11, 1962

Toho Company Ltd.

Ishiro Honda^[a]

Shinichi Sekizawa^[b]

Eiji Tsuburaya
(director)

#4

King Kong Escapes

July 22, 1967

Kaoru Mabuchi^[c]

#5

King Kong

December 17, 1976

Dino De Laurentiis Corp.

John Guillermin

Merian C. Cooper
Edgar Wallace
("from an idea conceived by")
James Creelman
Ruth Rose
("based on the screenplay by")

Lorenzo Semple Jr.

Frank Van der Veer
(supervisor)

#6

King Kong Lives

December 19, 1986

De Laurentiis Entertainment Group

Ronald Shusett
Steven Pressfield

Barry Nolan
(supervisor)

#7

The Mighty Kong

May 29, 1998

The LANA Film Company

Jade Animation

Anirom Animation

Rainbow Korea Animation

Hahn Shin Corporation Korea

Art Scott

William J. Keenan

N/A

#8

Kong: King of Atlantis

November 22, 2005
(direct-to-video)

BKN International

Philippine Animation Studio, Inc.

Patrick Archibald

Chuck Patton
Patrick Archibald
Sean Catherine Derek

Sean Catherine Derek

King Kong
Queen Reptilla
Lord Sycophis
Minion

Cave Bear
Living Tar
Royal Firefly
Tyranno-Guard

#9

King Kong

December 14, 2005

Universal Pictures

WingNut Films

Peter Jackson

Merian C. Cooper
Edgar Wallace

Fran Walsh
Philippa Boyens
Peter Jackson

Joe Letteri
(supervisor)

Extended cut

#10

Kong: Return to the Jungle

November 14, 2006
(direct-to-video)

BKN International

UTV Software Communications

Stuart Evans

Rick Ungar
Sean Catherine Derek

N/A

King Kong
Cyber-Hunter
Kit
Tyrannosaurus rex
Uintatherium
Kong Island horse

#11

Kong: Skull Island

March 10, 2017

Legendary Pictures

Warner Bros.

RatPac-Dune Entertainment

Dan Gilroy
Max Borenstein
Derek Connolly

Stephen Rosenbaum
Jeff White
(supervisors)

#12

Godzilla vs. Kong

March 31, 2021

Legendary Pictures

Warner Bros.

Adam Wingard

Terry Rossio
Michael Dougherty
Zach Shields

Eric Pearson
Max Borenstein

John DesJardin
(supervisor)

#13

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire

March 29, 2024

Terry Rossio
Adam Wingard
Simon Barrett

Terry Rossio
Simon Barrett
Jeremy Slater

Alessandro Ongaro
(supervisor)

#14

Godzilla x Kong: Supernova

March 26, 2027

Legendary Pictures

Grant Sputore

David Callaham
Michael Lloyd Green

Kelly Port

Notes

↑ King Kong vs. Godzilla's U.S. version was directed by Thomas Montgomery. King Kong Escapes's U.S. version credits Arthur Rankin Jr. as director despite no new footage being shot; he is only credited on the Japanese version as "technical advisor."
↑ Inspired by the unfilmed screenplay King Kong vs. Prometheus written by George Worthing Yates and conceived of by Willis O'Brien. The film's U.S. version was written by Paul Mason and Bruce Howard.
↑ The film's U.S. version was written by William J. Keenan, future writer of The Mighty Kong.

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