Kong: Skull Island's next generation of King Kong is massive and completely terrifying in a first-look picture.
The over-sized and extremely angry gorilla truly is huge in a preview released by Entertainment Weekly, only he's not technically a gorilla at all.
"This is something that is its own species," director Jordan Vogt-Roberts revealed to the magazine.
Producer Alex Garcia hinted over the summer that Kong will actually be 100 feet tall, a sizeable jump from his already-intimidating 25-foot height in 1933's King Kong.
"I think we're still really compelled by what we don't understand," star Tom Hiddleston added at Comic-Con International. "As a society and as individuals we need to be humbled by the size and majesty of our planet.
"Anyone who's seen a whale in the wild, or anyone who's got lost in the jungle, we're still profoundly moved by that sense of awe. I think Kong appeals to that sense of awe. We need to feel small."
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In this revamp of the Kong franchise, Captain James Conrad (Hiddleston), his crew and a journalist (Brie Larson ) venture onto a lost Pacific island where they go face-to-face with the beast.
Err, maybe face-to-toe?
The current plan is for Kong to eventually battle Warner Bros' other monster Godzilla in the ultimate movie monster showdown, provided that Skull Island is a success.
Kong: Skull Island opens on March 10, 2017 in cinemas. Watch a trailer below:
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