Q: Is it true that they are making
a new version of “King
Kong”? If so, do you know how or if
this will be different from other iterations?
— Dave G., via email
A: “Kong: Skull Island” will premiere
March 10, 2017 on the
big screen. This latest version of the
action-adventure movie stars Tom Hiddleston
(of “Thor” and “The Avengers”
fame), Brie Larson (who won
the Academy Award for Best Actress
for “Room”), Samuel L. Jackson and
Tom Wilkinson, and takes place in the
1970s, focusing on the origins of Kong.
Hiddleston’s character, Capt. James
Conrad, is the leader of an expedition
venturing deep into an uncharted island
in the Pacific Ocean, where you can bet
they are going to run smack into everyone’s
favorite giant gorilla.
But if you can’t wait until March
to get up close and personal with the
mythical beast, you can head over to
Skull Island yourself — that is, the one
at Universal Studios Orlando Islands of
Adventure. Its new ride, “Skull Island:
Reign of Kong,” opened over the summer,
and let me tell you that it is exhilarating
and actually quite scary. It really
does get you primed to want to see the
movie. Here’s an insider’s tip: Try to sit
as far on the right-hand side of the car as
you can.
Q: I haven’t seen Catherine Zeta-Jones in anything recently. I
know she took time off while her husband,
Michael Douglas, was recovering
from cancer, but did she full-on
retire? — Linda F., Baton Rouge,
Louisiana
A: The gorgeous and talented Oscar
winner recently signed on to
star as Olivia de Havilland in FX’s
eight-part miniseries “Feud,” which
centers on the bitter rivalry between
“Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?”
stars Bette Davis (Susan Sarandon)
and Joan Crawford (Jessica Lange).
The miniseries will premiere sometime
next year, and co-stars Stanley Tucci as
studio chief Jack Warner, Judy Davis
as gossip columnist Hedda Hopper
and Alfred Molina as director/producer
Robert Aldrich. With a powerhouse
cast like this, I can’t wait to see the
series.
Q: I remember hearing talk of a
“Lost Boys” movie remake.
Any word on that? — Larry T., via
email
A: Rob Thomas — creator of
“Veronica Mars” and “iZombie”
— is bringing the vampire cult
classic to television over at the CW
network. According to “Deadline,” the
new series is being envisioned for a
seven-season run, “spanning 70 years,
each season chronicling a decade.”
With each season, “the humans, the
setting, the antagonist and the story
all change — only the vampires, our
Lost Boys, who are like the ‘Peter Pan’
characters who never grow up, remain
the same.” There is no word yet on
whether the vampires will be all-new
characters or a reimaging of the movie-
version ones, but seeing how they
all died in the end, they’d have to get
pretty creative if they are planning to
reintroduce them.
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