New Kong: Skull Island TV Spot Shows Off The Massive Ape

The new Warner Bros. monster movie, Kong: Skull Island, arrives in theaters this Friday, March 10. Now, a TV spot for the action movie has arrived, showing off some new shots of the big and powerful King Kong himself and highlighting the dueling ideas about killing or saving the beast.

Samuel L. Jackson's character loudly proclaims in the trailer, "We're going to bring that ape down. It's time to show that man is king." Tom Hiddleston's character, however, has other ideas.

In one sequence, his character says, "We're going to save Kong." Also in the trailer, we see Hiddleston standing in front of a presumably injured Kong, holding people back and saying. "Kong was just defending his territory."

Skull Island director Jordan Vogt-Roberts recently said the video game Shadow of the Colossus was a big inspiration for the movie.

"It's such a beautiful thing to have a boss fight where you feel sad after you've killed the boss," he said. "And the way those creatures lumber around was such a huge, huge part for me... the colossi in those games have such a slow, melancholy, morose quality to them. And the sense of scale. Honestly, Shadow Of The Colossus was one of the biggest influences on this film. Just the vibe the creatures have. I think and I hope that Kong has a similar vibe in the film."

Additionally, at least one of Skull Island's monsters is partially inspired by the Pokemon Cubone.

In other news about Skull Island, Jackson appeared on The Today Show this week and talked about what it was like filming in places like Vietnam and Hawaii. He said he preferred the Hawaii shoots, as there were more opportunities to go shopping and play golf. In fact, he says that his contract states that he must be allowed to play two rounds of golf per week. Here's the video:

For more on Skull Island, which also stars Brie Larson, John Goodman, and John C. Reilly, check out this roundup of reviews.