26 Facts About King Kong

King Kong is a fictional giant monster resembling an enormous gorilla, who has appeared in various media since 1933.

King Kong has been dubbed The Eighth Wonder of the World, a phrase commonly used within the franchise.

Character of King Kong has become one of the world's most famous movie icons, having inspired a number of sequels, remakes, spin-offs, imitators, parodies, cartoons, books, comics, video games, theme park rides, and a stage play.

King Kong has crossed over into other franchises such as Planet of the Apes, and encountered characters from other franchises in crossover media, such as the Toho movie monster Godzilla, as well as pulp characters, including Doc Savage and Tarzan.

King Kong character was conceived and created by American filmmaker Merian C Cooper.

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An American film crew, led by Carl Denham, captures King Kong and takes him to New York City to be exhibited as the "Eighth Wonder of the World".

Cooper stated that the idea of King Kong fighting warplanes on top of a building came from him seeing a plane flying over the New York Insurance Building, then the tallest building in the world.

King Kong came up with the ending before the rest of the story as he stated, "Without any conscious effort of thought I immediately saw in my mind's eye a giant gorilla on top of the building".

When designing King Kong, Cooper wanted him to be a nightmarish gorilla monster.

O'Brien would incorporate some characteristics and nuances of an earlier creature he had created in 1915 for the silent short The Dinosaur and the Missing Link into the general look and personality of King Kong, even going as far as to refer to the creature as "King Kong's ancestor".

When it came time to film, Cooper agreed that King Kong should walk upright at times in order to appear more intimidating.

King Kong stated he liked the "mystery word" aspect of Kong's name and that the film should carry "the name of the leading mysterious, romantic, savage creature of the story" such as with Dracula and Frankenstein.

For example, if King Kong had only been 18 feet high on the top of the Empire State Building, he would have been lost, like a little bug; I constantly juggled the heights of trees and dozens of other things.

King Kong was portrayed in the film as being quite old, with graying fur and battle-worn with scars, wounds, and a crooked jaw from his many fights against rival creatures.

King Kong is the dominant being on the island, the king of his world.

King Kong stated that the original 1933 look was the inspiration for the design, saying:.

Our King Kong was intended to say, like, this isn't just a big gorilla or a big monkey.

Co-producer Mary Parent stated that King Kong is still young and not fully grown as she explains, "King Kong is an adolescent when we meet him in the film; he's still growing into his role as alpha".

When Merian C Cooper created King Kong, he assumed that he owned the character, which he had conceived in 1929, outright.

Cooper and his legal team offered up various documents to bolster the case that Cooper owned King Kong and had only licensed the character to RKO for two films, rather than selling him outright.

King Kong's rights are well defined, and they are non-existent, except for certain limited publication rights.

That, along with the fact that the courts ruled that there was simply no likelihood of people confusing Donkey Kong with King Kong, caused Universal to lose the case and the subsequent appeal.

In 1986 they opened a King Kong ride called King Kong Encounter at their Universal Studios Tour theme park in Hollywood, and followed it up with the Kongfrontation ride at their Orlando park in 1990.

On July 13,2016, Universal opened a new King Kong attraction called Skull Island: Reign of Kong at Islands of Adventure in Orlando.

King Kong demonstrated the ability to learn and adapt to an opponent's fighting style, identify and exploit weaknesses in an enemy, and utilize his environment to stage ambushes and traps.

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Elements of King Kong's character remained in the film, reflected in Godzilla's uncharacteristic behavior and attraction to the female character Daiyo.