How King Kong Has Evolved in Movies! 1933 - 2021

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If you've seen Kong: Skull Island or the even more recent Godzilla vs Kong you'll know that Kong now looks absolutely incredible, but it wasn't always that way. In Kong's almost 90-year long movie career, he, like most Hollywood actors, has seen a lot of aesthetic changes, but unlike other actors, Kong's have been for the better!

1933. King Kong.
The Kong of this era didn't use digital effects but some of the special effects it did use, are still used today. Rear projection, Matte painting, Stop-motion animation, and miniatures were all used in the 1933 classic. Kong himself was actually 4 separate models, two identical 18-inch models, to the scale of 1 inch = 1 foot were made from Aluminium, latex and foam rubber, and rabbit fur. A larger 24-inch model was made for the scenes in New York, and a smaller and simpler model made from lead and fur was used for the "Fall from the Empire State Building" scene.
The team also made two models of Kong's right hand and forearm from steel, sponge, rubber, and bearskins. one was mounted on a crane and the other was articulated and mounted on a rig for the scenes where Kong grasps Ann, they also built a non-articulated leg that was mounted on a crane and used to "Stomp" on people.

1962. King Kong vs Godzilla.
Almost 30 years after his debut on the silver screen, Kong made his debut in widescreen, color, and unfortunately the Giant Monster suit. The Special effects director had discarded stop-motion due to budget issues and decided to use the same technique he had in the Godzilla movies. Stop-motion was used in some short scenes and they made two 3 foot models, one of which was articulated and they were used for close-up scenes. The team also made a huge articulated hand for the scene where Kong grabs Fumiko and carries her off.

1976. King Kong.
A remake of the 1933 classic, in this version, Kong is a combination of a giant monster suit and the genius of Carlo Rambaldi. 5 different masks were made, each one to express a different emotion, this was because of the number of cables and mechanisms required to express 5 different emotions were too great to fit in just one mask. In addition to these life-like masks, Rambaldi also designed and built a 40ft tall mechanical Kong weighing 6.5 tons and costing half a million dollars.

1986. King Kong Lives.
In this sequel to the 1976 King Kong, it turns out that Kong didn't die from his fall from the World Trade Center, he is maintained in a coma for 10 years and then gets an artificial heart and a blood transfusion from a female giant ape called "Lady Kong" that they find on the Borneo island and Kong and Lady Kong fall in love! It may be a surprise to you, but the movie didn't do well at the box office, critics claimed the plot was dull and offered nothing new, unfortunately, the special effects were the same as the plot, dull and offering nothing new.

2005. King Kong.
Over 70 years after his first film, Kong gets a complete face-lift, a digital one! Peter Jackson and Weta Digital got together to remake this classic. In this movie Kong is 100% CG, his movements coming from Andy Serkis in a Motion-capture suit, However, Jackson wanted Kong to be less human and more ape for this remake so Serkis studied the gorillas at London Zoo and even went to Rwanda to study them in the wild.

2017. Kong: Skull Island
Industrial Light and Magic took the reins where Weta Digital left off, again Kong was 100% CG but ILM took it one step further. The director wanted to emphasize that Kong was the last of his kind, alone in the world, an outcast, he wanted Kong to express these emotions so the audience wouldn't just fear Kong but they'd feel for him too. They took macro photography of a gorilla at San Francisco Zoo to use as detailed reference material and added incredible detail to his face and hands but most importantly to his eyes.

2021. Godzilla vs Kong.
The Kong asset used in this film was ILM's Kong from Skull Island, and what they did was to lengthen his hair, make it grayer to age him, scale him up to match Godzilla, and animate him. In contrast to previous CG versions, this Kong didn't rely on Motion-capture and was largely keyframes. Weta dealt with the first and last scenes, and the hollow earth scenes, Scanline did the ocean battle, and MPC did the fights with Godzilla.

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