Emuva ngo-2003, lapho uPeter Jackson ememezela ukuthi umsebenzi wakhe olandelayo we- Lord of the Rings uzoba ukwenziwa kabusha kwe- King Kong (yefilimu yakudala ka-1933), akekho owayethukile, ngenxa yethalente lomqondisi kanye nokumhlonipha okujulile nokuvuma ayekuzwa nge-gorilla enkulu.
Kulezi zinsuku, inkawu ekhangayo iphinda ibe yizihloko zezindaba, ngenxa yamaphrojekthi amabili amasha axhumene ngqo noma ngokungaqondile nendawo yonke yaseKing Kong . Ngakolunye uhlangothi, kubonakala sengathi abakhiqizi baseHollywood ekugcineni banikeze umbono omdala owasungulwa ngumdali walesi silo uqobo, uMerian Cooper , kanye nomsunguli wemiphumela ebonakalayo uRay Harryhausen . Ngokusho kwe-Variety, lo mkhiqizo usuvele unesihloko esisemthethweni: Ama-War Eagles ; futhi uzolandisa indaba yomshayeli wendiza ophahlaza indiza yakhe endaweni yemvelo ehlalwa izidalwa ezimangalisayo.
Enye ifilimu izoba uhlobo lwefilimu eqoshiwe yeKing Kong, ephefumulelwe yinoveli kaJoe DeVito noBrad Strickland ebizwa ngokuthi iKong: King of Skull Island . Umqondo uwukuyiqopha kusetshenziswa ubuchwepheshe bokuthwebula ukunyakaza , njengoba nje kwenziwa uBeowulf . U-Andy Briggs uzobe ephethe ukubhala umbhalo , kanti inkampani yokukhiqiza isivele ifuna umqondisi.