Skull Island (Peter Jackson film)

In March 2021, Adam Wingard said in an interview that back in 2013, Peter Jackson had been interested in producing a sequel or prequel to the film titled Skull Island, with Wingard as director and Simon Barrett writing it.

Plot
THe plot is currently unknown.

Why It Was Cancelled

 * 1) The King Kong rights had been transfered to Warner Bros. by 2013.
 * 2) Wingard pivoted to offering a modern day sequel, but ultimately nothing came of the proposal.
 * 3) Kong was the last of his species in the 2005 film.
 * 4) Jackson's version became one of the most expensive films of the 2000's, hence why Universal didn't want to deal with that problem again.

Results

 * 1) The film was permanently cancelled.
 * 2) The 2005 remake of King Kong ended up being stand alone.
 * 3) The art book The World of Kong: A Natural History of Skull Island ended up as a follow up to the remake.
 * 4) Warner Bros. rebooted the franchise with Kong: Skull Island. Which the fillm was canon to the Monsterverse.