When Does the Second Remake of "King Kong" (2005) Take Place?
"King Kong" is an adventure horror (kaiju) film written by Fran Walsh with Peter Jackson and Philippa Boyens [remaking "King Kong" (1933) by James Creelman with Ruth Rose, Merian C. Cooper, and Edgar Wallace] that released December 14th, 2005. So when is "King Kong" set?
It takes place in the year:
We know this because a billboard is visible during the Times Square sequence in New York City for the film "M" (1931), which released in the United States of America in April of 1933 AD.
1933 AD
We know this because a billboard is visible during the Times Square sequence in New York City for the film "M" (1931), which released in the United States of America in April of 1933 AD.
Also, the iconic final scene is atop the Empire State Building and the Chrysler Building is visible in the background. The Chrysler Building was finished in 1930 AD and the Empire State Building in May of 1931 AD.
It has been retroactively absorbed into the MonsterVerse Universe at a chronologically early spot (a first chronological film to feature King Kong) and can be watched at its timeline point, as an extended flashback before "Godzilla vs. Kong" (2021) [with or without the "Monarch: Legacy of Monsters" (2023) TV show], or entirely separately.
