King Kong Goes on a Fiery Rampage in Concept Art for KONG: SKULL ISLAND

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This cool piece of concept art from Kong: Skull Island featuring one of the most awesome clips that we saw in the trailer of Kong attacking people in a fiery rampage. He looks insanely pissed off, and there's no doubt that people will die by his hand in this scene. 

The story follows a diverse team of explorers who are brought together "to venture deep into an uncharted island in the Pacific—as beautiful as it is treacherous—unaware that they’re crossing into the domain of the mythic Kong." 

Director John Vogt-Roberts told Empire that the story originally took place in 1917 and not during the Vietnam war. 

"The script I first read took place in 1917. But when I started talking to the Legendary [Entertainment] guys, I was thinking, 'What weird King Kong movie would I want to see?' So I pitched them the Vietnam War connection, literally thinking they were gonna laugh me out of the room. And to Legendary's credit, they said, 'Cool. Let's figure it out.' The aesthetics of that time mixed with King Kong makes for an incredible genre mash-up."

The 1917 setting would have been interesting, but I think the Vietnam setting is pretty cool way to go. 

Kong: Skull Island has a great cast that includes Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, Brie Larson, John Goodman, and John C. Reilly. Then you have the supporting cast featuring Tian Jing, Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell, John Ortiz, Thomas Mann, Shea Whigham, Toby Kebbell, and Eugene Cordero.

Kong: Skull Island opens in theaters March 10, 2017.