MARCH 10, 2017 EW.COM 55REEL NEWSOne Cool Cat Donald Glover is set to voice Simba inDisney’s live-actionThe Lion King.•Suiting Up Matt
Reeves (Cloverfield) signed on to helmThe BatmanafterBen Affleck stepped down as director.KING KONG ESCAPES
1967
66 FEETKong shrank for his second
appearance in akaiju movie.
This time he faced off against
his evil robot doppelgänger,
Mechani-Kong.
KING KONG
1976
55 FEETThe American remake brought
Kong back to New York and into
the 1970s. Instead of climbing
the Empire State Building,
he scales the Twin Towers.KONG: SKULL ISLAND
2017
100 FEETTalk about a growth spurt.
In preparation for 2020’s
Godzilla vs. Kong,
everyone’s favorite ape got
another size upgrade.KING KONG
2005
25 FEETPeter Jackson’s faithful homage
took a (slightly) more realistic
approach, returning Kong to
roughly his original size.