Emuva ngo-2003, lapho Peter Jackson umemezele ukuthi umsebenzi wakhe olandelayo wokuthunyelwe INkosi yezindandatho kungaba kabusha King Kong (kusukela ku-classic yango-1933), akekho owayethukile, uma kubhekwa ithalente lomqondisi kanye nokutuseka okujulile nokuvumayo akuzwa nge-gorilla enkulu.
Kulezi zinsuku, inkawu enothando ibuyile ezindabeni, sibonga amaphrojekthi amasha amabili, ngokuqondile noma ngokungaqondile, axhumene nendawo yonke yase-King Kong. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, kubonakala sengathi ekugcineni abakhiqizi baseHollywood banikeze ukukhanya okuluhlaza ngombono omdala owaklanywa ngumdali we-monster ngokwakhe, I-Merian Cooper kanye nomsunguli wemiphumela ebonakalayo URay Harryhausen. Ngokusho kwe-Variety, lokhu kukhiqizwa sekuvele kunegama elisemthethweni: Izikhozi Zempi; futhi izolandisa ngokuzidela komshayeli wendiza owehlelwa yingozi futhi awele endaweni yemvelo lapho kuhlala khona izidalwa ezimangalisayo.
Enye ifilimu kungaba uhlobo I-prequel egqwayizayo eya eKing Kong, igqugquzelwe inoveli kaJoe DeVito noBrad Strickland shayela I-Kong: Inkosi ye-Skull Island. Umqondo uwukugoqa ngaphansi kwe bamba ukunyakaza inqubo, njengoba kwenziwa Beowulf. Umuntu ophethe ukubhala iskripthi kuzoba U-Andy briggs, futhi inkampani yokukhiqiza isivele ifuna umqondisi.