[EDIT] Penned by Joe DeVito and Brad Strickland, book focuses on the backstory of Skull Island and how the giant gorilla became king there. It introduces other giant gorillas and dinosaurs only hinted at in the previous films. [EDIT] The plan is to produce the film using motion-capture technology such as Robert Zemeckis used to make "The Polar Express," "Beowulf" and the upcoming "A Christmas Carol." Spirit's own facility would produce the CG work.' The book was published at the same time Peter Jackson was producing his remake of "King Kong."...explains Variety HERE. I wasn't a big fan of Peter Jackson's KONG; I felt it took far too much time to accomplish far too little. As such, I'm wide open to a different, hopefully more effective, interpretation of the concept. Like this one: