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King Kong vs Godzilla remake - are you ready? 2010 King Kong vs Godzilla remake- what? Don't old your breath yet. With rumors of new movie releases for both monsters in the next few years, there has been renewed interest in a King Kong vs Godzilla remake. The first one was such a classic in the monster movie genre. Am I being sarcastic? All I do know is that there are millions of people that will watch a King Kong vs Godzilla remake on the big screen, Blu-Ray disc, DVD, streaming video, and movie downloads.

A King Kong vs Godzilla remake is not absurd. The original 1963 movie -in Japan- still holds the record for most tickets sold for a Toho Company theatrical release. It was so popular in Japan that it was re-released twice in the 1970's. In 1992, to celebrate the Big G's 40's anniversary, Toho had tried to secure rights from Universal to do a King Kong vs Godzilla remake. However the two monsters were defeated by something even more powerful than they were- lawyers! Indeed, Toho could not even use their robotic version of KK or a similar beast because they were afraid of getting sued. The last hope for a King Kong vs Godzilla remake was shut down.

After Peter Jackson's movie was a hit, the big gorilla's popularity was sparked, and there were whispers about a King Kong vs Godzilla remake. Although the script was not that innovative, KK was updated for new audiences due to the modern special effects and realistic CGI. Even though the original black and white version still gets air time on TV during Thanksgiving (and it is online) there were still millions of people who never experienced it. Jackson's KK was a huge commercial success and put KK back in our collective consciousness- so much that there has been an underground movement to push a King Kong vs Godzilla remake.

As far as our mutated dinosaur goes, thanks to the Internet, sci-fi fans can finally get their hands on all the toys, movies, and merchandise (click here for my online store- lowest prices of course). The big radioactive lizard's popularity is still high even though his movies are not box office smash hits anymore. There is no question that a CGI King Kong vs Godzilla remake would help Toho and Universal if they have a good King Kong vs Godzilla remake marketing campaign. I mean there are already people talking about signing King Kong vs Godzilla remake petitions, and some people on YouTube are trying to make a King Kong vs Godzilla remake go viral even though there is no official word from any movie studio.

Ultimately if I had to answer "yes" or "no" I would say that there will not be a King Kong vs Godzilla remake only because of copyright issues and profit sharing. I always don't thinks fans will settle for Godzilla losing again if there is a King Kong vs Godzilla remake.

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