At the rate we’re going, Kong: Skull Island could end up a full-fledged Straight Outta Compton reunion. With Corey Hawkins already aboard the adventure film, Compton co-star Jason Mitchell is now set to sign on to the cast{
With Hawkins, Tom Hiddleston, Brie Larson and other recent recruit Toby Kebbell locked in, Mitchell is, according to The Hollywood Reporter, in negotiations to play a wise-cracking pilot. Little else is known about the film’s story right now, but we do at least know that it sees a brave (or foolhardy) group heading to the fog-shrouded, mysterious titular island, home to the world’s biggest, angriest ape and a whole host of other creatures. As they venture deeper within the place, they encounter yet more surprises.
Jordan Vogt-Roberts is in charge of marshalling the monster mash, working from a script that has seen work by Max Borenstein, John Gatins, Dan Gilroy and, as production nears, Jurassic World co-writer Derek Connolly. And while nothing is official yet, Samuel L. Jackson, Tom Wilkinson and John C. Reilly may end up joining the others in the cast.
Kong: Skull Island should be shooting in a couple of months, ready for a March 10, 2017 release in the UK and US. Mitchell’s role as Eazy-E will arrive on our screens in Straight Outta Compton this week (read more about the movie here), and he’ll also be seen in comedy caper Keanu and crime thriller Vincent-N-Roxxy.