Tom Hiddleston gets starring role in King Kong origin-story movie Skull Island

Tom Hiddleston is set to star in Legendary Entertainment’s Skull Island, an origin-story movie which will feature King Kong. According to Variety, Hiddleston will headline the film which is being directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts (The Kings of Summer) – a switch with previously thought director Joe Cornish, as he was busy with Section Six. Godzilla screenwriter Max Borenstein is penning the script for Skull Island.