Kong Island Calavera A secret government organization rides an expedition to the island of the skull, an unexplored territory in the Pacific. Led by an explorer (John Goodman) and a lieutenant colonel (Samuel L. Jackson), the group recruits a disillusioned soldier (Tom Hiddleston) and a photojournalist (Brie Larson) to investigate the island's peculiar seismic activity. But once there, they discover that Skull Island is home to a giant monkey called King Kong, and they are caught up in an ongoing war between the beast and the area's indigenous predators. Jordan Vogt-Roberts led this restart of the classic monster franchise.