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Skull Island: Birth of Kong comic trailer

Following the huge box office success of Kong: Skull Island last month, Legendary has unveiled a teaser for a comic book series which delves deeper into the myths and mysteries of the island.

Titled Skull Island: The Birth of Kong, the comic is both a sequel and a prequel to the film. At the moment they are planning just a few (monthly) issues and not making it into long running series.

The comic is going to fill some gaps and answer questions which lead to the next Kong movie. And it probably serves as a bridge between various characters in the MonsterVerse franchise.

The “war” at 0:30 in the teaser looks pretty awesome regardless. It’s also the preview image of the video at the time of writing (but the video admin can change that if they want to.)

The producers may be tempted to make a scene out of it in the next film, and bet the fans are going to love that too. They could have just included that in Kong: Skull Island though, that would be really epic.

I haven’t watch the movie yet, will wait for it on TV instead. But seems like the secret organisation Monarch is going to be a mainstay in the franchise. And they probably know a thing or two about Godzilla.

Kong: Skull Island (2017) movie trailer

Trailer for upcoming American monster film Kong: Skull Island, directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts. The movie is a reboot of the King Kong franchise, and it’s the second film in Legendary’s MonsterVerse.

The film stars Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, John Goodman, Brie Larson, Jing Tian, Toby Kebbell, John Ortiz, Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell, Shea Whigham, Thomas Mann, Terry Notary, and John C. Reilly.

I’m never a fan of Kong. The fact that it’s always in love with a “tiny” albeit beautiful human being never makes sense to me. And that alone makes it difficult for me to like its role.

Set that aside Kong in this teaser looks pretty badass. But seems like there’s too much going on… the skull crawlers are fine but there’s giant spiders and killer birds among others.

Chinese actress Jing Tian appears as main cast on movie poster but doesn’t feature in the trailer at all. Guess it’s another unnecessary character to please the Chinese film market.

May still watch it for Loki Tom Hiddleston though, and Brie Larson looks pretty amazing too.

The final issue of Japanese AneCan Magazine

Japanese model Moe Oshikiri is the cover girl for the last issue (December 2016) of AneCan Magazine. The fashion magazine will suspend its publication after running for a decade because of business reasons. Poor sales, to put it boldly.

Oshikiri was also the cover girl for the first issue of AneCan in 2007. So it’s fitting that she’s the one who brings down the curtain on the magazine.

AneCan Magazine December 2016 final issue Moe Oshikiri

AneCan targeted women in mid to late twenties who have “graduated” from reading CanCam, its sister magazine for younger women and college students.

The challenge

CanCam is still running after 35 years though (first published in November 1981.) It’s an amazing feat but the future looks grim for fashion magazines worldwide, with the shift of interest and competition from internet publications etc.

To survive, the magazines have to build a strong branding with solid online presence and to venture globally. The later is something the Japanese media have fallen behind in the past decade, it’s so difficult for non-Japanese to reach their contents.

Ryuhei Matsuda x GQ Japan

Japanese actor Ryuhei Matsuda on the cover of GQ Magazine, November 2016 issue [Jp].

Ryuhei Matsuda Japanese GQ Magazine

The 33-year-old started acting at young age and made his breakthrough when he was 15. He played a wide range of roles since, including some award-winning acts in recent years.

He remains pretty low profile though, and most of the films he starred in are not the type that appeal to global audiences. That probably explains why he’s not that famous outside of Japan.

His wife is actress-model Rina Ohta. The couple has a daughter born 2009.

Ryuhei’s younger brother, Shota, is also an actor.