Despite its similar name, King Kong Skull Island does not have any connection to Kong: Skull Island in terms of a shared universe and production companies.
Instead, the new project will be rooted within the works of creator Merian C. Cooper and DeVito Artworks Skull Island’ from Joe DeVito.
While the King of the Apes used will be a throwback, Deadline says the show will be serialized, with a contemporary setting, a female lead and a multicultural cast.
Essentially, it means the series is going to be taking things way back to the original King Kong film and telling that version of the mythos, versus the recent film, which is essentially a reboot.