The horror director also gets bonus points for his expert use of Jay-Z and Kanye West’s “No Church In The Wild” lyrics to define the dynamic between the enormous, atomic dragon and the giant, savage ape.
We’re not surprised to see Mike Dougherty expertly troll King Kong in Twitter photo.
He has officially thrown down the gauntlet with this picture, so we will have to wait and see how the Kong team responds.
Between his work on movies like Trick ‘r’ Treat and Krampus, he has proven himself incredibly capable of finding the humor in monsters, maintaining a lighthearted sensibility even while bringing terrifying creatures to life.