Kong's gauntlet in Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire has a surprisingly simple origin
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In Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, Kong is set to sport a seriously impressive bit of kit on one hand. The fancy gauntlet can be spotted in the film’s trailers, and, as it turns out, it has a surprisingly simple origin.
“It’s kind of hard to say too much more than that without spoiling anything, because he has one of my favourite intros of any character I’ve ever shot in my films,“Wingard told our sister publicationTotal Film magazine of Kong’s mysterious glove.
“What I will say is I’d want to play with that [action figure] if I was a kid! And though Apex isn’t in this story in a literal way, we kind of hint that Monarch absorbed a lot of the Apex technology after the last film. The glove Kong is wearing, it’s somewhat insinuated that’s Apex technology.”
The latest trailer for the filmsees Kong and Godzilla forced to reluctantly team up againsta new threat named the Skar King. You might remember that, the last time Kong and Godzilla shared the screen, they weren’t great friends. Expect sparks to fly in The New Empire, then (but here’s hoping they can bury the hatchet).
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire arrives this March 29. In the meantime, check out our guide to all the upcoming majormovie release datesfor everything else the year has in store.
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I’m a Senior Entertainment Writer here at GamesRadar+, covering all things film and TV for the site’s Total Film and SFX sections. I previously worked on the Disney magazines team at Immediate Media, and also wrote on the CBeebies, MEGA!, and Star Wars Galaxy titles after graduating with a BA in English.
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