'Kong: Skull Island' Producer: 'Vietnam's setting is the most beautiful in the world'

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Nicholas Simon shared about Vietnam's potential to become a world film studio in a private conversation with VnExpress in Hanoi at the end of November.

Nicholas Simon - who takes on the roleKong: Skull Island line producer - just returnedVietnam surveys the landscape for several separate projects.Producers talk about blockbusters and Vietnam's potential to become a world film studio.

Mr. Simon commentedpVietnam's beautiful sceneryTwo new trailers for Kong: Skull Island show the crew made the right choice.He shared: "Director Jordan chose Vietnam for the main reason that the setting is strange from a Western perspective.Vietnam has some of the most beautiful scenery in the world.Dong Hoi inQuang Binhis one of the most beautiful places, with rolling valleys.Phong Nha, Ke Bang belongs to the group of amazing caves. Our survey process confirms that."

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Mr. Nicholas Simon.

Mr. Simon commented that Vietnam has the opportunity to attract many big-budget film crews thanks to its promotion in theKong: Skull Island. Mid-year,groupmovieStar Wars 8They also surveyed Vietnam and Thailand to consider as the setting. However, due to changes in the script, they decided to shoot in England.

Also according to Mr. Simon,Vietnam can learn from Thailand about film production services with Hollywood for future projects."Thailand is among the top 5 countries providing the best services for film production - after the US, UK, Canada and South Africa. Thailand is famous for its preferential policies for film investment. In addition, Thais have been trained in industrial filmmaking since Hollywood came to film there.James Bond1960s. Thailand has complete facilities and well-trained staff. Therefore, big-budget film crews feel very comfortable going there," the filmmaker shared.

Nicholas Simon has been a field producer in Southeast Asia for 21 years. He started his production career in Ho Chi Minh City in 1995. He has worked onVertical Summer2000 andPromised Landin 2004 in Vietnam. He now often takes on Hollywood film production projects when they come to Southeast Asia.

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Vietnam scene in "Kong: Skull Island".

Kong: Skull Islandis the latest Hollywood blockbuster about King Kong. The work is directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts. The project brings together a multinational cast including Tom Hiddleston, Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, John C. Reilly, Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell, John Ortiz, Thomas Mann, Shea Whigham, Eugene Cordero and Chinese actress - Jing Tian. The film started filming in October 2015 and finished filming at the end of March.The $190 million blockbuster is in post-production.scheduled to be released worldwide on March 10, 2017.

The trailer and the latest images of Kong: Skull Island impress viewers when showing a series of brilliant scenes set in Vietnam such as white storks flying in the sky of Ninh Binh, helicopters flying over the fields of Dong Hoi or the confrontation in Ha Long under the dark red sun. The mountains and valleys of Vietnam are skillfully blended with images of old forests and coconut trees in Hawaii and Australia. The film is expected to have an epic color when the trailer also reveals confrontations between many forces - American soldiers and natives, Kong the monkey and the giant tentacled monster.

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The latest poster of "Kong: Skull Island" promotes Ha Long.

According to Movieboom, experts created the main character - monkey Kong - entirely with special effects.They combined footage shot in Vietnam, Australia and Hawaii (USA) - the three main locations. They also used motion capture technology (simulating animal movements) to create the character Kong.Visual details of Ninh Binh and Quang Binh are expected to be used as the setting for an indigenous village, where Kong the monkey first appears and destroys the village.

This is the second project in the Warner Bros. monster movie series. The work follows Godzilla in 2014. After Kong: Skull Island, the ape king appears with the monster Godzilla in the movie Godzilla vs. Kong scheduled to be released in 2020.

* Trailer "Kong: Skull Island"

According to VNE

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