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Netflix has been stocking up on animated exhibits based mostly on common franchises over the previous couple of years. Although most of them hail from video video games, the steamer’s subsequent collection, Cranium Island, relies on Legendary’s MonsterVerse films, and continues the story of everybody’s favourite big ape, King Kong.
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Seemingly set someday after the occasions of Kong’s 2017 film, the present follows brothers Charlie (Nicolas Cantu) and Mike (Darren Barnet), who’ve simply woken up on the island after being shipwrecked. Earlier than both of them can turn into monster meals, they’re saved by Annie (Mae Whitman), who’s been on the island simply lengthy sufficient to make an enormous dog-like monster her BFF. Collectively, the children need to reunite with the opposite survivors of Charlie and Mike’s ship, which additionally occurs to incorporate its captain and their father (Benjamin Bratt).
Cranium Island | Official Trailer | Netflix
The place Cranium’s first trailer from final month was all about setting a tone, this new one exhibits some extra monsters the survivors should struggle in the event that they need to get off the island alive, of which there are a lot of. (A minimum of considered one of them can be one other Skincrawler, which Kong needed to struggle within the Cranium Island film.) Kong himself makes a handful of appearances all through, and it appears to be like like he’ll be doing what he does finest: saving people and energy bombing monsters together with his fists or their very own tooth. All of it appears to be like like a enjoyable sufficient time, and needs to be a great way to tide of us over till he finally returns in Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire someday subsequent yr.
All episodes of Cranium Island will premiere Thursday, June 22 on Netflix.
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