(Part 2)
In 1991, Toho was ready to pit Kong up against Godzilla again for round two in a Heisei version of King Kong vs. Godzilla, but due to legal issues with the Kong character, Toho went with a character that was legally in their Kaiju lineup and made Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah instead.
The final appearance to date for Kong was in a big budget 2005 blockbuster second remake of
King Kong, this time Kong portrayed via CGI. Kong's role is essentially the same as the original film (only portrayed more sympatheticly) and the only major differences between the two films are a more padded out run time and minor character roles.
As an April Fools joke, before the release of the 2005 film, Peter Jackson, the film's director, claimed he was making two sequels, centering around the son of Kong and a fight against Nazis. Obviously a spoof of recent back to back sequels being filmed to provide instant trilogies (such as the Matrix Reloaded/Revolutions and Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest/At World's End), it was later proved to just be a prank. As it stands, there are no plans to use Kong in another film at this time, and it is very likely that there won't be for a long, long time (gasp...another remake?).
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