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b'(FYI: This was recorded before the news that 2020\\u2019s\\xa0Godzilla vs. Kong\\xa0would be delayed).\\nHello, kaiju lovers!\\nIn this special \\u201cside Kong Quest\\u201d (\\xa0\\xa0), Nathan is joined by author John LeMay (who is a gentleman and a scholar) to talk about two unmade King Kong films with connections to\\xa0King Kong vs. Godzilla. The first was \\u201cKing Kong vs. Frankenstein,\\u201d a project that special effects legend Willis O\\u2019Brien tried to get made in the late 1950s before it ended up at Toho. Then Godzilla and Kong almost had their rematch in the 1960s with Shinichi Sekizawa\\u2019s \\u201cContinuation: King Kong vs. Godzilla,\\u201d where the Eighth Wonder becomes a surrogate parent to a Japanese baby! Hear all about them in this episode! These and many other lost Kong films are covered in great detail in John\\u2019s book\\xa0Kong Unmade: The Lost Films of Skull Island, which is part of Monster Island\\u2019s library and one of Nathan\\u2019s go-to resources for the podcast.\\nJimmy From NASA is absent for most of this episode because Kong and Godzilla were upset that Nathan skipped their 1962 monster mash movie, so Jimmy left to calm them down with the\\xa0ORCA. The thing is, Nathan covered that film on his previous podcast, Kaijuvision Radio. Here\\u2019s a link if you want to listen to it before the next episode:\\nEpisode 8: King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) (The Japanese Economic Miracle (The Golden 60s))\\nAlso, Happy Thanksgiving from all of us here on Monster Island!\\nRead\\xa0Jimmy\\u2019s Notes\\xa0for corrections, riffs, and more info on this episode!\\n\\xa9 2019 Moonlighting Ninjas Media\\n#JimmyFromNASALives\\nBibliography/Further Reading:\\nKong Unmade: The Lost Films of Skull Island\\xa0by John LeMay\\nA Critical History and Filmography of Toho\\u2019s Godzilla Series, 2nd Edition by David Kalat\\nKaijuvision Radio, Episode 12: Ebirah \\u2013 Horror of the Deep! (1966) (The Changing Kaiju Film Audience)\\nThe post Episode 5: John LeMay Presents \\u2018King Kong vs. Frankenstein\\u2019 & \\u2018Continuation: King Kong vs. Godzilla\\u2019 appeared first on The Monster Island Film Vault.'