Deadline is reporting Brie Larson is in talks to play the female lead in Legendary Pictures’ Kong: Skull Island . She will join Tom Hiddleston , who was set some time ago. Legendary is actively setting the two other male leads after the exit of both Michael Keaton and JK Simmons . One actor they are courting hard for one of those roles is Russell Crowe , but it won’t be clear whether or not that happens until the next script draft comes in. Legendary has Jordan Vogt-Roberts directing a script by John Gatins and Max Borenstein, and they are eyeing a production start of late year or early 2016. The film will be released by Universal Pictures on March 10, 2017, with a Imax 3D a big part of the release plan. Legendary’s Thomas Tull and Jon Jashni produce with Mary Parent, with Alex Garcia and Eric McLeod exec producing. Kong: Skull Island will fully immerse audiences in the mysterious and dangerous home of the iconic ape as a team of explorers ventures deep inside the treacherous, pri