[1] After the success of the original King Kong film, special effects artist Willis H. O’Brien wanted to make a film where King Kong fights a monster created by Dr. Frankenstein.

[2] However, without O’Brien's permission, he went to a Japanese studio called Toho to make it.

O’Brien died a few months before King Kong vs. Godzilla was released in the U.S., but he was not pleased with what Beck did.

[3] One of the directors of the original King Kong Merian C. Cooper also tried to sue him, but it didn't get resolved until after he died.

Producing such films as One Touch of Venus, Harvey, Fury at Showdown, and the American version of King Kong vs. Godzilla.