Cast & Crew:
Naomi Watts, Adrien Brody, Jack Black, Colin Hanks, Kyle Chandler
directed by Peter Jackson more »
Three-time Academy Award® winner Peter Jackson (The Lord of the
Rings: The Return of the King) directs King Kong.
The screenplay by Jackson, Walsh (three-time Oscar® winner) and
Boyens (Academy Award® winner) is based on the original story by
Merian C. Cooper and Edgar Wallace, which became the classic 1933
RKO Radio Pictures film, directed by adventurers Cooper and Ernest
B. Schoesdack. The RKO King Kong has been designated by the
National Film Registry of the United States Library of Congress as
one of the 100 Greatest Films and chosen by that organization for
permanent preservation as a national treasure.
Jackson will employ the latest motion picture technology to
cinematically portray the timeless tale of the beast and his
beauty. Expanding on the chapters of the tale that take place in
the mysterious and dangerous jungles of Skull Island, Jackson's
Kong promises to be a unique and breathtaking creation. As with his
Lord of the Rings trilogy, Jackson will shoot King Kong on location
in his native New Zealand. Visual effects will be again
accomplished by New Zealand-based companies Weta Digital and Weta
Workshop, recipients of multiple Academy Awards® for their
collective work on The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Visual effects
and miniatures will supplement practical locations in creating
primordial jungles and '30s-period America.
King Kong is produced by Jan Blenkin, Carolynne Cunningham, Fran
Walsh and Peter Jackson.
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Synopsis:
While filming on location at the mysterious Skull Island (near
Sumatra) a group of filmmakers discover a giant gorilla named Kong,
living in a massive jungle where creatures from prehistoric times
have been protected and hidden for millions of years. As they
search for the great ape, their quest puts them up against both
Kong and his dinosaur enemies. Ultimately, it is the attention of a
beautiful human woman (Naomi Watts) that soothes Kong long enough
for him to be subdued and shipped back to New York, where his bleak
future involves being put on display in front of humans... but how
long can even the mightiest shackles of man hold back an ape 25
feet tall?
