Sorry if this has been posted already, I've been on vacation. I was flicking through the TV channels last night and on one of the spanish channels, I picked up the trailer for the new king kong movie directed by the Lord of the Rings guy: Peter Jackson. Couldn't make out the dialogue, but the visuals looked great, so I looked it up today.

It looks like they are going for the 1933 version remake and not some modernized one. Friggin' cool!

http://www.kingkongmovie.com/

He may be fat but I wouldn't go so far as to call him King Kong.

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[Edited 6/28/05 22:11pm]

Hey , Jack Black

Cool

looks good! thanks for the link.

I love Jack Black...but when watching the trailer and hearing his voice over, I couldn't help but think "parody".

I hope the movie does well...I hope it's good. By the looks of the trailer, I don't know.

bkw said:

Though, I think I heard that he's really gotten thiner recently.

Here's a direct link to the trailer: http://www.kingkongmovie....plash.html

Actually looks pretty good!!

Kong looks great.

Anyone else think that CGI dinosaurs (or whatever they were) look a bit tired these days. Once you've seen flipping Jurassic Park, they all look the damn same.

This is a must-see for me. I've been looking forward to it for a long while now. It's been shuffled around for a while, and even though I wasn't a huge fan of the Lord of the Rings movies I thought Peter Jackson was a good choice to direct this. The trailer looks fun. Though I really admire the cheese factor of the 70s version, I'm glad this one is keeping the spirit of the original. I'm glad to see the return of the dinos in a King Kong film.

Now that Star Wars and Batman have passed, this is the movie I'm most excited to see. It looks fantastic!

KONG

KONG

KONG!!!

JediMaster said:

I can't wait to see these images full-size tonight when I see War of the Worlds.

This looks really good.... a cross between Jurassic Park and Lord of the Rings

it sounds fun but i'm disappointed jackson would want to 'RE make" a movie that's been done how many times before?

i don't get this 'remake' trend. what happened to fresh, new entertainment?

XxAxX said:

Its actually only been remade once before. There have been a lot of knock-offs, sequels and spin-offs, but there was only the 1930s original, and the crappy seventies remake.

Jackson's remake is true to the spirit of the original, but with groovy effects and set pieces. I really look forward to it, since it is a great story that really can benefit from the visual improvements.

JediMaster said:

i'm not going out of my way to see another remake. i'll rent it someday maybe

mind you, i hear what you're saying but imo hollywood needs to stop this endless remake cycle

XxAxX said:

He remade the Lord of the Rings movies, too.

RipHer2Shreds said:

Well, sorta. They'd never been done as live action before.

King Kong looks great, I can't wait.

Of course the original is Peter Jackson's favorite movie,
so you just know it's safe in his hands.