Peter Jackson remaking King Kong

sigh71 writes "Stuff.co.nz is running a story on Peter Jacksons next big project, remaking the original King Kong. To be written by the same guys who wrote the scripts for Lord of the Rings. Google for more info."

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I can't wait!

[TopShelf]

So I imagine the folks lining up to see this one will be wearing ape suits???

Re:I can't wait!

[Xerithane]

I'll show up in the Ape Suit if Fay Wray shows up in her, ah, Fay Wray Suit. ;)

She was born in 1907. I'm going to have nightmares about that now, thanks.

The last line in the movie?

[Anonymous Coward]

KOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNG!

Re:The last line in the movie?

[jcdick1]

Or, for the full-on Star Trek nerd experience:

Of my friend, I can only say this, that of all the souls I have encountered in my travels, his was the most ... (twitchy lip here) ... ape.

APRIL FOOLS

[NotTheAntiChrist]

APRIL FOOLS

Oh, wait.. crap.. Truth is stranger than fiction..

What wasted talent..

HAHA I GET IT!!

[digifuzz]

APE-RIL FOOLS DAY, RIGHT?

That's one BIG APE-ril fools day joke!!

~ fuzz

Hybrid

[Anonymous Coward]

Do we see Gandalf climbing the empire state building?

ROTKK

[The Other Nate]

::close up of Hugo Weaving::
"You must cast this ape, this... one ape of doom, from the Empire State Building."

I can't wait!

Lord of the King Dead Alive Kong?

[binaryDigit]

I can see the script for the new Kong flick now. King Kong is on a quest to destroy the evil ring, helped by his band of x-rated muppets he must fight hordes of zombie flesh eating gorillas being led by an evil wizard. He is also aided by a mighty priest who "kicks ass for the lord". Kong is startled to find that his evil nemesis is none other than his mother who in the climatic battle transforms into a giant beast far more hideous than even Rosie O'Donnel.

Evil Bit?

[jayayeem]

Isn't it time to post the 'Evil Bit" story again?

The scary thing is...

[MoeMoe]

The scary thing is I'm not sure if this is part of April Fools or not..... Oh hell with it, WHITESPACE PROGRAMMING RULEZ!!

I *wish* this was an April fools joke!

[hoggoth]

Do we really need yet another remake of King-Kong? The original King-Kong was very good. The remake was very good. Is there some important angle that Peter can bring to the movie the third time around that the first two missed? Better FX will not make the story better.

After King-Kong perhaps he'd like to remake Planet Of The Apes. At least in that case the second version sucked so much the third version would have to be an improvement, although it would be hard to imaging a remake that could improve on the original in any area besides special-effects.

Hey, how about Hollywood declares 2004 "King-Kong remake year" and ONLY releases remakes of King Kong. Twenty or thirty versions of King Kong. I'd like to see Wood Allen's angst-ridden ape, and Tim Burton's darkly oddball monkey. Roman Polanski's version would have the big furball fall for a 13 year old Ann Darrow. Jim Carrey could play King Kong through facial contortions alone without makeup. What a great trend Peter Jackson has started! Viva La-Kong!

Re:I *wish* this was an April fools joke!

[Guppy06]

"Is there some important angle that Peter can bring to the movie the third time around that the first two missed?"

Yes, they can follow the life of mass transit authority employee Gunther Toody. After his harrowing experience aboard the elevated train that Kong attacked (where he was one of the few survivors), Gunther was scarred for life, unable to stop making monkey noises ("Ooh! Ooh!") every few minutes. He left the MTA and went on to join the NYPD where he considered it safer, on which he stayed until he retired. He was so traumatized by the experience that he never realized his partner in car 54 was a Munster.

Mmm I think I will wait

[idfrsr]

You know, I think I will wait until this is posted the third time this afternoon to read it, when its more convenient for me...

Re:What about the hobbit?

[gl4ss]

** Well, not to say that isn't partially true, I know that in the brief flashback in FOTR where they show Bilbo discovering the ring in the cave, they actually had his skin pulled back to get the wrinkles out. They said that on the DVD commentary.** so that's what bilbo meant when he said that he felt like his life was stretched...

Re:What about the hobbit?

[carlos_benj]

...and then rather more rapidly once the ring was destroyed.

Dang! The ring gets destroyed????

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