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Peter Jackson remaking King Kong

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the lord-of-the-monkey dept.

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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  1. And there I thought it was another bad joke... by Bonker · · Score: 5, Informative

    From the Beeb:

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/2905 249.stm

    It's going to be interesting to see Jackson's interperetation of this. On one hand, I feel like King Kong's been done to death. On the other, I *know* there's no such thing as too much Godzilla. Perhaps Jackson will make it so there's no such thing as too much Kong.

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  2. Re:What about the hobbit? by c.derby · · Score: 3, Informative

    Actually:

    "The original plan was to film "The Hobbit" starring Warwick Davis. But when Miramax balked at the $75 million dollar price tag Peter Jackson took it to New Line which gave him nearly $300 million to make the trilogy"

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