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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. What about the hobbit? by stanmann · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I thought Peter Jackson had signed on to do the Hobbit next. I know Ian Mckellan will be involved.

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    1. Re:What about the hobbit? by gabec · · Score: 3, Interesting
      Yeah, this is actually an April Fools news posting.

      Ok, April Fools.

      And anyway, Jackson has said explicitly that he's not going to do The Hobbit, but... Money Talks.

    2. Re:What about the hobbit? by emotionus · · Score: 1, Interesting

      He said New Line hasn't asked him to make it, and they own the rights to it. He never said he wouldn't, although he did say he would like to do other things first

    3. Re:What about the hobbit? by Delirium+Tremens · · Score: 2, Interesting

      Keep in mind that 'yesterday' was today for some of the people living downunder or for any information coming from there that was repeated elsewhere with a one-day offset.

  2. Re:Guys? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Collaborative effort between Peter Jackson (story), Fran Walsh (story, words, lyrics), and Phillipa Boyens (story, words, lyrics). I suspect Mr. Jackson was too busy with other aspects of production to put too many words on paper once filming started.

  3. Re:And there I thought it was another bad joke... by ackthpt · · Score: 2, Interesting
    It's going to be interesting to see Jackson's interperetation of this.

    Three words:

    Mighty Joe Young

    Let's hope it's not. However, I like the old RKO version, it's pretty kick-butt for when it was made and, to reveal a bit of my geekiness, I'm really tripped out how they did some of those special effects without little more than creative imagination and engineering. Cool stuff. I'm unsure how even the mighty Peter Jackson can improve on it.

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  4. Just scratching the surface by jmoriarty · · Score: 4, Interesting

    From what I've read about Jackson, he really appreciates the depth of the Kong story, not just the idea of a giant ape inflicting havoc.

    There are some juicy aspects of great tragedy in Kong that could be cultivated into a very new and powerful story. Consider the foolish pride of the hunters trying to tame nature. Or substitute the wildness of the human spirit for Kong. Or religion. Flesh out the love story and look at how Kong's love, his fatal flaw, is rewarded by the world.

    Like all enduring movies and myths, King Kong has many levels and strong currents. With a little insight and a strong writer there is a gold mine of different facets to Kong that Jackson could pursue.

  5. This will fail miserably by ShieldWolf · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Don't get me wrong, I am a HUGE Jackson fan, but whenever Directors decide to remake a movie that inspired them when they were young (especially if this is THE movie that made them decide to direct) the results are ALWAYS (pun intended) a mistake:

    Always: Steven Spielberg
    Village of the Damned: John Carpenter
    Swept Away: Guy Ritchie
    etc.

    Peter, for God Sakes don't do it.

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