[Kik_announce] KongisKing.net Newsletter (26/12/2004)

Sun, 26 Dec 2004 11:53:15 -0500

KONG #13 - Naomi Promises More in 2005...

December 26th, 2004

Here is the weekly newsletter! Enjoy!

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Kong Roundup (Top headlines of major interest)
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Production Diary: Day 76
Peter Jackson and the entire team behind King Kong send along a Christmas
greeting to KongisKing.net and all her fans! Take a look at the final days
of shooting before the Holiday break, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, Jamie Bell,
Colin Hanks and Naomi Watts(!) greet everyone watching and promise to show
us more in 2005. As a special giveaway to the crew, PJ setup a small contest
for a chance to win a tour around New Zealand. The challenge was to try to
guess the correct number of setups the 4 units have filmed so far. A setup
consists of moving the camera, changing the lens, lighting and so on. The
numbers will amaze you! Be sure to catch a glimpse of the cast and crews
favorite (and not so favorite) moments on the set so far, Naomi Watts' dogs
(and her promise to be in future PD's...we're holding you to that Naomi),
Andy Serkis going overboard, opera during lunch, Jack Black dances-for-joy
with PJ, and so much more!!
http://www.kongisking.net/perl/newsview/15/1103837272

Kong: King of Skull Island Release Date
Joe Devito writes: I'd like to thank everyone who has e-mailed me asking
about the release dates for KONG: King of Skull Island. I have just heard
back from DH Press with a definitive schedule. KONG will be available
Wednesday, Dec. 22, at your local comic book store.
http://www.kongisking.net/perl/newsview/15/1103677932

New York Train Added!!
Kong Spies Deeargee and Gunnafan write: Today we went down to the New York
Set to have a look and found that there is now a tram on the train tracks
that were built on the set a week or 2 ago. We took some photos of it and
the set to show how development is going on it. The tram has the number 133
on it.
http://www.kongisking.net/perl/newsview/15/1103649670

Production Diary: Day 73
Peter answers more questions from eager fans who want to know more about
concept art. How does it work? What do they know to design, how does Peter
get ideas from the artists and vice versa? Some amazing images seen in this
Production Diary, and finally we get to see Richard Taylor!!
http://www.kongisking.net/perl/newsview/15/1103385045

Spy Report on Kong!!! & PJ's Next Project!!
This spy sends along some tantalizing news on one of the most asked about
question we get all the time...the spider sequence!!! Take a look if you
want to know who dies during this scene, also news about Andy Serkis in his
motion capture suit and more!! !!!SPOILERS!!!
http://www.kongisking.net/perl/newsview/15/1103384678

Production Diary: Day 70
Day 70 provides a tantalizing glimpse into the Opera House shoot! Peter
Jackson, along with Jack Black are in the Auckland theatre filming scenes
just prior to Carl Denham's grand opening of the 8th Wonder of the World,
King Kong. We get to see more than 200 extras in costume, from theatre
ushers to reporters and more. One extra even provides us a look at the
programme for the evening!
http://www.kongisking.net/perl/newsview/15/1103159643

Big Primate at the Zoo
Driving through one of the southern suburbs today (Tue 14) I noted some new
BPP location signs that led to Wellington Zoo! The "BPP" sign was followed
by a "2nd Unit" sign leading to the front entrance, while the "Tech
Entrance" sign was a pointer for vehicle access off a side road for the
production trucks to get into the zoo itself.
http://www.kongisking.net/perl/newsview/15/1103050418

Kong Hits Auckland!
Richard writes: Auckland fans of PJ have long lamented that the Wellington
director has never shot anything in Auckland - well no more. As has been
widely reported by KiK.net, BPP (Big Primate Productions) are planning
filming in Auckland's Civic Theatre and this week the telltale direction
signs - green and white 'BPP' and pink 'LOC' (location) arrows - have sprung
up in the central city. The ones I saw were leading to an empty lot on the
corner of Stanley St and Beach Rd, right at the junction of the port and
below the University.
http://www.kongisking.net/perl/newsview/15/1102969976

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Searching Skull Island (Breakdown of our various sections)
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SCRAPBOOK - (Coming Soon): Currently we are linking to the King Kong section
of TheOneRing.net's scrapbook. It has over 30 images from the sets, the
actors and the press conference held just before start of production in
September of 2004.
GOTO: http://www.kongisking.net/scrapbook/

KONG 2005 - This section is specifically dedicated to Peter Jackson's
remake. Take a look at cast bios and video production diaries!
GOTO: http://www.kongisking.net/kong2005/

MESSAGE BOARDS - A great place to chat about Kong, PJ, or filmmaking in
general.
GOTO: http://boards.kongisking.net/perl/gforum.cgi

LIVE CHAT - A java chatroom where you can login, meet Kong fans from around
the world, and get chatting!
GOTO: http://www.kongisking.net/chat/

KONG HISTORY: King Kong is back. In 2005, writer/director Peter Jackson, the
man responsible for "The Lord of the Rings" Trilogy, will direct a new,
large-scale remake featuring a monstrous computer generated ape to be
created by Jackson's special effects company, WETA Digital. However, Kong's
origins lay long ago, towards the beginning of the last century in fact.
What follows is a history of the great ape's adventures, on both the large
and small screen. This history's films and TV series are the one's that were
widely released.
GOTO: http://www.kongisking.net/history/

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