[Kik_announce] KongisKing.net Newsletter (23/7/2005)

[Michael Regina (Xoanon)]

Thomas Blackshear's 'The 8th Wonder of the World' Now on Sale!
http://www.kongisking.net/perl/newsview/15/1122134766

KONG #37 - 2005: "He says, 'Look at the golden woman.'"

July 23rd, 2005

Here is the weekly newsletter! Enjoy!

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Kong Roundup (Top headlines of major interest)
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Post Production Diary - 21 Weeks To Go
Peter Jackson and his crew are preparing for pick up shooting. Costumes,
Make-up, the Art Department, Greens, Props and more are being prepared. Sets
are being re-created in small, compact versions of their previous main
shooting incarnations. Skull Island sets next to the SS Venture, Anne
Darrow's room next to a poop infested animal cage...it's controlled chaos!
Behind it all PJ's team prepares with a quick game of '9-Square' (seems like
a hopscotch and dodge ball love-child), take a look..and get ready...the
cast and crew are heading back to Skull island again!
http://www.kongisking.net/perl/newsview/15/1122045755

Thomas Blackshear's 'The 8th Wonder of the World' Now on Sale!
Introducing The 8th Wonder of the World, the Thomas Blackshear image that
captures the essence of the movie experience. Available in both an archival
collector poster ($25 unframed: 24” wide X 36” high) and a limited edition
litho print ($150 unframed: 21” wide X 30-1/2” high). Call today while
supplies last at 877-416-9100. Please allow 4-6 weeks for delivery.
http://www.kongisking.net/perl/newsview/15/1122134766

Comic-Con 2005 goes ape for King Kong Cartoon
MrCere writes: SAN DIEGO – Well, well, well, damned if Peter Jackson didn’t
pull of a little miracle. See, Comic-Con in San Diego, especially on
Saturday, is a big outlet for Hollywood hype. For the price of a quickie
plane ticket, a cab ride and 6,000 baseball caps or posters, big movie
studios can target a core audience for a genre film like a sniper through a
scope. Fans pay $40 to something close to $100 (all week pass) to basically
sit through Hollywood’s commercials on the Saturday of the Con. Showing your
commercial to people who pay for the privilege of watching it is a pretty
special marketing opportunity.
http://www.kongisking.net/perl/newsview/15/1121872660

Kong Files IX: King Kong Lives Part 2
John Michlig writes: I’ll assume that the general warm fuzzy feelings
surrounding Peter Jackson’s trailer for King Kong has properly inoculated
the kongisking.net community to the point that it’s safe to once again to
dip into King Kong Lives, the horrid result of the last time a major studio
undertook a Kong project.
http://www.kongisking.net/perl/newsview/15/1121869843

Comic-Con 2005: More King Kong Goodies!
Randy from darkchylde.com sends along these GREAT images from this past
weekend's Comic-Con 2005. Take a look!!
http://www.kongisking.net/perl/newsview/15/1121734947

Comic-Kong Reports!
Comic-Con 2005: King Kong Panel Mr. Grooism & Gg send along very detailed
reports from Universal's KONG panel! Take a look!! 'By the time I got in
there were easily 8,000-10,000 fans in Hall H, with many thousands more
behind me waiting in vain to get in. Naomi, Adrian and Jack were there and
fielding questions...'
http://www.kongisking.net/perl/newsview/15/1121610495

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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 300 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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