[Kik_announce] KongisKing.net Newsletter (21/05/2005)

[Michael Regina (Xoanon)]

KONG #31 - 2005: "Some big hard-boiled egg gets a look at a pretty face and
bang - he cracks up and goes sappy."

May 21st, 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 - 30 Weeks To Go
The sound department is in full swing with 30 weeks to go before the
premiere of King Kong. Crews are scouring Wellington to capture genuine
sounds of everything under the sun. Crews are on boats, in the air (so to
speak) and down in the mud (literally) getting thousands of sounds for the
FX coordinators to use when mixing the film together...take a look!
http://www.kongisking.net/perl/newsview/15/1116602466

King Kong E3 Gameplay Demo Description!
charles writes: I watched their little video game presentation today and it
was surprisingly good. Games based on films are as a rule, almost always
terrifyingly awful. (and films based on games follow this trend too, not
surprisingly) Well when you enter their little theatre, the guy says that
it's "TOP SECRET" and he actually means it too. I've seen a few of these
video game presentations before over the years and never has it been this
strict.
http://www.kongisking.net/perl/newsview/15/1116683808

Peter Jackson's King Kong Ubisoft Press Kit
Today Ubisoft sent us the official King Kong game press kit! Take a look at
all the goodies contained inside! Info about the game and AMAZING images!
Take a look!
http://www.kongisking.net/perl/newsview/15/1116525998

More King Kong Booth at E3 Images!
Kong Spies Sweetlips and Atomicmutant send along more images from Ubisoft's
King Kong booth at E3! Take a look!
http://www.kongisking.net/perl/newsview/15/1116522166

King Kong Booth at E3!
It is dark and fuzzy..however IGN has again nabbed the fist pic of
Universal's King Kong booth at the E3 Gaming Convention. Built like a
structure from Skull Island, the booth sports a 'Peter Jackson's KING KONG'
sign incorporated into the design. Take a look!
http://www.kongisking.net/perl/newsview/15/1116456696

King Kong Game Spy Report from E3!
Kongspy "Sweetlips" field reports through "Atomicmutant" on the King Kong
presentation at E3. This is literally minutes old, a cell phone report from
the show floor. King Kong has a large booth with a video presentation
inside. Security is extremely tight, so we were unable to get any video from
inside the booth. Pictures of the outside should be coming later today.
!!Spoilers!!
http://www.kongisking.net/perl/newsview/15/1116455292

The Art of KONG: King of Skull Island
Joe Devito writes: The opening reception for "The Art of KONG: King of Skull
Island" is Tuesday evening, May 17th, from 5:30 to 8PM in Gallery 1 of the
Museum of American Illustration at the Society of Illustrators, 128 E63rd St
(on the corner of 63rd and Lexington Ave.) in New York City. All are welcome
and I hope to see you there.
http://www.kongisking.net/perl/newsview/15/1116285564

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Searching Skull Island (Breakdown of our various sections)
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Coming Soon:

May 26th: Kong Chat
May 27th: Jason Whyte's Birthday
May 27th - 29th: Howard Shore Concert - Fairfax, Virginia

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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