[Kik_announce] KongisKing.net Newsletter (6/11/2005)

[Michael Regina (Xoanon)]

KongisKing.net Production Diaries Move to DVD:
http://www.kongisking.net/perl/newsview/15/1129304132

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

KONG #51 - 2005: "He says, 'Look at the golden woman.'"

November 6th, 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 - 6 Weeks To Go
Welcome to 'The Mix: Part 2', with 6 weeks to go Michael Hedges, Michael
Semanick, Chris Boyes again let us peek into the fascinating work in the
sound mixing department. Chris shows us around his toy, the Mix Console (it
deserves capital letters), this massive piece of hardware looks like it
belongs on the Enterprise. Along with more mixers, re-mixers, and a ton of
other stuff I have no idea what to call, Chris must piece together every
aspect of sound. Chris works in 3 dimensions to make sure the sound
experience you hear while watching the movie is as realistic as possible.
Some great new dialog and scenes here, as well as snippets from the 'newly
mixed score'!!! Take a look!
http://www.kongisking.net/perl/newsview/15/1131121737

Trailer Frame by Frame!
Well, the KiKn crew worked a little overtime tonight to get a frame by frame
up for your viewing pleasure. We are constantly improving our frame by
frames, so we hope you aren't too harsh on the assumptions we make, or the
spelling mistakes!..:) As a side note, the images are screen grabbed from
the high res version, so you can see some great detail. Enjoy!
http://www.kongisking.net/perl/newsview/15/1131079341

Kong Trailer Online Now!!!
The Kong trailer is now online at Apple.com! Take a look at it in awesome
Quicktime 7 small, med, and super large!
http://www.kongisking.net/perl/newsview/15/1131066503

VW Toureg Ad Shows Plenty!!
ReturnOfTheKong sends along this German Toureg video that shows a surprising
amount of New York rampage scenes! After Kongs rampage and the famous yellow
cab scene we see...
http://www.kongisking.net/perl/newsview/15/1131063155

Pocket Books Kong Lineup
New York, NY - Simon & Schuster has signed an agreement with Universal
Studios Consumer Products Group to publish the official King Kong tie-in
books. King Kong is directed by three-time Academy Awardâ winner Peter
Jackson (The Lord of the Rings trilogy) and will be released on December
14th. Pocket Books is releasing five adult tie-in books, beginning with King
Kong: The Island of the Skull -the official prequel novel.
http://www.kongisking.net/perl/newsview/15/1130975626

Post Production Diary - 8 Weeks To Go is Back!!
Kong is King! Or at least the '33 model is treated like one at the Wellywood
studios in New Zealand. Bob Burns and his wife visit the production with a
very special guest, the original King Kong model. The Burns' get to shoot a
special cameo for the 2005 film (also Peter's final live action shot) and
the model makes its way around the studio...easily distracting everyone in
sight. Then something very VERY special happens...I am not going to spoil it
for you...you'll have to see for yourself! Take a look!
http://www.kongisking.net/perl/newsview/15/1130960947

Want To Visit WETA Workshops in New Zealand?
The awesome folks at Ubisoft are about to launch a contest to get your knees
shaking, your heart a-pumping and your mouth drooling! Pick up 'Peter
Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie' and you could win an
all expense paid trip to Wellington to visit WETA WORKSHOP!! That's right!
You heard it here first folks! Swing on over to kingkonggame.com for full
contest rules and details.
http://www.kongisking.net/perl/newsview/15/1130802830

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

November 10th: Kong Chat
November 11th: 'Kong Unbound' Book Released
November 12th: Kong Chat

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/

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 FILES - Kong Files are a bi-monthly feature written by John Michlig.
Michlig's online article KING KONG: LOST AND FOUND can be seen at
http://www.skullisland.net/KongBoomer.html. He's currently working with
filmmaker James Mansfield on a documentary entitled EIGHTH WONDER: THE
AMAZING TRUE STORY OF CARL DENHAM AND THE BEAST-GOD OF SKULL ISLAND, the
startling details of which he promises to share in the very near future.
GOTO: http://www.kongisking.net/kongfiles/

KONG GAMING - A section devoted to everyone Kong Game related! From Chess
sets to console and PC games, this is the place you want to be!
GOTO: http://www.kongisking.net/gaming/

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/

CONTACT - Do you have a scoop about the upcoming Kong film? Maybe you found
some cool news related to King Kong online? Whatever it is, if you think its
worthy of the KongisKing.net homepage, then send it in! The process is
really easy...simply email us at spymaster at kongisking.net.
GOTO: http://www.kongisking.net/contact/

KIKN INFO: Whether it is to submit a spy report or to yell at us, we'd love
to hear from you! This is a community for Kong fans worldwide and you are a
valuable asset to making it work. Please email us your news, comments,
complaints, events, etc.
GOTO: http://www.kongisking.net/kikn/

FAQ: Everything you ever wanted to know about KongisKing.net, Peter
Jackson's film, and more!
GOTO: http://www.kongisking.net/faq/

That's all for now, keep clicking, have fun and keep sending in those
letters! We love to hear from you!

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