[Kik_announce] KongisKing.net Newsletter (01/10/2005)

[Michael Regina (Xoanon)]

Kong fans interested in giving money for Hurricane relief can follow these
links to donate. Thanks!!
www.redcross.org or give.redcross.org

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

KONG #46 - 2005: "He says, 'Look at the golden woman.'"

October 1st, 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 - 11 Weeks To Go
11 weeks to go and the motion capture department is working hard to capture
Kong's smallest gestures using Andy Serkis as a template. When motion
capture (mocap) is not subtle enough the animators are called in to fill in
the missing bits, keep an eye out for some cool previs shots of Kong in
Times Square, some mocap wranglers going for a bit of a ride, '21' year old
Andy Serkis and rows upon rows of PCs! How many gigaflops does it take to
make Kong?
http://www.kongisking.net/perl/newsview/15/1128124089

Hot Dog Magazine Talks Kong
John sends along these scans from the September issue of Hot Dog Magazine,
they feature a Kong cover and a fairly in depth article on King Kong. Take a
look!
http://www.kongisking.net/perl/newsview/15/1128176481

Kong Game Trailer Coolness
The folks at gametrailers.com have some footage of the King Kong game in
action. Take a look at this link before it is removed!
http://www.kongisking.net/perl/newsview/15/1128098794

Kong Gaming Boards Launched!
Take a look at the latest addition to KongisKing.net, our Gaming Boards!
Feel free to rant and rave about anything game related! Sign in (or
register) and post away!
http://www.kongisking.net/perl/newsview/15/1128017712

Venture Dismantled!
Venture Dismantled! Gandalf writes: As I drove around Evans Bay today I was
surprised to see the Venture being dismantled by workmen using a small
crane. Much of the extra topside structure, including the wheelhouse,
rigging, funnel and lifeboats have been removed already. Sad to see her
go... the distinctive Venture was a familiar sight for those in the eastern
suburbs and anyone frequenting Wellington Airport.
http://www.kongisking.net/perl/newsview/15/1127935176

WIRED Talks King Kong
KONG is coming is the title of Wired Magazine's King Kong special feature in
the October issue. Jonathan Bing details PJ's Wellywood setup and goes
deeper into the origins and series of events that led to him making Kong
Kong, and our special Production Diaries. Be sure to check out 'Gorilla
Filmmaking', an amazing series of photos featuring some of the major players
at WETA/Big Primate/3 foot 6 and all the other companies under Peter's
banner. Some very familiar faces are seen here, it is a great photo spread
and a great article. Check out the photos in our scrapbook, and to read the
article go to your local newsstands now or order WIRED online.
http://www.kongisking.net/perl/newsview/15/1127791473

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

October 6th: Kong Chat

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/

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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