[Kik_announce] KongisKing.net Newsletter (02/18/2006)

[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 #61 - 2006

February 18th, 2006

Here is the weekly newsletter! Enjoy!

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Kong Roundup (Top headlines of major interest)
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PPD's on King Kong 2 Disc edition!
Universal Studios Home Video has finally released the long awaited specs and
features for Peter Jackson's "King Kong (2005)", the remake of the 1933
original, which stars Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody and Andy Serkis,
onto DVD. The disc will arrive in three editions- both seperate Widescreen
and Full Screen Single-Disc Editions and a 2-Disc Special Edition DVD. Each
will carry an English Dolby Digital 5.1 audio track and optional English
SDH, along with English, Spanish and French subtitles. Extras on the single
disc edition will include two featurettes. The 2-Disc editon will include
over 3 hours of footage. "King Kong" (2005) is yours to own when it hits
store shelves March 28, 2006.
http://www.kongisking.net/perl/newsview/15/1140281653

King Kong Wins 3 VES Awards!
Los Angeles, February 16, 2006 – The VES Awards were given out last night
during the Visual Effects Society’s (VES) fourth annual gala event at the
Hollywood Palladium. The sold-out event attracted more than eight hundred
celebrities, visual effects and animation artists, dozens of nominees and
members of the film, television and games industries.
http://www.kongisking.net/perl/newsview/15/1140140044

Kong Nabs 7 Saturn Award Nominations
King Kong has garnered 7 Saturn Nominations; BEST FANTASY FILM, BEST
ACTRESS, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST WRITER, BEST COSTUME, BEST MAKE-UP & BEST
SPECIAL EFFECTS
http://www.kongisking.net/perl/newsview/15/1140046828

Turner Gets Network Premiere Window for 'King Kong'
>From tvweek.com: Turner Broadcasting agreed to license the network premiere
window for the 2005 remake of "King Kong" from NBC Universal, the companies
said Tuesday. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The film will
premiere on TNT or TBS in 2008. Turner also acquired the premiere rights to
air "Doom," "Ice Harvest," and "Two for the Money," as well as the second
window for "Prime."
http://www.kongisking.net/perl/newsview/15/1139969322

Kong Nominated for 2005 Internet Movie Awards
Raul Burriel writes: I'm the director of the Internet Entertainment Writers
Association and we operate the Internet Movie Awards. I thought that the
visitors to your web site would be interested in knowing that King Kong has
been nominated for the 2005 Internet Movie Awards in the categories of
Favorite Visual Effects and Favorite Director (Peter Jackson). Anyone with
Internet access can cast a vote in the Internet Movie Awards by visiting
internetmovieawards.com. Voting lasts until March 3, 2006.
http://www.kongisking.net/perl/newsview/15/1139886722

Toy Fair 2006: Kong!!!
Robert sends along these images from figures.com covering this weekend's NY
ToyFair. Some great pictures of Mezco Toyz' 18" rotocast Kong, with 2
different facial expressions. He can be posed hunched over or upright.
http://www.kongisking.net/perl/newsview/15/1139671359

King Kong on Amazon in the UK
Monik sends along the good word that the King Kong DVDs are now available
for Pre-Order on Amazon.co.uk! The street date is April 10th.
http://www.kongisking.net/perl/newsview/15/1139605805

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

February 23th: 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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