The chatroom has been a great success, however some people have been popping in at odd hours when there is no one to chat with. To that end we've devised a KONG Chat time, a set time and day of the week for all Kong chatters to meet and have fun! The weekly Kong Chat will be Thursday nights at 8:30PM Eastern Standard Time. A second chat time has been added on Saturday nights at 4PM Eastern Standard Time. [More]

4:00PM (Saturday) EST in New York, Montreal
1:00PM (Saturday) PST in Los Angeles, Seattle
10:00PM (Saturday) (Central European Time)
10:00AM (Sunday) in Sydney
12:00PM (Sunday) in Auckland, Wellington

"King Kong" is certainly no reticent gorilla to Oscar-winning "The Lord of the Rings" director Peter Jackson. For the last six months, Jackson has been toiling in his native New Zealand on the big-budget remake of the 1933 classic adventure romance — and the 1976 dud — about the beauty who killed the beast. [More]

Gandalf sends along this article from the latest edition of the Dominion Post. It features a chef who has been feeding many of the main stars on King Kong. [More]

The fans do such a great job selling their favourite movies, you have to wonder sometimes why studios bother spending millions on their own promotions. Peter Jackson hasn't yet opened an official website to trumpet his Christmas 2005 remake of King Kong, starring Andy Serkis in the ape suit and Naomi Watts as the new Fay Wray, the object of simian obsession. But visiting KongisKing.net, a highly professional site that looks like the real deal, could fool you. [More]

For the past year, kongisking.net has been the source for the very first news and footage from set with Peter Jackson's Production Diaries. Now, for the first time anywhere, Peter has a special exclusive announcement about the future of 'King Kong' one week before the official press release! You've heard it here first from Peter himself, the cast and crew, and Universal Pictures Co-President of Marketing Eddie Egan! [QT6 240x132px 9Mb] [QT4 320x176px 17Mb] [QT6 480x264px 22Mb] [Bit Torrents!]

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The ship used in Peter Jackson's "King Kong" remake sank offshore near Wellington early this morning. Publicist Melissa Booth commented that the age of the ship and recent remodeling for filming contributed to its sinking. "It was a very old ship when we purchased it," she said, adding, "We managed to get the entire crew onto the life rafts before she started to seriously take on water.” She stated that no one was injured in the incident. [More]

Keeper of the Kong Files JOHN MICHLIG announces the debut of his EIGHTH WONDER BLOG here . The EIGHTH WONDER BLOG will keep fans up to date on the progress of John's new project, EIGHTH WONDER: THE AMAZING TRUE STORY OF CARL DENHAM AND THE BEAST-GOD OF SKULL ISLAND, which is the companion book to an exciting new documentary by filmmaker James Mansfield. Bookmark the site for news, announcements and previews of the project, due for release in November, as well as links to stories and sites related to the strange incident that inspired 1933's KING KONG. In the next few days, the EIGHTH WONDER BLOG will debut cover art for the book, which will be published by Avalon.

It is time to come together and talk Kong! The chatroom has been a great success, however some people have been popping in at odd hours when there is no one to chat with. To that end I've devised a KONG Chat time, a set time and day of the week for all Kong chatters to meet and have fun! The weekly Kong Chat will be Thursday nights at 8:30PM Eastern Standard Time. World times are below, if you need more help click here. [Kong Java Chat Room] [irc chat settings: SERVER www.theonering.net ROOM: #kongisking.net]

8:30PM (Thursday) EST in New York, Montreal
5:30PM (Thursday) PST in Los Angeles, Seattle
1:30AM (Friday) in Greenwich
2:30AM (Friday) (Central European Time)
9:30AM (Friday) in Hong Kong
12:30PM (Friday) in Sydney
2:30PM (Friday) in Auckland, Wellington

Annalisa writes: I just noticed that La Repubblica, an italian newspaper, had just posted an article about King Kong. Probably the journalist that has written it was one of the few international journalists that have seen the first 20 minutes footage that Peter Jackson showed in this days!! Here it is a little interwiew to Peter that speaks about making the movie and about all the problems he went through to make it. (Article is in Italian) [repubblica.it]

newratings.com apparently lists stocks on the move in the US stock market. They've listed FUN.AU as one to watch, they say PJ's Kong movie tie in doesn't boost the stock, but makes FUN stand out as a place that can nab big time contracts. It's all greek to me! [More]

Peter Jackson updates us on the state of affairs in the last few days of photography on King Kong. He shows us some great blue screen footage and some great shots of the wrap party! Sets are being built, even this late into production, and sadly...some are being destroyed. And...am I wrong or did Dan Hennah and Peter Jackson mention something about...another Kong film? [QT6 240x132px 6Mb] [QT4 320x176px 12Mb] [QT6 480x264px 15Mb] [Bit Torrents!]

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The latest issue of Time Magazine features an article on King Kong...take a look! [More]

Kong Spy Richard sends along this scan from the latest issue of Empire Mag. Take a look! [More]

Anthony Cox writes: My friend and I have gone into King Kong over drive! So much that we did a tribute to Peter and the gang by making our own Production Diary. Alternatively, because there is a limit as to how much can be downloaded from these web pages, you can access my public iDisk if you are running Mac OS X.

In the FINDER menu click on the GO tab > iDisk > Other User's Public Folder, it will prompt you for a username, enter anthonyjcox and simply drop and drag the desired file.

K Bacon sends this along: Windows XP users can download and install this utility. If they're using Windows 2000, open My Computer, choose Map Network Drive from the Tools menu, then click "Web folder or FTP site." Enter the following as the location to add: http://idisk.mac.com/anthonyjcox-Public?

If they're using Windows 98, open My Computer, double-click the Web Folders icon, then double-click Add Web Folder. Enter the following as the location to add: http://idisk.mac.com/anthonyjcox-Public?

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Kahlen Burgwin writes: It would be easy to write off Peter Jackson’s earlier works as mere stepping stone to his cinematic holy grail, the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy. Low-budget splatter films about alien invasions or zombie infestations rarely gain fame as they age, and most directors or stars would often prefer that films such as those simply disappear from their resumés once they hit the big time. Not Jackson, though. He has repeatedly stated how fond he is of his earlier works. Listed below are Jackson’s essential early works, in order of essential viewing. [More]

Atomicmutant writes: As we all look forward to the release of Kong 2005, these boards are full of speculation and discussion about how the new Kong will honor the original. Will Kong look like 1933? Should he? Will this scene, or that be replicated? Will there be a spider scene? These discussions caused me to think about Kong in a larger context and to begin to examine the legacy that brought us all here in the first place (and as you'll see, yes, I'm also talking about LOTR and Peter Jackson fans). So here are some musings about the legacy of Kong that hopefully in some ways illuminate my thoughts beyond a simple paean to dinosaurs, jungles, and giant apes. [More]

With over 45 Production Diaries, adding up to more than 3 hours of content, our Production Diary page needed some form of organization! I have created a very simple dropdown menu you can use to view your favorite PD's. If you are new to the site be sure to start on Day 1 and get a comfy chair! [Production Diary Page]