Linuxelf writes: The movie critics for Time magazine, Richard Schickel and Richard Corliss, have compiled an unranked list of the 100 greatest films. Time Compiled List of 100 Greatest Films; LOTR featured on this link as well as the 1933 King Kong. [More]

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 we've devised 2 KONG Chat times, a set time and day of the week for all Kong chatters to meet and have fun! Tonight's chat will be at 5:30PM Eastern Standard Time (click here for more info). World times are below, if you need more help click here.

5:30PM (Saturday) EST in New York, Montreal
2:30PM (Saturday) PST in Los Angeles, Seattle
11:30PM (Saturday) (Central European Time)
7:30AM (Sunday) in Sydney
9:30AM (Sunday) in Auckland, Wellington

Joe DeVito, author of KONG: King of Skull Island will be displaying some original Kong paintings and giving out collectible postcards at signings in the next few weeks. Today he will be at 'Perkasie Library/Samuel Pierce Branch' (491 Arthur Avenue). Follow this link for more dates and locations! [More]

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. [More]

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! [QT6 240x132px 6Mb] [QT4 320x176px 12Mb] [QT6 480x264px 15Mb] [Bit Torrents!]

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Peter Jackson's King Kong Upisoft 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! [More]

Kong Spies Sweetlips and Atomicmutant send along more images from Ubisoft's King Kong booth at E3! Take a look! [More]

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 bi-weekly Kong Chats will be Thursday nights at 8:30PM Eastern Standard Time (a new Saturday chat has been added click here for more info). 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 GMT (UK)
2:30AM (Friday) (Central European Time)
10:30PM (Friday) in Sydney, Australia
12:30PM (Friday) in Auckland, Wellington, New Zealand

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! [More]

Media Watch: Sunday Star Times Talks Fran Walsh

She has won three Oscars, a Grammy and countless other honours. Now Wellington scriptwriter Fran Walsh has her second honorary doctorate. Walsh received the doctorate in literature yesterday at the first of Victoria University's five graduation ceremonies this week. Both she and her partner, director Peter Jackson, received honorary doctorates in literature from Massey University in 2001. Jackson was on hand yesterday to capture Walsh receiving the latest honour, snapping photographs of her from his seat in the audience at the Michael Fowler Centre. [More]

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 18, 2005--On December 14th 2005, Universal Pictures will release King Kong from three-time Academy Award® winner Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings trilogy). Gameloft, a leading developer and publisher of games for mobile phones, will be bringing the excitement of King Kong to mobile handsets. [More]

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!! [More]

Just a few years ago, Adrien Brody was a moderately successful actor with supporting roles in a handful of films. One Oscar win changed all that. In 2003, at just 29, Adrien became the youngest Best Actor winner for his portrayal of Polish musician Wladyslaw Szpilman in Roman Polanski's The Pianist. [More]

IGN.com has the first images from the King Kong video game from the recent E3 Confrence! Take a look! [More]

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. [More]