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. [More]