News for Nov. 09, 2005

Can King Kong live up to expectations?

11/09/05, 1:23 pm EST - Xoanon

Garry Maddox writes: We are starting to get a sense of what to expect from Peter Jackson's new version of King Kong. Word has been out for a while that the director's follow-up to The Lord of the Rings trilogy is one big movie. But recent developments have raised questions about the whether the monumental expectations surrounding the remake - that it will single-handedly revive the flagging cinema business next month and take Jackson to more Oscars glory - are realistic. [More]