News for Apr. 10, 2007

New Kongcept Artwork

4/10/07, 9:41 pm EST - Xoanon

The folks from WETA send this along: Designer Greg Broadmore chats about his ''Chimpobat' creation for King Kong - before any brief was given and artistic interpretations went wild..."This was an early design for the Flying creatures, or Terapus Mordax. It was well before we had a clear brief. We knew there would be a scene of Jack and Anne's escape from Kong's Lair, comparable to the original film, but that there would be no Pterosaurs on the island. So we mainly designed Mammalian flying creatures. Bats, rodents, primates etc..." [More]