[Kik_announce] KongisKing.net Newsletter (4/6/2005)

[Michael Regina (Xoanon)]

KONG #33 - 2005: "You chauvinist pig ape!"

June 4th, 2005

Here is the weekly newsletter! Enjoy!

PLEASE NOTE: THERE WILL BE NO NEWSLETTERS FOR THE REST OF JUNE, THEY WILL
COMMENCE AGAIN ON JULY 2ND

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Kong Roundup (Top headlines of major interest)
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Post Production Diary - 28 Weeks To Go
With 28 weeks left to go Peter Jackson gets back to answering your
questions! We've sent a few THOUSAND emails to Peter in the last few months
and his team have the thankless job of printing, reading and sorting all of
them for Peter to pick and choose. This week we get to look back at working
on the script, when, where, and why he uses special effects, and just why
does he make these production diaries in the first place! Great SFX shots,
T-Rex, Kong, cast shots, and of course PJ on his editing couch. Take a look!
http://www.kongisking.net/perl/newsview/15/1117816417

Shop Kong: 'King Kong : The History of a Movie'
He is one of the most amazing, popular, and iconic characters in the history
of motion pictures. His 1933 debut was a legendary piece of pure cinema -
simultaneously a terrifying monster movie, epic fairy tale, tragic love
story, and deeply resonant cultural myth. His name is King Kong. Ray
Morton's King Kong - The Making of a Movie Icon is the first book to
chronicle the making of all seven feature films in which the character of
Kong has appeared, including the hotly anticipated Peter Jackson film
opening in December 2005.
http://www.kongisking.net/perl/newsview/15/1117895987

PJ voted no.7 in Empire Mag's top 40 directors poll...
The combination of a killer shark, a waddling alien and a story of humanity
in the midst of the Holocaust has driven film buffs to crown Steven
Spielberg as cinema’s greatest director...Two other big names of modern
film — Peter Jackson, who directed The Lord of the Rings trilogy, and
Quentin Tarantino (Kill Bill, Pulp Fiction) — are in seventh and eighth
places. They beat Orson Welles, the director of Citizen Kane, who came
ninth, and Woody Allen, who was tenth.
http://www.kongisking.net/perl/newsview/15/1117669327

NY Times Talks Vintage New York
Vintage New York From nytimes.com: It seems only yesterday that if your eyes
wandered past the billboards, you could still see ghosts in Manhattan.
http://www.kongisking.net/perl/newsview/15/1117647436

Kong Poster Sells for $58,650
Christina writes: Not sure if you are interested, but I was at a movie
poster auction this weekend where two 1933 "Son of Kong" 3-sheets were sold.
One went for $58,650, the other (without the ape) went for $19,550. They
were lot #'s 057 & 058.
http://www.kongisking.net/perl/newsview/15/1117592778

VFXWorld Talks Kong
Movielad writes: Here's an article at VFXWorld (free registration required,
unfortunately) which goes into quite good detail about some of the VFX of
King Kong among some other upcoming films. It has answered a few of my
questions that's for sure!
http://www.kongisking.net/perl/newsview/15/1117557796

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Searching Skull Island (Breakdown of our various sections)
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Coming Soon:

June 5th: Howard Shore Concert: Toronto
June 6th: Matthew Chamberlain's Birthday
June 9th: Kong Chat
June 11th: Xoanon's Wedding!

SCRAPBOOK - (Coming Soon): Currently we are linking to the King Kong section
of TheOneRing.net's scrapbook. It has over 300 images from the sets, the
actors and the press conference held just before start of production in
September of 2004.
GOTO: http://www.kongisking.net/scrapbook/

KONG 2005 - This section is specifically dedicated to Peter Jackson's
remake. Take a look at cast bios and video production diaries!
GOTO: http://www.kongisking.net/kong2005/

MESSAGE BOARDS - A great place to chat about Kong, PJ, or filmmaking in
general.
GOTO: http://boards.kongisking.net/perl/gforum.cgi

LIVE CHAT - A java chatroom where you can login, meet Kong fans from around
the world, and get chatting!
GOTO: http://www.kongisking.net/chat/

KONG HISTORY: King Kong is back. In 2005, writer/director Peter Jackson, the
man responsible for "The Lord of the Rings" Trilogy, will direct a new,
large-scale remake featuring a monstrous computer generated ape to be
created by Jackson's special effects company, WETA Digital. However, Kong's
origins lay long ago, towards the beginning of the last century in fact.
What follows is a history of the great ape's adventures, on both the large
and small screen. This history's films and TV series are the one's that were
widely released.
GOTO: http://www.kongisking.net/history/

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