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 KING KONG
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 Triple Academy Award® winner Peter Jackson, whose The Lord of the Rings trilogy made motion picture history, now brings his sweeping cinematic vision to one of the screen's most enduring classics and one of the greatest filmic adventures of all time: King Kong.
Assuming directing, producing and co-screenwriting duties, Jackson turns his attention to the iconic tale immortalized in 1933 by adventurers-turned-filmmakers Merian C. Cooper and co-director Ernest B. Schoedsack, who first conjured the indelible image of the gigantic ape atop the Empire State Building, protecting his human companion from an onslaught of attacking biplanes.
Jackson refashions the tragic beauty-and-the-beast love story-infusing the spectacle of the tale with propulsive action and a poignant humanity-and gives us a Kong never before thought possible through the combined efforts and visual effects wizardry of the multiple-Oscar®-winning Weta Digital Ltd. and Weta Workshop Ltd.
King Kong is the culmination of the filmmaker's near-lifelong dream-taking the best elements of the original story and adrenalizing them with up-to-the-minute effects magic and the alchemic talents of a superlative group of filmmakers, cast and crew.
Jackson retains key members of the team behind The Lord of the Rings trilogy. He is joined once again by longtime collaborators Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens, co-writing the motion picture with three-time Oscar®-winning partner Walsh and their The Lord of the Rings co-writer, Academy Award® winner Boyens. Jan Blenkin, Carolynne Cunningham, Walsh and Jackson produce the film under their WingNut Films banner.
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Joining Watts, Black and Brody is an accomplished ensemble cast from around the globe.
German star Thomas Krestchmann (U-571) portrays Captain Englehorn, commander of the Venture, who allows Denham and his ever-increasing bribes to persuade him to endanger the lives of his crew by searching for Skull Island.
Colin Hanks (Orange County) is Preston, Denham's put-upon assistant and unwitting moral compass, who attempts to keep his boss in check and the production from spiraling out of control.
Young actor Jamie Bell (Billy Elliot) plays Jimmy, the youngest crew member, whose experiences onboard the Venture prove more fantastical than any old salt's seafaring yarn.
Evan Parke lends his talents to the role of first mate Hayes, keeping a watchful eye on young Jimmy and serving as Englehorn's conscience.
Kyle Chandler takes on the character of Bruce Baxter, a “B”-movie-level leading man cast opposite Ann Darrow in Denham's adventure movie.
Andy Serkis (who performed the role of the CGI character Gollum in The Lord of the Rings trilogy) provides both on-set performance reference and motion-capture performance for the “Eighth Wonder of the World”…the title character of King Kong; he also appears onscreen as the eccentric sailor in charge of the Venture's galley, Lumpy the Cook.
To create the widely diverging worlds of two disparate settings-the urban jungle of 1930s Manhattan and the primordial environs of Skull Island, home to a lost race and a myriad of formidable, not-extinct creatures-Peter Jackson gathers an unparalleled team of film artisans, the majority with whom he enjoys longstanding collaborative relationships.
These include: director of photography Andrew Lesnie, who received the Academy Award® for his cinematography in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring; production designer Grant Major, Oscar® winner for the third in the trilogy, The Return of the King; and film editor Jamie Selkirk, who likewise collected an Academy Award® for his artistry on the final installment of Jackson's epic.
Visual effects are again accomplished by New Zealand-based companies Weta Digital Ltd., under the direction of Oscar® winner Joe Letteri (The Return of the King), and Weta Workshop Ltd., under the direction of Oscar® winner Richard Taylor (The Return of the King). The film is scored by six-time Academy Award® nominee James Newton Howard (Batman Begins).
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