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post Jul 27 2009, 06:45 PM, updated 10y ago

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Sauce: http://www.variety.com/article/VR111800650...egoryid=13&cs=1
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New King Kong Movie in Development

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Variety reports that Spirit Pictures is looking to breathe new life into King Kong and a project initially developed by effects legend Ray Harryhausen.

Producers at the company have picked up the rights to the book "Kong: King of Skull Island," a prequel to the well-known tale of the big ape.

Written by Joe DeVito and Brad Strickland, the book focuses on the backstory of Skull Island and how the giant gorilla became king there. It introduces other giant gorillas and dinosaurs only hinted at in the previous films.

The plan is to produce the film using motion-capture technology such as Robert Zemeckis used to make The Polar Express, Beowulf and the upcoming Disney's A Christmas Carol.

Spirit also is developing War Eagles a project original King Kong co-director Merian C. Cooper and Harryhausen had developed together and were nearly set to produce before the outbreak of WWII. The period actioner is set in 1939 and revolves around an ace fighter-pilot who tests a new jet and winds up crash-landing in the arctic, where he encounters a lost civilization that's been thriving there for centuries.

Andy Briggs is working on the scripts for both films.

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post Jul 27 2009, 07:21 PM

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I have only 2 words to say about this movie:

Why laa?

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post Jul 27 2009, 07:24 PM

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Awesome!

As long as it's Peter Jackson!
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post Jul 27 2009, 07:28 PM

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last time this movie took 3 hours to finish it.
now i wonder how long this movie is...lol
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post Jul 27 2009, 08:06 PM

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Peter Jackson's one was already class. Why another one? And so soon after?
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post Jul 27 2009, 09:04 PM

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It's a prequel.
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post Jul 27 2009, 09:23 PM

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So it focuses on how Kong became the King.

No actors?
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post Jul 27 2009, 10:41 PM

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QUOTE(Gr3yL3gion @ Jul 27 2009, 09:23 PM)
So it focuses on how Kong became the King.

No actors?
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Got, those sakai ppl as actor lor....then others starring is the dinosaurs & insects
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post Jul 27 2009, 11:40 PM

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QUOTE(Gr3yL3gion @ Jul 27 2009, 09:23 PM)
So it focuses on how Kong became the King.

No actors?
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I'm wondering about that too.
According to what the news said, the humans are probably gonna look like Beowulf.
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The plan is to produce the film using motion-capture technology such as Robert Zemeckis used to make The Polar Express, Beowulf and the upcoming Disney's A Christmas Carol.

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post Jul 27 2009, 11:42 PM

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SKULL ISLAND???!!!

reminds me of Monkey Island 3.. laugh.gif
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post Jul 27 2009, 11:43 PM

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we gonna see how a normal gorilla got exposed to radiation and grow to humongous proportions?
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post Jul 27 2009, 11:50 PM

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I was hoping this would be King Kong 2 but it's King Kong 0?
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post Jul 27 2009, 11:50 PM

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Yeah man, Peter Jackson is awesome, always doing something mega without failing.

Would like to watch my favourite LOTR in High Def while waiting for this. Too bad there are no BD release yet.
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post Jul 28 2009, 01:55 AM

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QUOTE(firedauz @ Jul 27 2009, 11:40 PM)
I'm wondering about that too.
According to what the news said, the humans are probably gonna look like Beowulf.
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doh.gif I doubt Beowulf gonna beat Kong.

It'll most prolly gonna be sucks because we already know the ending.
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post Jul 28 2009, 09:40 AM

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Nah, most probably its gonna turn out alright.

We've known for years on the ending of King Kong, so a prequel is not a bad idea biggrin.gif
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post Jul 28 2009, 09:48 AM

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QUOTE(kobe8byrant @ Jul 27 2009, 07:24 PM)
Awesome!

As long as it's Peter Jackson!
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correct me if im wrong,but you thought KK was boring.

so why then the anticipation for this movie?
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post Jul 28 2009, 10:11 AM

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Prequels are generally bad ideas. Name one prequel in this decade which is actually good.
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post Jul 28 2009, 11:06 AM

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Casino Royale.
Batman Begins.
Revenge of the Sith.
Star Trek.

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post Jul 28 2009, 11:11 AM

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QUOTE(kobe8byrant @ Jul 28 2009, 11:06 AM)
Casino Royale.
Batman Begins.
These are reboots, not prequels.




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post Jul 28 2009, 11:13 AM

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QUOTE(n00b13 @ Jul 28 2009, 11:11 AM)
These are reboots, not prequels.
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If it's set as an origin story, it's a prequel. tongue.gif No matter how much they try to reboot the franchise, it's still a prequel.

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