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Finally, ‘King Kong’ Will Get To Tell His Side Of The Story

Wookie Johnson — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 17:26:38 +0000

7 photosApes Scream At Your Face In ‘Rise’ Concept Art

Nobody ever stopped to ask King Kong how he felt about getting shot by a bunch of airplanes and falling to his death. Until now.

Fox Animation is putting a new spin on the classic tale by telling it from Kong’s perspective. The writing team of Christian Magalhaes & Bob Snow are currently working on the script and Shawn Levy‘s 21 Laps is producing along with Radar Pictures. I’ll be interested to see how they cast a voice for Kong without being accused of racism. Good luck!! (Deadline)

R.I.P. Harry Redmond Jr., Special Effects Artist

Geoffrey Golden — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 00:20:48 +0000

You know you’re getting on in years when your IMDB page includes special effects for King Kong. Not the Peter Jackson one, or even the ancient Charles Grodin one. I’m talking about the Fay Wray one.

Special effects artist Harry Raymond Jr. passed away this week. He worked from the 1930s to the mid-60s, creating special effects for such films as King Kong, The Last Days of Pompeii, Orson Welles‘ The Stranger, Fritz Lang’s The Woman in the Window, The Bishop’s Wife and seven films for Alfred Hitchcock. Harry’s wife, Dorothea Holt Redmond, was a production illustrator for Gone With The Wind. She died in 2009.

Raymond died in Los Angeles of natural causes at the age of 101. Thanks to special effects, he looked to be a very spry 97. (Variety)

‘King Kong’ Returns to Broadway…For Real This Time

Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

King Kong, the world’s most iconic ape, is climbing off the silver screen and onto the Great White Way. Global Creatures, an Australian company currently producing "Walking With Dinosaurs," is working on a stage adaptation of the classic Hollywood film complete with a “20-foot-tall, animatronic incarnation” of Kong.

Unlike the ending to the classic film, the proposed robot Kong will most likely no break free of its chains and run amok in downtown New York. However, the state-of-the-art special effects may not be enough to carry the play. “Lennon,” a 2005 musical based on the life of the iconic Beatle, failed to draw an audience despite having a 15-foot-tall laser-wielding Ringo Star. (Variety)