Peter Jackson talks KING KONG

Peter Jackson recently talked to Stuff, a New Zealand news website about his plans for his upcoming remake of King Kong. Jackson will take a short vactaion after the premiere of Return of the King and start serious preproduction work on Kong in January. The film will start shooting in August.

Approximately 80% of the film willbe shot at Jackson’s Miramar Studios, including Skull Island. “I’m interested in (King) Kong being quite stylised and the jungles of Skull Island I want to be very over-the-top, like a jungle from hell,” said Jackson. “I imagine we are going to be more successful pulling that off in the studio or in a back lot than we are trying to find a beech forest in the South Island.”

Jackson also confirmed that Naomi Watts will be playing the Fay Wray role in the film. “She got really excited and it was great. Naomi’s the only person that we’ve really approached because she’s becoming so eagerly sought after by everybody,” said Jackson.

No other leads have been cast as the script will be written from scratch starting in January.