From Variety.com: By MICHAEL FLEMING

Peter Jackson has committed to next direct “King Kong,” Universal’s remake of the 1933 classic. He’ll begin work on the script as soon as he completes “The Return of the King,” the third installment of J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy. U execs are already monkeying around with a Christmas holiday 2005 release date. [more]