According to NZPA, the big three Hollywood stars of Peter Jackson’s $NZ200 million ($A185.47 million) King Kong are already in awe of the project (even) before the cameras roll next month. [More]

A British opera singer-turned-actor is the latest to join Peter Jackson’s NZ$200 million King Kong, which starts shooting in Wellington next month. Lobo Chan, who has sung in British productions of Turandot, La Boheme, The Marriage of Figaro and other operas, and in BBC dramas including Sweet and Sour, will play a character called Choy. [More]