Matt in Minneapolis writes: Naomi Watts appeared on Leno Thursday night. She mentioned that she loves monkeys and then they brought one out for her. Then she mentioned meeting Fay Ray. She went with PJ and Fran to the top of the Empire State Building, and much higher than most people get to go.
Category: PJ’s Other Films
Director Peter Jackson – in the midst of preparing to shoot his version of King Kong in Wellington – said he felt “an enormous sadness” over the death of Fay Wray, star of the original 1933 film. [More]
Spies in Auckland report that Peter Jackson was seen there checking out King Kong location possibilities, but he also went into the Imax cinema there – reportedly this is because they are checking out the possibility of putting all three films into Imax format.
Peter Jackson’s movie King Kong, which begins shooting in Wellington next month, will be a reunion of the director’s dream team from The Lord of The Rings. King Kong’s crew includes cinematographer Andrew Lesnie, production designer Grant Major, art director Dan Hennah, conceptual designer Alan Lee, Weta special effects whizz Richard Taylor, visual effects director Alex Funke, visual effects supervisor Joe Letteri and composer Howard Shore. [More]
Fay Wray 1907 – 2004
Bruce Hopkins [Gamling] will be speaking briefly for the American Cinemathque prior to the showing of two of Peter’s early films, “Bad Taste” and “Meet The Feebles.” It’s at the Egyptian Theatre on 6712 Hollywood Blvd, on 9.45pm on Friday 20th.