A 10-metre-high wall of King Kong-sized building blocks has gone up to create a backdrop for Peter Jackson’s latest NZ$200 million movie. Filming is due to start next month on Jackson’s remake of King Kong and work is two-thirds finished on a state-of-the-art $12 million sound stage in the Wellington suburb of Miramar. [More]

When you’re heading off into the deepest, darkest and possibly most giant gorilla-infested jungle on Skull Island there are a few things you might want to pack. A camera, a big gun, someone who looks a bit like Fay Wray and — if you’re Peter Jackson — the screen’s most famous ballet dancer. [More]