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: Peter Jackson
It is proving to be the one book to guide them all. When Ian Brodie first approached director Peter Jackson with an idea to write a book based on locations from the Lord of the Rings movie sets around New Zealand, he wasn’t expecting to be given the green light. Now, more than 200,000 copies later, a larger coffee table version of the book has been launched. [More]
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