Movie fans who can’t wait for Peter Jackson’s multimillion-dollar remake of King Kong can log on to the internet to watch the gorilla thriller as it is being made.
A new website — maintained by fans of the Academy Award-winning director — features online video clips of the normally media-shy Jackson on set with actors and film crew.
Production diaries and director commentaries often appear as bonus material on DVD releases of major movies, but this marks one of the first time a director has unveiled the creative process before the film makes it to movie theatres.
In one clip, actors Adrien Brody and Jack Black are shown staggering on board a giant freight ship in rough seas.
”We want to let anyone that’s interested [in on] just a few little secrets,” the shaggy-haired Jackson is shown telling Black in another excerpt.
Jackson (42) won three Academy Awards for his celebrated Lord of the Rings trilogy, which bagged 17 Oscars in total. His star-studded remake of the 1933 classic King Kong will be released by Universal Pictures in December 2005. – Sapa-AP