You are viewing the archive: “King Kong”

Fox Animation Takes On King Kong Story

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday June 7, 2011 @ 9:52am PDTTags: King Kong, Shawn Levy
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Rise of the Planet of the Apes isn’t the only case where a film division at 20th Century Fox is monkeying around with a primate picture. Fox Animation has set the team of Christian Magalhaes & Bob Snow to write a modern day twist on the King Kong story. It will be animated, and will tell the story from the vantage point of the ape. It’s an interesting take on the material, because let’s face it, Kong got a bum deal and had no way to verbally complain about it. It is based on a story by Mike Weber, who’ll also produce.

Shawn Levy’s 21 Laps will produce with Ted Field’s Radar Pictures. Magalhaes & Snow’s recent spec script Murder of a Cat made the Black List and is in the process of being set up. Gersh and Madhouse rep the scribes.

Comments (17)

R.I.P. Dino De Laurentiis

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Thursday November 11, 2010 @ 6:32am PSTTags: Conan the Barbarian, King Kong, R.I.P.

The colorful and controversial De Laurentiis, who helped to revive Italy’s cinema scene after World War II before embarking on a prolific Hollywood career, died Wednesday night at his Beverly Hills home surrounded by his family. He was 91. Honored in 2000 with the … Read More »

Comments 43