"Who directed the 2005 version of the film ""King Kong""?"
"and Universal Orlando Resort in Orlando, Florida. The first King Kong attraction was called King Kong Encounter and was a part of the Studio Tour at Universal Studios Hollywood. Based upon the 1976 film ""King Kong"", the tour took the guests in the world of 1976 New York City, where Kong was seen wreaking havoc on the city. It was opened on June 14, 1986 and was destroyed on June 1, 2008 in a major fire. Universal opened a replacement 3D King Kong ride called """" that opened on July 1, 2010, based upon Peter Jackson's 2005 film ""King Kong""."
"2005 remake of ""King Kong"". She met with Naomi Watts, who was to play the role of Ann Darrow. She politely declined the cameo, and claimed the original ""Kong"" to be the true ""King"". Before filming of the remake commenced, Wray died in her sleep of natural causes on August 8, 2004, in her Manhattan apartment, five weeks before her 97th birthday. Several close friends noted that ""she just kind of drifted off quietly as if she was going to sleep... she just kind of gave out."" Wray is interred at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood, California. Two days"
"the Top Ten lists of several critics, with Roger Ebert giving it four stars, and listed it as 2005's eighth best film. The film received four Academy Award nominations, for Visual Effects, Sound Mixing (Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges, Hammond Peek), Sound Editing, and Production Design, winning all but the last. ""Entertainment Weekly"" called the depiction of Kong the most convincing computer-generated character in film in 2005. Some criticized the film for retaining racist stereotypes that had been present in the 1933 film, though it was not suggested that Jackson had done this intentionally. ""King Kong"" ranks 450th on"
"the 2005 film, """" and 2015's """". The film was released in China on 17 August 2017 and in Hong Kong on 25 August 2017 and has grossed US$80.8 million worldwide against a budget of US$14.5 million. The film well received by critics, with praise directed towards action director Hung's choreography, which won him the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Action Choreography, and Koo's physical and emotional performance, which netted him both the Asian Film Award for Best Actor and Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor, winning his film first acting awards. Aside from winning the two aforementioned"
"already spent three years above the $50 million mark. In 2005, the top ten movies at the U.S. box office included three adaptations of children's fantasy novels (including one extending and , as well as a remake of a 1971 film), a child-targeted cartoon, a comic book adaptation, a , a sci-fi remake, and a ""King Kong"" remake. It was a slow year for Corman: he produced just one movie, which had no American theatrical release, true of most of the pictures he had been involved in recently. ""Bloodfist 2050"", directed by long-time B filmmaker and Corman collaborator Cirio H."
"Kong in 1957 (""Lei Yu"", dir. Ng Wui), which co-starred a young Bruce Lee in one of his few non-fighting roles. In 1995, Director Ho Yi produced a Cantonese film version in, with the personal blessing of the playwright. This film was released in 1996. Hangzhou-born composer Mo Fan composed a modern Chinese opera based on the play, with the same title (""Leiyu"", ""Thunderstorm""). The opera was presented in 2001 by the Shanghai Opera House company. Another adaptation was the 2006 film ""Curse of the Golden Flower"", directed and written by Zhang Yimou. This very loose adaptation set the action"
"Andy Serkis Andrew Clement Serkis (born 20 April 1964) is an English actor and film director. He is best known for his performance capture roles comprising motion capture acting, animation and voice work for such computer-generated characters as Gollum in ""The Lord of the Rings"" film trilogy (2001–2003) and """" (2012), King Kong in the eponymous 2005 film, Caesar in the ""Planet of the Apes"" reboot series (2011–17), Captain Haddock / Sir Francis Haddock in Steven Spielberg's ""The Adventures of Tintin"" (2011), and Supreme Leader Snoke in the first two ""Star Wars"" sequel trilogy films, """" (2015) and """" (2017)."
"""King Kong"" television series for MarVista Entertainment and IM Global Television. In December 2017, Title was diagnosed with ALS, though she continued to work on ""Bye Bye Man"" even through the illness. Stacy Title Stacy Title is an American film director, screenwriter and producer. Her films include ""Let the Devil Wear Black"" (1999), ""The Last Supper"" (1995) and ""Down on the Waterfront"" (1993). Title is married to writer-actor Jonathan Penner, with whom she has collaborated on several movies. Together, they wrote the script for the 2003 WB-produced re-imagining of ""The Lone Ranger"", starring Chad Michael Murray and Nathaniel Arcand. She"
"Hong Kong (film) Hong Kong is a 1952 American adventure film directed by Lewis R. Foster and written by Winston Miller. The film stars Ronald Reagan and Rhonda Fleming; the lead supporting actors are Nigel Bruce, Marvin Miller, Mary Somerville and Lowell Gilmore. The film was released on January 12, 1952, by Paramount Pictures. Ronald Reagan is Jeff Williams - a US army vet living in China who is on the run from the Red Army as the country falls to Communism. Along the way he comes across a Chinese orphan named Wei Lin who is carrying an ancient and"
"on 17 August 2017 and in Hong Kong on 25 August 2017. SPL: Sha Po Lang SPL: Sha Po Lang (, released in the United States as Kill Zone) is a 2005 Hong Kong action film written and directed by Wilson Yip, and starring Donnie Yen, Sammo Hung and Simon Yam. The film was released in Hong Kong on 18 November 2005. Yam portrays a police detective who, suffering from cancer and about to retire, resorts to illegal means in order to catch a ruthless triad boss. The title ""Sha Po Lang"" refers to three words derived from Chinese astrology"
"Wu Kong Wu Kong () is a 2017 Chinese fantasy-action-adventure film directed by Derek Kwok and produced by Huang Jianxin, starring Eddie Peng in the title role alongside Ni Ni, Shawn Yue, Oho Ou and Zheng Shuang. It is based on a popular internet novel titled ""Wukong Biography"" written by Jin Hezai. The film was released in China on 13 July 2017. Set 500 years before the Monkey King wreaks havoc in the heavenly kingdom, it tells the stories of Wukong who, unwilling to bow down to his own destiny, sets out to rebel against the gods. The film was"
"hit ""King Kong vs. Godzilla"" in 1962). This resulted in ""Ebirah, Horror of the Deep"" (originally intended as a Kong film) and ""King Kong Escapes"", which was based on ""The King Kong Show"". On November 15, 2005, Sony Wonder released 8 episodes (two ""King Kong"" cartoons separated by a ""Tom of T.H.U.M.B."" cartoon) on two DVD releases. The pilot episode was included, in two parts, between the two DVDs. Theme music for the series was recorded in London, England, in 1965, using primarily British studio musicians. Canadian conductor, vocalist, and former Kitchener-Waterloo ""Record"" entertainment columnist Harry Currie provided vocal talent"
"Kong: Skull Island Kong: Skull Island is a 2017 American monster film directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts. The film is a reboot of the ""King Kong"" franchise, and serves as the second film in Legendary's MonsterVerse. The film stars Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, John Goodman, Brie Larson, Jing Tian, Toby Kebbell, John Ortiz, Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell, Shea Whigham, Thomas Mann, Terry Notary, and John C. Reilly. The film was announced in July 2014 at San Diego Comic-Con and Vogt-Roberts was announced as the director in September 2014. The project originally began at Universal as an origin story but was"
"score. Shore completed and recorded several cues before he and Jackson parted ways. Shore's appearance as the conductor in the New York theatre from which Kong escapes remained in the film. James Newton Howard's score was later nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score. ""King Kong"" was released on DVD on March 28, 2006 in the United States and Canada. The three versions that came out are a single disc , a single disc widescreen, and a two-disc Widescreen Special Edition. A three-disc Deluxe Extended Edition was released on November 14, 2006 in the U.S., and on"
"film's story, the special effects in the completed footage impressed Cooper and inspired him to hire O'Brien to create the effects in Cooper's 1933 film ""King Kong"". Some of the dinosaur scenes planned for ""Creation"" were even rewritten and inserted into the ""King Kong"" script, and most of the dinosaur models O'Brien used in ""Kong"" had originally been made for ""Creation"". The shipwreck sequence in ""Kong""'s companion production, ""The Most Dangerous Game"", was reportedly salvaged from this film. In the 2-disc 2005 DVD release of ""King Kong"", the surviving footage from ""Creation"" is shown, as well as a dramatization of"
"King Kong (1976 film) King Kong is a 1976 American monster film produced by Dino De Laurentiis and directed by John Guillermin. It is a remake of the 1933 film of the same name about a giant ape that is captured and imported to New York City for exhibition. Featuring special effects by Carlo Rambaldi, it stars Jeff Bridges, Charles Grodin and Jessica Lange in her first film role. The film was the fifth highest-grossing film of 1977 according to box office statistics compiled during its release by ""Variety"". It won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects and was"
"London Film Critics Circle Awards 2005 The 26th London Film Critics Circle Awards, honouring the best in film for 2005, were announced by the London Film Critics Circle on 8 February 2006. ""Brokeback Mountain"" ""The Constant Gardener"" ""Downfall"" • Germany Ang Lee - ""Brokeback Mountain"" Joe Wright - ""Pride & Prejudice"" Paul Haggis and Robert Moresco - ""Crash"" Bruno Ganz - ""Downfall"" Naomi Watts - ""King Kong"" Ralph Fiennes - ""The Constant Gardener"" Rachel Weisz - ""The Constant Gardener"" Tom Hollander - ""Pride & Prejudice"" Thandie Newton - ""Crash"" Kelly Reilly - ""Mrs Henderson Presents"" Simon Channing-Williams - ""The Constant"
"and equity, as well as being a frequent guest on Canadian radio and television. In 2005 McKenzie wrote an article in ""The Times"", UK about racial stereotyping in the 2005 film ""King Kong"", co-written, produced, and directed by Peter Jackson. In the piece titled, ""Big black and bad stereotyping"", McKenzie described it as feeding ""into all the colonial hysteria about black hyper-sexuality."" The article received such a strong response from readers that McKenzie and ""The Times"" issued a challenge asking the public to find positive black images on television during the holiday season. Kwame McKenzie Kwame Julius McKenzie is the"
"King Kong Lives King Kong Lives (released as King Kong 2 in some countries) is a 1986 American monster film directed by John Guillermin. Produced by De Laurentiis Entertainment Group, distributed by 20th Century Fox and featuring special effects by Carlo Rambaldi, the film stars Linda Hamilton and Brian Kerwin. The film is a sequel to the 1976 remake of ""King Kong"". After being shot down from the World Trade Center, King Kong is kept alive in a coma for about 10 years at the Atlanta Institute, under the care of surgeon Dr. Amy Franklin (Linda Hamilton). In order to"
"in Chinese history. William Kong William Kong sometimes credited as Bill Kong () (born 1953) is a film producer known for his active role in the Hong Kong film industry and International co-production. He is most famous for co-producing the wuxia film ""Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"" (2000), which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture as well as a BAFTA Award for Best Film. He co-produced the historical drama war film ""The Flowers of War"". Among his other films are ""Rise of the Legend"" (2014) and ""Monster Hunt"" (2015), which was at the time of its release the"
"Kong at the top of the box office, grossing US $337,363 (HK $2,625,258) in its first week. Kung Fu Mahjong Kung Fu Mahjong () is a 2005 Hong Kong comedy film directed by Wong Jing and Billy Chung. It is about an obsessive gambler Chi Mo Sai (Yuen Wah) and Auntie Fei (Yuen Qiu). The film was followed by two sequels, ""Kung Fu Mahjong 2"" which was released the same year as the first film, and """", which was released in 2007. Chi Mo Sai (Yuen Wah) meets Wong (Roger Kwok) in Auntie Fei's (Yuen Qiu) cafe and learns that"
"King's Ransom (film) King's Ransom is a 2005 comedy film directed by Jeffrey W. Byrd and written by Wayne Conley, who was a writer for ""Kenan & Kel"". The film stars Anthony Anderson, Jay Mohr, Kellita Smith, Regina Hall, Donald Faison, Nicole Ari Parker, Charlie Murphy, Loretta Devine, Brooke D'Orsay, and Leila Arcieri. ""King's Ransom"" was released in the United States on April 22, 2005, and, on a production budget of $15 million, brought in $4,143,652 worldwide. Malcolm King (Anderson) is a wealthy, selfish, obnoxious businessman who is about to divorce his wife Renee (Smith). She plans to ruin him"
"2005 National Society of Film Critics Awards The 40th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 7 January 2006, honored the best in film for 2005. 1. Capote<br> 2. ""A History of Violence""<br> 3. ""2046"" 1. David Cronenberg – ""A History of Violence""<br> 2. Wong Kar-wai – ""2046""<br> 3. Bennett Miller – ""Capote"" 1. Philip Seymour Hoffman – ""Capote""<br> 2. Jeff Daniels – ""The Squid and the Whale""<br> 3. Heath Ledger – ""Brokeback Mountain"" 1. Reese Witherspoon – ""Walk the Line""<br> 2. Keira Knightley – ""Pride & Prejudice""<br> 3. Kate Dollenmayer – ""Funny Ha Ha""<br> 3. Vera Farmiga –"
"Hong Kong) during the end credits was used by the director as a homage to Jackie Chan films. The film was filmed at Beijing, China, Hong Kong, China and Yun Cheng, Shandong, China in 2005. The film's music was composed by Kin Law. ""DragonBlade: The Legend of Lang"" was theatrically released on January 6, 2005 by ERA company and Kantana Animation and was released on DVD and VOD on December 22, 2005 by Era. DragonBlade: The Legend of Lang DragonBlade: The Legend of Lang () is a 2005 Hong Kong 3D CGI animated adventure fantasy action comedy family martial arts"
"original ""King Kong"" and its sequel ""Son of Kong"", starred in the title role in the original 1911 Broadway production. The play had what would now be considered an extremely short run in New York (23 performances). In 1923 it was filmed as a silent movie, ""Puritan Passions"", starring Mary Astor. The play was revived twice in New York (most recently in 2005), has been made into an opera, and has become a favorite in regional theatre in the United States. A 1972 television production, first telecast on PBS, is now available on DVD. It stars Gene Wilder, Blythe Danner,"
"part of a promotional pack for the release of the external HD DVD Drive for the Xbox 360. The pack contained the HD DVD drive, the Universal Media Remote and ""King Kong"" on HD DVD. It was also available separately as a standard HD DVD. The film's theatrical and extended cuts were released together on Blu-ray Disc on January 20, 2009. A re-release of the Blu-Ray with a new bonus disc compiling the extras from all previous editions titled the ""Ultimate Edition"" was released on February 7, 2017. An Ultra HD Blu-ray followed in July 2017. King Kong (2005 film)"
"Kong on May 18, 2017. ""The Hollywood Reporter"" compared the film to director Herman Yau and Anthony Wong's previous collaborations ""The Untold Story"" and ""The Ebola Syndrome"", stating that ""There may be no way for the film's director and star to regenerate the manic energy and social fury that made The Untold Story and The Ebola Syndrome such genre-benders more than two decades ago."" noting Wong strives for depth in the role, while Yau ""struggles to rein in all the sprawling elements — the nondimensional characters, the visceral violence, Brother Hung's bombastic music — into a tight, coherent movie."" The"
"year. The couple remained together until her death in 1948. Frank Reicher died at a hospital in Inglewood, California, aged 89. He was survived by his sister and a brother. His interment was at Inglewood Park Cemetery. Frank Reicher Frank Reicher (December 2, 1875 – January 19, 1965) was a German-born American actor, director and producer. He is best known for playing Captain Englehorn in the 1933 film ""King Kong"". Born as Franz Reicher in Munich, Germany, the son of actor Emanuel Reicher and Hedwig Kindermann, a popular German prima donna who was a daughter of the famous baritone August"
"""King Kong"", he was later replaced by James Newton Howard due to ""differing creative aspirations for the score"" on his and the filmmakers' parts. This was a mutual agreement between himself and Peter Jackson. Despite this, Shore has a cameo near the end of the film as the conductor of the orchestra in the theater, performing portions of Max Steiner's score to the original 1933 version of the film. In 2007, Shore composed the music for ""Soul of the Ultimate Nation"", an online multiplayer video game. The soundtrack is notable for being the first video game soundtrack to feature Lydia"
"Kung Fu Mahjong Kung Fu Mahjong () is a 2005 Hong Kong comedy film directed by Wong Jing and Billy Chung. It is about an obsessive gambler Chi Mo Sai (Yuen Wah) and Auntie Fei (Yuen Qiu). The film was followed by two sequels, ""Kung Fu Mahjong 2"" which was released the same year as the first film, and """", which was released in 2007. Chi Mo Sai (Yuen Wah) meets Wong (Roger Kwok) in Auntie Fei's (Yuen Qiu) cafe and learns that Wong has a photographic memory. He decides to exploit this by teaching him how to play Mahjong,"
"Peter Jackson Sir Peter Robert Jackson (born 31 October 1961) is a New Zealand film director, screenwriter and film producer. He is best known as the director, writer, and producer of the ""Lord of the Rings"" trilogy (2001–03) and the ""Hobbit"" trilogy (2012–14), both of which are adapted from the novels of the same name by J. R. R. Tolkien. Other films include the critically lauded drama ""Heavenly Creatures"" (1994), the mockumentary film ""Forgotten Silver"" (1995), the horror comedy ""The Frighteners"" (1996), the epic monster remake film ""King Kong"" (2005), the supernatural drama film ""The Lovely Bones"" (2009), and the"
"King Kong (1933 film) King Kong is a 1933 American pre-Code monster adventure film directed and produced by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack. The screenplay by James Ashmore Creelman and Ruth Rose was developed from an idea conceived by Cooper and Edgar Wallace. It stars Fay Wray, Bruce Cabot and Robert Armstrong, and opened in New York City on March 2, 1933, to rave reviews. It has been ranked by Rotten Tomatoes as the greatest horror film of all time and the thirty-third greatest film of all time. The film tells of a huge, ape-like creature dubbed Kong"
"(equivalent to US$ million in ) and Watts was once again praised for her performance. Her third film that year was Marc Forster's psychological thriller ""Stay"". Written by David Benioff, it also starred Ewan McGregor, Ryan Gosling and Bob Hoskins. Watts then starred in the 2005 remake of ""King Kong"" as Ann Darrow. Watts was the first choice for the role, portrayed by Fay Wray in the original film, with no other actors considered. In preparation for her role, Watts met with Wray, who was to make a cameo appearance and say the final line of dialogue, but she died"