Jack Black Warns That Peter Jackson's King Kong Is A Scary Flesh-Eater

[Khephra]

CULVER CITY, California — When it was announced that Jack Black would be starring in the new remake of "King Kong," a lot of people wondered: He's not going all serious-actor guy, is he?

"There are some funny things about my character but, yeah, it is a different thing for me," Black revealed backstage at the 2004 MTV Movie Awards. "But I'm not approaching it differently. I'm approaching it with the same balls-to-the-wall attitude."

And there'll be a similar attitude throughout Peter Jackson's "Kong" remake, which Black promised will feature a much fiercer giant gorilla than some of the kinder, gentler versions.

"I just read the script for the first time. It's so rad. And it's top secret. I can't tell you much, but I can tell you this," he teased. "King Kong is going to be scary as hell, dude. He's not gonna be sweet and cuddly. It's not gonna be the cute kind . He's a f---ing carnivore, as in, eats flesh!"

The movie will be shot in New Zealand with Jackson's team recreating parts of 1930s New York. Black will be joined in the movie by Naomi Watts ("The Ring") and Andy Serkis, who will provide motion-capture work for the computer-generated Kong, a role similar to what he did for Jackson when he played Gollum in "The Lord of the Rings." Serkis will also play a smaller part in the movie, sans effects.

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[Fenris]

1. Jackson has a *bit* of a fascination with things that eat flesh.

:D

[Forkboy]

3. "I kick ass for the LORD!"

Dead Alive is one the best gore flicks of all time! :)

[Forkboy]

2. I'm leery of remakes of classic movies

and King Kong is truly a classic.However,having Jackson at the helm (who I've liked long before LotR) gives me hope that this will be a good flick.

Hey,it can't be as bad as the american Godzilla was :mad:

[On the Road]

4. Ooooh, Naomi Watts

Hope she'll bring a little Mulholland Drive magic to the Faye Wray part.

[BigMcLargehuge]

5. the 1933 Kong was also a "flesh eater"

Wray wasn't his first "offering" if you remember. But it appears that her white skin and blonde hair intrigued Kong enough NOT to carry her back to the jungle and chomp on her... Also, he may not have had the chance. If you remember he was under attack by all manner of nasties as he moved from the altar at the great wooden door to his home on the ridge (where at last he fought the Pteradactly and where Wray escaped).

In the unedited 1933 version, when Kong attacks the village on skull island he eats several natives. Though these scenes were trimmed for TV back in the 1950s, current versions of the film that show up around Halloween have them edited back in.

Also, in New York, he pulls a woman, that isn't Fay Wray from a hotel window, realizes she's someone different, and drops her to her death.