King Kong EE is Official!!!!!

Thanks to {8thWonder} and mrgrooism over at the KongIsKing.net Boards for this news!
While at KiKnFest Groo used my phone to ring Richard Taylor’s personal phone while trying to set up an appearance by PJ and RT at the luncheon. RT saved that number to call back and apparently didn’t label the number anything he remembered because he rang trying to figure out if mine was a number he should know.
Once the reason for my number had been figured out, I brazenly asked him a few questions.
First I asked about “Neon Genesis Evangelion” which is a favorite project of RT’s. He really wants to see it get to the screen. He sas that artists are dividing thier time between NGE, “Prince Caspian” the second Narnia film, and a third project.
The third project is what they are calling “The Eighth Wonder Edition” of King Kong. November 21st, the tuesday before Thanksgiving is the release date, in time for the Christmas shopping rush. Weta Digital has 235 shots to complete between now and their target date for handing the finished film over to be printed. Over 46 minutes of new footage is being included. Some of this is new scenes, specifically the Swamp, a “Triceratops” scene, and “It’s you”, but much of it is insert shots within scenes we already know. The bronto scene is longer, as is the V.rex fight. I asked if all of the added footage was on Skull Island and was told the split is about 60 Skull/40 New York. Universal wants it all on 3 discs, but with Pellerin’s documentary and all the marketing stuff they want to put in the set RT thought it would end up being 4 discs. The official announcement will be at the start of the 3rd fiscal quarter, after the initial sales push for the current release has peaked.
He then stated that he needed to get back to his errands as Sunday is the only day he can do “Family Taylor” things.
So that’s it, mark your calendars for November 21st, THE EXTENDED EDITION IS A GO!!!

Originally posted at http://www.black-magic.co.nz

This is something I've been really itching for... not just for the added scenes, but to hear the PJ's commentary.... just to hear his passion for the project always gets me excited, it'll be great to hear him discuss the project in detail. And he's funny too, in one of the LOTR commentaries, he comes up with the idea of doing a TV series about Treebeard the ent, as he solves crimes in Fangorn forest. "The cases get solved, they just take a very long time." :)