Black Joins King Kong
Jack Black has joined Naomi Watts in Peter Jackson's upcoming King Kong remake, Variety reported. Black will play Carl Denham, the struggling showman and movie producer who captures the great ape on his native Skull Island and then brings him back to New York as a freak show attraction, the trade paper reported. Universal Pictures will release Kong on Dec. 14, 2005.
Jackson returned to his native New Zealand to start preproduction on Kong after The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King picked up 11 Academy Awards, the trade paper reported. In a statement, he said, "I've been wanting to work with Jack Black ever since I saw him in High Fidelity. I have no doubt Jack will make
a truly memorable character."
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