Universal Pictures has given Peter Jackson, an academy-award nominated filmmaker, a chance to remake "King Kong" which was Peter's dream since he was a kid.
casts from "Lord of the Rings" are eager to get any part in the movie
"If I say often enough that I'm going to be in 'King Kong,' I'm hoping that Peter Jackson will take the hint," Ian McKellen said recently. "I think we should all be in there somewhere."
"I would like to make the same plea," Elijah Wood agreed. "Maybe when Kong is on the island, trudging around in the forest and the camera is passing at his feet, you'll see some hobbits in the distance frying some eggs and some bacon. I think that would be great."
"As for their chances of making it in the forthcoming film, for which Jackson and wife Fran Walsh will reportedly pocket a cool $20 million, the New Zealand-born filmmaker has yet to confirm any cast choices. He has, however, expressed an interest in keeping it in the family."
Jackson loves the ideas of directors like Martin Scorsese who has "little pool of actors they keeps using in film after film"
"And Jackson has approached at least one "Rings" actor about coming aboard. Andy Serkis, whose performance brought Gollum to life, could find himself back in a motion-capture suit and acting for the computer-generated "Kong" as the giant ape wanders through 1930s New York. "
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