Taking a look at what King Kong would have been like if Peter Jackson had directed it in 1996 like he originally planned before it was cancelled.
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0:00 Intro
0:23 King Kong 1976
1:14 Peter Jackson
2:46 The Mummy
3:05 Opening Dogfight
3:34 Sumatra
4:54 Skull Island
5:18 Spider Pit
6:26 New York City
7:18 Cast
7:37 Designing the Dinosaurs
9:00 Designing Kong
9:38 Visual Effects
10:24 What Went Wrong?
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They had made stop motion puppets that were going to be used in the movie, but instead would be used as the maquettes for the dinosaurs and other vicious creatures that were brought to life with CGI.
Kinda like what they did in Jurassic Park with stop motion animatics. And to think we were gonna get another one with King Kong.
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Jackson’s Dead Alive also technically takes place in the Kong universe since the initial virus comes from Skull Island.
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He kicks ass for the Lord.
Fact, thank you for sharing it.
I like how King Kong went from “beauty killed the beast” to fighting alongside Godzilla in the MonsterVerse.
Just like the original King Kong.
@@CRTR_FTR69 wow....someone definitely forgot the original creator of king kong once tried to have kong fight a monster before in another solo kong film that became king kong vs godzilla.....kong has range as a character. Not just 1 note
@@CRTR_FTR69 Buddy marvel didn't create the concept of a kaiju being an anti heroic character so what does marvel have to do with this?. What legendary is doing with kong is what toho ALSO did with kong, did you forget king kong escapes exist? The early 2000s kong animated series as well?. Hollywood has no agenda, if they did, every film would be the same but it's not. It's a sea of either good films, or bad films. Each one being good or bad for different or similar reasons. The MV works because it knows what it is and isn't making the same avoidable mistakes the mcu is making currently
There is no reason we cant have different versions to enjoy and I love the 2005 film, the mosnterverse films are fun movies no reason to be such a nut gurgler.@@CRTR_FTR69
@@CRTR_FTR69 Going from being killed by prop planes to holding the detached head of Mechagodzilla is downgrade to you?
King Kong 2005 is a awesome and majestic movie, as a kid who loves dinasourus and Jurassic Park, seeing Kong vs V Rex was the Endgame of my childhood. I love that movie!!!!!
Reminds me of how `I felt the first time I saw the 1933 movie on tv when I was 4 .
That movie freaking captured me as a kid. It was so good
Agreed. And it’s a 1000x better than 2017 Kong: Skull Island
@@_davidboxing It is! But "Kong: Skull Island" is still very fun and entertaining movie..... (Visualy beautiful) Especially for "modern standards".....
@@hater2764 I disagree. The CGI is mid at best, and the casting of Tom Hiddleston, Brie Larson, and Samuel L Jackson were ehh. Very forgetful movie, as it was truly only made to make Kong large enough to pit against Godzilla.
Andy Serkis was KONG….That went over my head. Agreed with you 100%
That Kong actually looked like a Gorilla.. the new one is essentially a giant man.
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@@firstlast9846 Like the original King Kong.
@@firstlast9846As he should be
remarkable how Jackson's Kong movies are like polar opposites to each other
Supposedly once Universal decided not to make King Kong, they used Jackson's script as the basis for The Mummy. This is why people who've read it say it reminds them of The Mummy. This is also why Jackson had to change things on the 05 film, such as tone, Jack being a battle fatigued, washed up veteran, and Ann being a British archaeologist's daughter.
Shoehorning a script into another movie is fascinating 🤔
This is not true at all. Peter Jackson and co simply said they felt the 1999 Mummy had a similar tone to the 1996 Kong script. Please stop spreading misinfo.
@@Laissez-faire402 you don't know that not to be true. Jackson and Co said that it wasn't just tone but the script elements. Universal already had and owned the script so it seems plausible. After spending time and money on a period adventure script and no intention of making King Kong, along with being interested in reviving another old property, The Mummy. This is a fun movie trivia channel so please don't be a fun sponge talking about misinformation. We're not in court, get a grip.
@@jqyhlmnpit happens quite a bit actually. The remake of House of Wax (2005) actually is more of a remake of the 70’s film Tourist Trap with a house of wax coat of paint over it.
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Jackson’s ’05 King Kong is one of my favorite movies. The effects still hold up, imo
So glad he made it.
Hold up? They are some of the best cgi scenes ever made. It takes real passiona and artistic vision to create these kinds of things...even though some of it was trash haha but the King Kong stuff was pretty amazing especially for its time...kinda like T2 was back in 1990
Visuals effects in Kong '05 are league above than every modern marvel movie's effects
Pity there's so many miscast actors and bad acting in it. It's a self indulgent bloated over the top mess that needed a better editor.
@daftfunk The dinosaur stampede had terrible effects, and Kong himself sometimes moves too quickly and as if he doesn't have any weight. It's hit and miss in effects.
There's a rumor that Deep Rising's end at the island was suppose to Segway into a Kong Universe.
It's a fan 'what if', not a rumor. 🤦♂️
2005 King Kong is by far the best movie ever made. If they made Kong in 1996 I would have watched it at age 3 or 4 years old in 1999 and I would have said wow this is freaking awesome. But when Peter made Kong in 2005 I was really impressed and couldn’t stop thinking about it. Peter Jackson’s King Kong 2005 will always be my favorite childhood movie.
It took a 1 1/2 hour movie that MOVED, into a 3 hour buttgrinder. parts are unwatchable, the dino stamped, t rexes falling though the vines, and Kong Icecapades.
Oh Man Bruce Campbell in a King Kong movie shit I wish that had happened
I can see him in the role of Bruce Baxter 100%
Watch Congo.
i like the idea of a Mummy style swashbuckler angle. not entirely sure how this'd work for Kong, but I think I'd at least want to see a little more of it.
Think The Lost World: Jurassic Park but with more action and a lighter tone. The tone would be horror esque but the character would make light of the situation to balance the tones
@pelicanchampion8629 oh OK, that I can wrap my head around. 👍
9:47 I miss that ride so much. I can still smell the bananas.
Honestly your channel has been my adult version of Saturday morning cartoons! 😂
Haha what a compliment
Weirdly enough I know exactly what you mean
King Kong 05 was a great movie! Still holds up to this day!
The 2005 movie proved that good things come to those who wait, best dinosaur movie ever! Honesty it was a master class in creature design and speculative evolution. PERFECTION! A world that is so mysterious that it deserves a deeper dive into his history. A fantasy world I wish actually was real.
I kind of wished we gotten this version instead. Also, the original plan for this movie was to use Carnotaurus instead of Raptors.
Same here!
I'm currently writing my own King Kong remake. It's going to be a visual novel styled like Atlantis the Lost empire and takes alot of elements from the 1996 script but still being its own version.
So its gonna be aninated?
@luigiconder6113 If enough funding and support are achieved absolutely.
@@luigiconder6113 I originally planned for it to be animated
@@colonelhammerhead3025 Best regards on your project dude 🙌
I'd watch that
Much like the unmade Godzilla 1996 version, I love this unmade version of King Kong
Yeah same here!
What?
Some elements of the 1996 draft did appear in The Mummy 1999 and they even made a fanmade trailer of the film. Also in some videos about the 1996 draft they leave out Fay Wray's cameo.
I would’ve loved to see a TV series titled “Skull Island” and the television show which would be in live action would be about discovering skull island, researching its inhabitants, and trying to transform Skull Island into a zoological theme park, like Jurassic Park, and trying to maintain the island. I’d want at least 15 seasons with each being 30 episodes long.
Interestingly, after Jackson's 1996 attempt with Universal was canned; there was another attempt at the lost *"KING KONG"* remake known as *"The Legend of KING KONG"* which was to be produced by BBC Films with CBS & TNT (with a planned release in July 2000). The planned £25 million TV movie would be using Bo Goldman's original 1975 script with actors Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, Rachel Weisz and Ian McShane set to star in the film, and the SFXs were to be done by George Lucas' ILM. Locations to be used for filming included London & New Zealand. But alas, the TV film never came to be.
I'm glad he waited. Peter Jackson's King Kong was incredible 🙌🏼
The best
the use of the early CG cityscape to inform the later Kong is a good example planning ahead and putting things to good use
I’m happy that this version didn’t happen and we ended up with the 2005 version instead.
Would’ve loved the style of the mummy being used in this!
I’m just glad we got the amazing 2005 movie
This sounds like it would’ve been a really fun and interesting movie, but at least we got the 2005 film, definitely an underrated flick with a lot of passion and creativity
Underrated? LOL It won 3 Oscars tf you mean
Nice! I remember hearing about this on the making of documentary on the 2 disc special edition DVD. I saw some concept art and its really impressive.
No joke, while I like the King Kong film itself, I adore the special features and I honestly think the special features are better then the film, Production and Post Production Diaries, the epic 3 hour+ documentary, 1933 New York retrospective, "The Present" film the actors made on set during filming, it's all incredible
God I love this channel so much...about to go to bed. Saw this pop up...I dove across the room to hit play! So glad I stumbled on this channel when it 1st launched. You are doing the work of the Gods Sir!
What a legendary compliment. Thank you!
This 2005 film is a near masterpiece. I don’t know why it isn’t talked about more.
I remember while making King Kong, Jackson was already getting the sequel "Son of Kong" prepped with a script and some scenes shot for it, but for whatever reason he never ended up doing it.
Your editing and storytelling through pieced togethered clips is genius! I always feel like I just watched the movie that was never made! 🤩
Wow, thank you!
This definitely _would’ve_ been cool & interesting had it been fully realized and released back in ‘96, even though I’m a fan of the finished 2005 film that Jackson eventually would give us all.
I can't help but wonder what Jackson could do with DC's "The Warlord", Marvel's "Ka-Zar" or Burroughs' "At the Earth's Core". Great video, guys!
What? I've never heard of any of these.
@@detroitdiezel7856 Look 'em up. If you like "lost world" stories, I'm sure you'll find them interesting.
@detroitdiezel7856 theyre all old ips. All I really know about kazar is he's like a caveman in a prehistoric world.
Savage Land, the home of Ka-Zar, was briefly shown during Dr. Strange and Miss America's trip through the different multiverses in Doctor Strange 2.
Great video! I like the idea but I was definitely happy with Kong 2005. It's also neat how the mummy's director created deep rising which also features skull island and Kong roaring at the end. Seems like his cancelled Kong Rising became Kong skull island 2016 too. Interesting how unmade ideas are repurposed for others
Totally agree!
The script had some fun variations to the characters and exciting action sequences, but having Jack involved in trying to save Kong only to fail might have taken the winds out of audiences enjoying a fun and adventurous caper of a film. Also, Miramax would have taken international distribution if it went through, so one wonders how that would have worked out with Miramax eventually going to Paramount. Still, this film and Jan De Bont’s Godzilla could have left an indelible impression of the iconic monsters in the 90s.
It's a shame this version didn't get made honestly. Granted, we wouldn't have seen the LOTR trilogy, but it still probably would gotten made following the success of Kong for Jackson. Considering Mighty Joe Young was a flop, and Godzilla '98's box office dropped with negative reviews, I feel Kong would've made it to the top as a hit in 1998. Too bad Universal didn't have faith in the project. It would also be cool to see tou cover Universal's original attempt in 1975 with "The Legend of King Kong"
Thank you for this beast of a video!!
Thanks for the amazing video ❤
I’ve seen & heard about this on the 3rd DVD disc of the Deluxe Edition DVD of PJ’S King Kong. 8:26 Especially this lovely Sculpture of Kong fighting with the 3 better looking T.Rexes. I wish they kept the Dinosaurs they previously sculpted in 1996. Unless there’s a change that the original 1996 Kong Dinosaurs such as the T.Rexes would be put in another movie someday. Unless I could help with the idea of what the movie should be like? Especially Prehistoric creatures living on an island doing as they did for thousands & millions of years since their ancestors did on the mainland.
Super cool video as always, keep them coming!
Thanks! Will do!
Gotta love a good "what if" 😊
great for the dvd extra idea. so you know they found a bunch of the puppets they used for the cut footage, they even use the puppets on other movies so now you can get a great look at the spider and some other monsters. super cool watching stuff like that
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That was a great video and I found out things I never even knew, like the bi plane scene making it into the video game which is cool, never made it that far in the game (sidenote, if you havent played the game please do so, its a great adaptation and expansion from the movie) Also I highly encourage people who are fans of Peter Jacksons King Kong, watch the 3 hour+ documentary on how they made it, its amazing and I honestly love it more then the film itself, hell even the Production and especially Post Production diaries (seperate special features) are also fantastic to watch, Peter Jackson really knew how to let fans be involved without spoiling anything, same for with Lord Of The Rings, I miss when Studios and Directors used to have amazing making of documentaries like that
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This is really interesting!!
If you ever get the chance, you should make a video on What Could Have Been for James Camerons Avatar.
Would have loved to have seen this
Would be curious to see if you could find info on the Skull Island prequel film Peter Jackson was going to produce with Adam Wingard directing before the Legendary pictures version
I can look into it
@@Bulletsandblockbusters much appreciated
King Kong 2005 is my favorite Kong! Despite it being 3 hours! It feels like a love letter to the original King Kong!
Excellent channel 💯👍 Tom, Brussels.
This remake probably would’ve been (with the benefit of hindsight) more well received than the 2005 remake. Mostly because this version would’ve had less obvious CGI and would be shorter. Which are two among a few other issues. That constantly gets lampooned for whenever someone talks about the movie. Especially older generations that hero worship the 1933 original movie. However personally I almost prefer the 2005 remake over the original. Plus this remake sounds like an awesome remake of the original movie!
I love this channel. So informative!!
Glad you enjoy it!
I would have loved to see this
There is recent bit of evidence that supports the spider sequence was never actually shot
It sounds like it might have been more in line with the 1976 version than the original.
I love the king kong movies Well I love the 2000s one since I was born that year. And I love that movie since and believe or not. I was born in 2002 when I was a kid. I loved in but as an adult now I still do
I think I would have liked this one more than 2005 but the cost of it possibly being LOTR and one of my favourite films, Out of Sight, I'm glad it didn't work out. Take it easy dude!
as someone who's very interested in Skull Island as a fictional location and a fan of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals besides, my own main interest in this particular version is how different some parts of it are and what other fossil critters are half-represented (i read that the brontosaur stampede in this version would've featured what were basically carnotaurs instead of the raptor-like venatosaurs in the final product, for example)
Ya I kept things basic for the casuals like the dinosaur names
I still think there should be a chance for this script to be used on the big screen in the future
Can we get a “what could have been Avatar” by James Cameron? The original script was different from what we got in the actual film
Ya I can look into it
Bruce Campbell in a king kong movie would've been sick
This sounds way more interesting than the 2005 three hour film. I wish Peter Jackson made the film described in this video, back in ‘96.
I'm still waiting for a Creature from the Black Lagoon remake, the only legacy Universal Monster to never be revisited officially (while it's great, I don't acknowledge Del Toro's the Shape of Water as a Creature film, reimagining or otherwise)
Im just still hoping someday they will release the unused Howard Shore score, that he made for the 2005 movie...
I’m so curious what it sounded like too. PJ must have really hated it. So odd coming off LOTR
The best movie monster
I would like to see the differences between Alien vs. Predator and Prometheus (the latter being an Alien prequel but also turned into a remake of AVP).
The original king kong is a technical marvel.
Okay I had no idea that Weinstein had his geesy fingerprints on Kong96. I'm gonna make a note
I really hope for King Kong 2005’s 20th Anniversary, AMC or theaters in general re-release it. I was too young to see it in 2005, but i would really love to see it in the big screen. Fingers crossed.
Some of those action scenes really are incredible on the big screen
I wonder how much might've changed in LotR if this film hadn't stopped production.
It would had been nice if Peter Jackson made king kong 1996 and King Kong 2005 as well
For those of you have watched Deep Rising, it was meant to have a sequel with King Kong in it.
This movie was one of my childhood favs growing up
the cgi still holds up today
Cool
King Kong 1933: Accept no substitutes.
As awesome as it would have been to see Peter Jackson’s King Kong 1996 on the bright side we would never got the lord of the rings that is a world nobody wants and we never would gotten the greatest of Peter Jackson’s King Kong 2005
I didnt realize how good this movie actually was until a few years back when i watched it again. I liked it when it first came out but rewatching it these last few years made me realize just how awesome and underrated it really was.
Pete did a great job in the end
Jack Black might've been cast as Carl Denham because, while not immediately obvious, Black does have a striking resemblance to Orson Welles when Welles was younger.
Totally, unfortunately in my opinion he doesn’t have Welles’ presence or command of the screen.
Didn't know that even Kong was going to be made in 90s. How you even get all the information and footage is just amazing, but also deeply appreciated! I thought I'd watch the video in morning, but ended up waking up in middle of the night to watch it. You're already doing a great job! However, If it isn't by now, then i hope your channel soon grows big enough that you can invite the actual filmmakers and get more of their reasons and situations and disappointments on why these films were never made. The filmmakers have given interviews on various other places, but this could be one dedicated channel. Would be very entertaining!
Thank you!!! Would be great to have those guests eventually but need to get bigger first
King Kong meant so much for me back then when I was a kid. First playing the game on the PS2 which my uncle had gifted it to me, being absolutely hooked on the game. And then later my mom and I buying the movie after seeing it in a store. Little kid me instantly realized that the movie looked heavily like the intro sequence that played at the beginning of the game, and thinking that they made the movie was inspired by the game. 😅 I love how the Kong now is in the Monster Verse and is fighting alongside Godzilla, but King Kong 2005 just hits in a different way.
That time had a lot of King Kong I guess because Deep Rising (1998) was supposed to lead into their own version of King Kong as they land on Skull Island at the end.
Honestly this version seems like it would be good, but I’m happy that we got the amazing 2005 version instead.
Would be a good time to cover David Lynch's Dune. Obviously the studio took the film away from him in the edit and hamstrung him throughout. But ive also read his first draft script and it was wildly different and very experimental, more like his other films or even Jodorowsky's version...
Now Jackson does just concentrate on visual effects and documentaries and hasn’t directed a feature film since the Hobbit: The battle of the five armies. In 2014.
And that's for the better. The Hobbit movies were overblown garbage made by a guy patting himself on the back (to put it mildly) while being surrounded by yes-men who made him think he's God's gift to cinema.
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That snoozefest in 2005 was an abomination, this version could've been so much better. Thankfully we got a new version of the character in Legendary's Monsterverse, who is not boring or predictable.
You know what I would REALLY be dying to see? A crossover of Kong and Planet of the Apes. I'm pretty sure at least one guy in Hollywood during the 90's had that idea when Jackson was conceiving his original version... and it probably would have been better than the 2001 Tim Burton version of POTA.
How did Peter Jackson go from puppets,zombies and gore to lord of the rings and King Kong in a span of a decade
If all of these movies weren't cancelled the it would been a great experience in cinema
Man Andy Serkis gives a master performance when playing as Apes first Kong then Ceaser
He really should’ve been nominated for LOTR, apes and kong
I think this would have been better than the 2005 king kong
In an alternate universe, Kong's movie released in 1996 and Godzilla's movie got pushed to 2007. I wonder what that version would've been like.
Rest well, 90s Kong.
The King Kong in the thumbnail looks kind of like the Monsterverse version.
I genuinely would have preferred this to the film we actually got. It’s still the familiar King Kong story, but with enough changes to keep the concept fresh. Not to mention much shorter.
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Ya go for it!
@@Bulletsandblockbusters thank you im going to go though your list and add them by movies like a row with the batman stuff ect.
Share whatever you like my friend!
I feel very strongly that the video game adaptation, released a month before the movie, is everything that Jackson's film should have been. What we got on screen was a godawful mess, and the biggest cinematic disappointment I've ever experienced. I got a distinct impression that this was the beginning of the end for Hollywood, that the film industry was slowly circling the drain. Since then, it has only gotten worse with every year that goes by.