Monkeying Around

When I was a kid, nothing was cooler than giant gorillas (yes, including Gargantua and Grape Ape), so it was with great joy that I received the news that "The Lord of the Rings" director/producer Peter Jackson was helming a remake of King Kong.

The deal got even sweeter this week when it was announced that Jackson is also working on the bonus material for the original 1933 version.

Wait, it gets better. The 2-disk special edition of King Kong will also be released as part of a 4-disk collectors set along with The Son of Kong and Mighty Joe Young.

More details on the DVD extras at Sci Fi Wire.

Above: Mighty Joe Young rescues children from a burning orphanage. (Taken from this page of MJY stills).

All right, I just spent 12 hours hanging vinyl siding and kitchen cabinets, that's enough blogging for today.