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November 3, 2005 —

Empire Online recently talked to director Peter Jackson about King Kong, which is scheduled to hit theatres next month. Here's a clip of the interview:

One of the most difficult scenes was the Kong vs. 3 T-Rexes scene that rages across Skull Island, Jackson says, "It ended up about 300 shots long, about nine minutes. It has taken us the entire duration of the project to do. The fight sequence ended up very elaborate, involving Kong and the dinosaurs swinging like a pendulum over the chasm, entangled in these vines, and Ann is also entangled and Kong is trying to protect her. It all ends up in a swamp."

The culture on Skull Island has elements of Mayan, Aztec, Melanesian and Micronesian cultures - but Jackson thinks that the islanders have gone "crazy" from living there.

For the whole interview, click the link below.