A POSTER for the original King Kong blockbuster has been sold at a movie memorabilia auction for pounds 180,000. The colour poster was billed as the best example of the last three billboard ads known to exist that promoted the famous 1933 movie starring Fay Wray.

"King Kong: The History of a Movie Icon, from Fay Wray to Peter Jackson," by Ray Morton By Gregory McNamee LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - King Kong, late of Skull Island, was big and hairy. He had an eye for the ladies. He didn't like flashbulbs. He didn't like planes.

A new version of "King Kong," the greatest "Beauty and the Beast" movie ever made, is about to frighten and inspire audiences -- this time with modern special effects, a more realistic gorilla and more loving glances between ape and girl than ever before.

Not surprisingly, considering New York's long-held fascination with the big gorilla, the city went ape for King Kong Monday.

By RAY LILLEYWELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- Peter Jackson first tried to film "King Kong" at 13, using a cardboard model of the Empire State Building, a bedsheet painted with a New York backdrop and his Super-8 camera.Now 42 and with three Academy Awards to his credit, the director of the celebrated "Lord of the Rings" trilogy is ready to shoot a star-studded, multimillion-dollar remake.