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It is 1933, and vaudeville actress Ann Darrow (Oscar nominee Naomi Watts) has found herself - like so many other New Yorkers during the Great Depression - without the means to earn a living. Unwilling to compromise and allow herself to sink into a career in burlesque, she considers her limited options while aimlessly wandering .. Read more

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  Serkis thanks Franco for Oscars backing

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  • 10 Jan 2012

  Actor Andy Serkis has publicly thanked James Franco for championing him as a Best Actor Oscar nominee, branding his support "extraordinarily bold". Serkis shot to fame when he was transformed into the creepy Gollum in the Lord of The Rings trilogy and he has since given King Kong and Rise of the Planet of The Apes' Caesar a face. Franco recently insisted Serkis' pioneering work in motion capture technology would revolutionise Hollywood, saying, "It seems like such a shame that Andy doesn't get Read more

  

  King Kong

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  • 01 Jan 2000

  If the Lord of the Rings trilogy represents one of the biggest gambles in the history of cinema, its success gave writer-director Peter Jackson a free hand. He chose to go back to a dream project, and remake the movie that had inspired him above all others, the 1933 King Kong. A questionable move, you might think, considering Hollywood’s track record with remakes. But Jackson's love for the original shines through in a movie that not only retains the original’s early 30s setting,... Read more

  

  Franco: 'Oscars should recognise Serkis'

  • WENN Newsdesk
  • 29 Dec 2011

  Former Oscars host James Franco has urged Academy Awards voters to seriously consider his Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes co-star Andy Serkis for a Best Actor prize - because the work the Brit is doing with motion capture animation is amazing. Serkis shot to fame when he was transformed into the creepy Gollum in the Lord of The Rings trilogy and he has since given King Kong and Planet of The Apes' Caesar a face - and Franco insists his pioneering work will revolutionise Hollywood. The 127 Hours Read more

  

  Serkis slammed by animators

  • WENN Newsdesk
  • 02 Dec 2011

  Actor Andy Serkis has been "bombarded" with letters from several movie animators accusing him of taking too much credit for his characters in motion-capture films. The Brit has found fame with a series of motion-capture performances, playing Gollum in the Lord of the Rings series and the title character in 2005's King Kong remake. He embraced the technology again this year (11) with roles in Rise of the Planet of the Apes and Steven Spielberg's The Adventures of Tintin. But Serkis reveals he... Read more

  

  Serkis defends Apes role

  • WENN Newsdesk
  • 22 Jul 2011

  Andy Serkis has defended his decision to play another motion-capture primate on the big screen, insisting his roles in King Kong and Planet Of The Apes are very different. The actor has found fame with a series of performances using motion-capture technology, playing Gollum in the Lord of the Rings films and the title character in 2005's King Kong remake. He is embracing the technology again for his role as chief chimp Caesar in Rise of the Planet of the Apes, the new re-telling of the Planet... Read more

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    KING KONG is director Peter Jackson's sprawling, epic remake of Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack's 1933 movie of the same name, and it sees a film crew travel to the mysterious Skull Island, picks up giant gorilla King Kong, and bring him back to 1930s New York City. Despite his origins as ...

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    It is 1933, and vaudeville actress Ann Darrow (Oscar nominee Naomi Watts) has found herself - like so many other New Yorkers during the Great Depression - without the means to earn a living. Unwilling to compromise and allow herself to sink into a career in burlesque, she considers her limited ...

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