King Kong

Jack Black stars as filmmaker Carl Denham who is struggling to make a name for himself in the entertainment industry, in the dramatic adventure "King Kong." The movie opens Dec. 14, 2005.

Filmmaker Carl Denham (Jack Black) is trailed by his assistant, Preston (Colin Hanks), into bustling traffic in 1933 Manhattan.

Adrien Brody stars as Jack Driscoll, a New York playwright who becomes an unlikely hero in a romantic adventure story which will test his physical courage and his heart, in the latest remake of "King Kong."

Naomi Watts stars as Ann Darrow, an actress from the world of vaudeville who finds herself out of a job in Depression-era New York.

The tramp steamer Venture approaches the rocky shores of Skull Island.

Filmmaker Carl Denham (Jack Black, far right) directs a screen test on the rocky shores of Skull Island, attended by (from left) his assistant, Preston (Colin Hanks), camerman Herb (John Sumner) and writer Jack Driscoll (Adrien Brody).

Bruce Baxter (Kyle Chandler), a '30s-era movie hero, is urged by filmmaker Carl Denham (Jack Black) and cameraman Herb (John Sumner) to approach a herd of brontosauruses they discover on Skull Island.

Writer Jack Driscoll (Adrien Brody, left) and filmmaker Carl Denham (Jack Black) run to outpace a charging brontosaurus herd on Skull Island.

Crew members of the Venture race to rescue Ann Darrow from a mysterious ceremony on the other side of the village wall on Skull Island.

Ann Darrow (Naomi Watts) looks on in terror as Kong approaches the sacrificial altar where she has been bound by the natives of Skull Island.

Ann Darrow meets the King.

Some of the crew from the Venture venture into the dense jungle of Skull Island in search of Ann Darrow, who's been taken by Kong.

Kong comes to the defense of Ann Darrow (Naomi Watts), threatened by a marauding T. Rex in the jungles of Skull Island.

Kong is the gigantic ape captured in the wild and brought to civilization, where he meets his tragic fate.

Jack Driscoll (Adrien Brody, right) is separated from the crew of the Venture -- including filmmaker Carl Denham (Jack Black, second from left) and Captain Englehorn (Thomas Kretschmann, third from left) -- after ascending a ravine on Skull Island.

Jack manages to track Kong while Denham heads back to get more reinforcements. Jack manages to get Ann while Kong is distracted while fighting off a pteronodon.

Kong is stilled by the approach of Ann Darrow, following his escape from captivity and rampage through the streets of New York City.

A squadron of Helldiver biplanes descends on the Empire State Building, whose heights have been scaled by Kong in his flight from the streets of New York City.

Ann Darrow shares a quiet moment at sunrise with Kong atop the Empire State Building, whose heights he has scaled in his flight from the streets of New York City.

Darrow (Naomi Watts) is held in the grip of Kong atop the Empire State Building, whose heights he has scaled in his flight from the streets of New York City.