Kong Sequels a Prank

Source: The Hollywood Reporter April 4, 2005

On Friday, Jackson announced, as part of his video diary on KongIsKing.net, that he had already started working on two sequels to King Kong and that "Son of Kong" would start production immediately. The footage included shots of a script for the proposed sequel, models and interviews with most of the primary cast as well as a Universal exec, talking about why they wanted to do the sequel, etc.

It seemed a bit too good to be true and the chosen day to announce the sequels just seemed far too coincidential and suspect, but who were we to doubt Jackson? Surely, a busy director like him wouldn't go so far just for an April Fools' Joke, right? Wrong!

The Hollywood Reporter announced today that sadly, the whole thing was just an elaborate joke done to coincide with April Fools' Day. Of course, most of the people who fell for it--including entertainment news sites like this one--probably thought it was a great idea, and it did help get us even more excited for Jackson's adaptation of King Kong.

At least he didn't play with our hearts and say that he had signed an agreement to direct The Hobit!