Peter Jackson’s 2005 King Kong is a remake of which 1933 film?

Peter Jackson’s 2005 King Kong is a remake of the 1933 film King Kong.

The original King Kong was directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack and became one of the defining giant-monster films of early cinema. It introduced audiences to the giant ape Kong, who is taken from Skull Island to New York after a film expedition encounters him.

Jackson’s version keeps the central premise but relocates its production-era setting to 1933, the year of the original film. It expands the characters and action, uses modern digital effects, and presents Kong through performance capture by Andy Serkis. Naomi Watts, Jack Black, and Adrien Brody star in the 2005 production.

The film is a remake rather than a direct sequel. It also differs from Son of Kong, a 1933 follow-up to the original, and from later films in the broader MonsterVerse franchise.