King Kong swings back to Universal Studios in 3-D

Playboy model Hope Dworaczyk poses at the opening event for the attraction "King Kong 360 3-D" at Universal Studios Hollywood in Universal City, California June 29, 2010.[Agencies]

 

Rather than simply move past the real-life blaze that destroyed the theme park's original 30-foot-tall animatronic ape in 2008, the fire has become part of the revamped attraction's mythology, addressed by tour guides and featured in footage broadcast inside the tour's trams. One doctored image ominously depicts the figure of King Kong emerging from the smoke.

"The fire presented us with a unique opportunity to rebuild King Kong, which had been without a doubt one of the most popular stops on the studio tour," said Universal Studios show producer Valerie Johnson-Redrow. "The initial thought was, of course, to go back to Peter Jackson's 2005 film and re-imagine King Kong in an entirely new way for the studio tour."

 

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