Of course now all the animation for the new King Kong will be done on computer, but just for fun here is some behind the scenes video at the new King Kong shooting including the original armature used in the classic 1933 King Kong (reanimated by the folks at Weta).

Behind the scenes of Peter Jackson's remake of King Kong (20.2mb Quicktime)

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