Not that Letteri seems to have been too phased by the labours of Kong. But then this is a man who's currently working on how to make pixelated pedestrians behave normally while walking the digital streets of New York. It's a huge task, but the tests are incredible and Letteri seems happy with his progress. Presumably he'll next take a crack at irrigating the Sahara.
Richard Taylor's also had his work cut out for him on Kong. Besides fashioning period weapons, grotesque prosthetics for the native tribesman and miniatures ranging from the boat that brings Jack Black, Adrien Brody, Naomi Watts and company to the island to the famous Gates of Kong, he's also had to bring the eight wonder of the world and his prehistoric playmates to life. But don't expect Peter Jackson's dinos to look like anything you've seen before.
"Our dinosaurs are scientifically accurate," comments Taylor, "but since Skull Island has been subject to a further 65 million years of evolution, they've undergone changes that real dinosaurs never underwent. Our T Rexs, for example [and, yes, Kong will battle two tyrannosaurs], have developed an extra digit, and their hips are far more flexible which makes them a more athletic killing machine. So, no, this isn't Jurassic Park."
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