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Director Peter Jackson's next project after "The Lord of the Rings" looks to be his long-proposed remake of "King Kong." Universal Studios has given Jackson the greenlight to remake the 1933 RKO Radio Pictures classic and hopes to release the new film in 2005.
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The final installment of the blockbuster motion picture trilogy The Lord of the Rings has been acclaimed the world over as the definitive epic motion picture of recent times. The Return of the King was the recent recipient of eleven Academy Awards including Best Original Song and Best Original Score, as well as two Golden Globe Awards for Best Original Song and Best Score from a Motion Picture. Plus, you can now download sheet music for an additional Annie Lennox (co-writer and performer of 'Into the West'), entitled 'Use Well the Days' - included in the film's DVD release!
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The Oscar(R)-winning, critically-acclaimed LOTR Trilogy grossed nearly $3 billion worldwide at the box-office. In 2003, "Return of the King" swept the Academy Awards(R), winning all of the eleven categories in which it was nominated, including Best Picture -- the first ever Best Picture win for a fantasy film. The Trilogy's production was ... unprecedented at the time.
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