{"id":298121,"date":"2025-03-17T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=351140"},"modified":"2025-07-01T15:09:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T22:09:13","slug":"peter-jacksons-king-kong-had-major-changes-due-to-the-most-unexpected-person-peter-jacksons-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/peter-jacksons-king-kong-had-major-changes-due-to-the-most-unexpected-person-peter-jacksons-son\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Jackson&#039;s King Kong had major changes due to the most unexpected person: Peter Jackson&#039;s son"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/peter-jacksons-king-kong.en.softonic.com\/\">Ubisoft Montpellier released in 2005 Peter Jackson&#8217;s King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie<\/a>, a video game that, <strong>although it received mixed reviews at the time of its release, stood out for its ambition and innovative gameplay<\/strong>. Developed in less than two years, the creation of the game was designed to synchronize its release with the film by the well-known director, who played an active role in its development.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A game that was a challenge for multiple reasons<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Peter Jackson, acclaimed for his work on the Lord of the Rings trilogy, expressed excitement about collaborating with Ubisoft, especially because he was a fan of another title from the studio, Beyond Good &amp; Evil. <strong>From the beginning of the project, Jackson contributed significantly, even requesting changes to the character design<\/strong>. A notable example was the reconfiguration of King Kong&#8217;s face, based on feedback from his son after trying a preliminary version of the game.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Peter Jackson&#039;s King Kong PlayStation 2 Trailer -\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2j3y_ePua7Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ubisoft Montpellier team faced a significant challenge due to the lack of access to complete data about the film&#8217;s production, which forced them to turn to the 1933 movie to define the artistic direction of the video game. <strong>As explained by the art director Florent Sacr\u00e9, photographs were taken of the C\u00e9vennes region in France, which were used to create the textures and materials of the game&#8217;s natural environment<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite the criticism it received at launch, the game stood out for its survival and combat-focused experience, with a HUD-less presentation that clearly marked an attempt to innovate in film adaptations. <strong>Although &#8220;King Kong&#8221; is not considered a timeless classic, it is still remembered for its creativity and while its flaws can be attributed to its short development cycle, it left a mark on the movie-based game genre<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Steam\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/3047d89c-96d0-11e6-8546-00163ed833e7\/2505233623\/steam-download.jpg\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Steam<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/steam.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/steam.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ubisoft Montpellier released in 2005 Peter Jackson&#8217;s King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie, a video game that, although it received mixed reviews at the time of its release, stood out for its ambition and innovative gameplay. Developed in less than two years, the creation of the game was designed to synchronize its release with the film by the renowned director, who played an active role in its development. A game that was a challenge for multiple reasons Peter Jackson, acclaimed for his work on the Lord of the Rings trilogy, was excited to collaborate with Ubisoft, especially because it was [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9318,"featured_media":298124,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1018,1015],"tags":[9441,1995,4705,9442,1076,9443],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6823],"class_list":["post-298121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaming","category-news","tag-beyond-good-evil","tag-king-kong","tag-peter-jackson","tag-peter-jacksons-king-kong-the-official-game-of-the-movie","tag-ubisoft","tag-ubisoft-montpellier","content-category-games"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9318"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=298121"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":308804,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298121\/revisions\/308804"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/298124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=298121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=298121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=298121"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=298121"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=298121"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=298121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}