King Kong

The History of a Movie Icon

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by Ray Morton

Type

Stories

Subject

One Film > King Kong

Keywords

Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack, Peter Jackson, John Guillermin, fantasy, monsters

Publishing date

2026 (March 19, 2026) (Upcoming)

Publisher

Bloomsbury Academic

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Paperback • 480 pages
6 x 9 inches (15 x 23 cm)

ISBN

978-1-4930-7637-6

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Book Presentation:
King Kong's 1933 debut was not just a terrifying monster movie, an epic fairy tale, and a tragic love story, it was also a landmark piece of cinema and the point of origin for deeply resonant cultural myth.
Its legacy encompasses a vast cinematic universe that includes ten movies (and counting), as well as novels, comics, television shows, collectibles, and even a Broadway musical.
In this extensively updated edition of the classic book first published two decades ago, King Kong: The History of a Movie Icon is the definitive chronicle of the most famous ape in pop-culture history. It spans the whole of the Eighth Wonder's filmography, chronicling in detail the conception, production, release, and legacy of each Kong movie beginning with the 1933 original, through Peter Jackson's 2005 remake, and on to the newest movies that place Kong within an ever-expanding “Monsterverse.” Author and Kongophile Ray Morton also offers entertaining detours through the character's incarnations in other media, plentiful trivia, and reflections on the franchise's enduring appeal. Packed with photographs and based on extensive new research and exclusive interviews, this is by far the most complete and comprehensive guide to all things Kong.

About the Author:
Ray Morton is the author of author four previous histories of popular films: King Kong: The History of a Movie Icon from Fay Wray to Peter Jackson (Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, 2005), Close Encounters of the Third Kind: The Making of Steven Spielberg's Classic Film (Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, 2007), Amadeus: Music on Film (2011) and A Hard Day's Night: Music on Film (2011), as well as the books A Quick Guide to Screenwriting, A Quick Guide to Television Writing, and A Quick Guide to Film Directing. He has written a number of produced sitcom scripts, been a columnist for Script magazine, and works in Hollywood as a story consultant and script analyst.

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