Big monkey meets pretty girl and the rest is movie history....

King Kong Credit: Universal Pictures

In King Kong, Jack Black plays 1930's filmmaker/showman Carl Denham who will stop at absolutely nothing to get his film made. Forget ethics, safety or truth. His plan is to make the ultimate adventure film on location on a mysterious island that is only rumored to exist. Denham steals some cameras from a studio and forces good guy playwright Jack Driscoll (Adrien Brody) to tag along on the mystery cruise aboard a tramp steamer to write the screenplay. Also onboard is pretty but starving (literally) actress Ann Darrow (Naomi Watts) who Denham has promised not only a leading lady part but a good meal. Attraction ignites between Jack and Ann.

King Kong Credit: Universal Pictures

The hilariously narcissistic leading man of Denham's film (Kyle Chandler), Denham's assistant (Colin Hanks), the exotic animal smuggling captain (Thomas Kretschmann) and the crew, including Lord of the Rings' Golum Andy Serkis, are all onboard when the ship runs aground in the fog off Skull Island. Denham continues shooting his film ashore but Ann is grabbed by local natives and sacrificed to the giant "God" of the island Kong, a 25-foot silverback gorilla who takes a shine to her and protects her from the island's dinosaurs and other killer beasties. Most of the crew members aren't so lucky and many are killed but nothing stops Denham from rolling film!