Genius Products LLC announced that it will release BKN’s new animated feature Kong: Return To The Jungle on Nov. 21. BKN’s previous Kong productions, including Kong: The Animated Series, have been produced in 2D but this latest installment is made entirely in 3D CG.
Kong: Return To The Jungle continues the animated saga based on the 1933 feature that pretty much invented the visual effects film with stop-motion animation by Willis O’Brien. In this latest adventure, Kong and other remarkable inhabitants of Kong Island are captured and transported to a state-of-the-art zoo on the Island of Manhattan. However, this great ape won’t suffer the same fate as his famous ancestor. The feature is produced by Rick Ungar, whose credits include animated incarnations of Marvel Comics’ X-Men, Spider-Man and Fantastic Four properties.
Genius, which recently handled the home-video release of The Weinstein Co.’s animated feature, Hoodwinked, has also acquired distribution rights to BKN’s CG-animated feature A Christmas Carol. The movie will release it on home video on Nov. 21, one week before it begins its limited theatrical run as part of Kidtoon Films’ series of weekend matinees.
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