The King Kong Diaries

iFMagazine reports some pleasant news. Peter Jackson will be releasing a detailed account of the making of King Kong a day before his film opens in theaters.

"For the first time in the history of cinema, film fans will have the opportunity to experience the production of a major motion picture from the unique perspective of a master filmmaker with King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries. The three-time Academy Award winning director (The Lord of the Rings trilogy) personally invites viewers to immerse themselves in this unprecedented project, which combines a full-color book with more than 50 pages, four stunning production conceptual art prints, and two DVDs to create a step-by-step, first-hand account of the film's intense eight-month production process. In another first, King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries will be released December 13, 2005, a day before the movie opens in theaters."