King Kong 360 3-D Debut!

“King Kong 360 3-D” debuted today at Universal Studios Hollywood!  Peter Jackson has created the world’s largest most intense 3D experience, combining a ground-breaking use of Surround Digital 3D film and thrilling visceral effects to create a next-generation theme park experience.

The world premiere of the attraction featured a star-studded guest list including “The Office” stars Kate Flannery, Oscar Nunez, and Craig Robinson, as well as a 3-D appearance by Peter Jackson via an enormous HD flat screen monitor. “King Kong 360 3-D” is the first theme park attraction to be directed by the three-time Oscar®-winning storyteller and filmmaker Peter Jackson. Click here to view event photos!! The new attraction sounds seriously cool! Guests aboard Studio Tour trams are given special 3-D glasses as they enter an enormous soundstage larger than a football field. Once inside, the trams are enveloped within enormous screens, their size equaling an area equivalent to 16 conventional movie screens and rest atop steel platens that provide a powerful motion base. Via the magic of Surround Digital 3D projection, guests are transported deep into a tangled jungle location. There, they survive a close encounter with a swarm of hungry raptors, only to be confronted by the terrifying presence of 35′ tall dinosaurs. Suddenly, the 25′ tall Kong gorilla appears. The trams roll and shudder as the guests find themselves caught in the middle of a titanic struggle between the great ape and carnivorous reptiles! The enormous scale and the cutting edge technology employed by the designers elevate the powerful, iconic storyline to a new level. The vivid realism of the 3D immersion and the synchronized motion of the tram combine to produce a sense of immersion without precedent in a theme park attraction. Peter Jackson, director of the Oscar®-winning 2005 Universal Pictures film upon which the attraction is based, said: “As a filmmaker, you’re hoping to have the audience step inside your movie and become part of the experience…to create the illusion of reality in a way that is much more tactile and profound than can be done in the cinema environment of a normal theatre. The new `King Kong 360 3D’ at Universal Studios Hollywood provided us with a unique opportunity to really push film and theme park technology to create that illusion. Our intention was to create a spectacular and immersive 3D experience and we’re confident that we’ve achieved that. King Kong 360 3D is the largest most intense 3D experience on the planet.” Larry Kurzweil, President, Universal Studios Hollywood, said: “After a two-year absence, King Kong has returned with a vengeance never before seen. Guests from around the world will feel as if they are completely immersed in Peter Jackson’s 3D storytelling. King Kong 360-3D is the fight of the century and a highly repeatable breakthrough thrill ride, taking theme park and movie making experiences to an entirely new level.” Get your mind blown by the breakthrough thrill ride, which opens to the public this weekend!