Weta Workshop brings Kong to life.

To digitally create the giant gorilla, Kong, and the environment of Skull Island in Peter Jackson's feature film (theatres 12.14.05), Weta Workshop utilizes a process called Motion Capture.

Take a sneak peak into Weta's special effects studio down in Wellington, New Zealand, and watch this Quicktime to learn more about the technology.

Andy Serkis (who portrayed the CGI Gollum in Jackson's Lord of the Rings Trilogy) provides a live performance, both on-set and for motion capture, to the title character, Kong.