Peter Jackson - Jackson: 'King Kong Is Not Better Than Original'

KING KONG director PETER JACKSON has warned fans his new movie won't be better than the 1933 original - he is merely bringing it to life using modern technology.

Jackson, who also made the LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy, insists its impossible to compare the two - because the nature of filmmaking has changed so much in the 72 intervening years.

He says, "Improvement is a very weird term when you are talking about a film made in 1933. That's a classic film. Ours is the remake. With modern technology there is a reason to do it: You can do a photo-realistic gorilla."