Inside 'Kong': New Zealand taxpayers hedge Universal's investment
Here’s the money paragraph (so to speak) in Edward Jay Epstein’s Slate column about compensation for movie stars and filmmakers, re: how much Peter Jackson was paid for ‘King Kong.’
In this light, Peter Jackson’s compensation for King Kong was a relative bargain. Universal paid $20 million in fixed compensation to Jackson’s production company not only for his directing services, but also for the scriptwriting and producing services of his collaborators Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens.
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