After searching worldwide for the right boat to be the Venture, Peter Jackson found and purchased the Manuia, in the South Pacific island of Tonga. Several set pieces were added to the 50 year old vessel to make it resemble a 1930s freighter. Film crew were forced to abandon the boat during filming in March 2005 when it sprang a leak and began to take on water off New Zealand's Kapiti Coast. Emergency repairs were carried out and it sailed back to Wellington, where the remaining boat scenes were shot without further incident.
The scene where Denham, Driscoll, and the crew fall into a pit filled with giant bugs is a reference to a scene in the original King Kong (1933), where the crew fell into a pit and encountered giant spiders, which was cut for being too gruesome.
During the beginning of the film there is a shot of a restaurant in New York called "BG's sandwiches." No such restaurant existed. It is a nod to BG Hacker, who organized and catered the New York premiere parties for Peter Jackson's production people on all three Lord of the Rings films
The scene that Anne and Bruce rehearse on the boat is a copy of a scene in the original King Kong (1933).
A poster for Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness (1927)' can be seen in the background of the studio office when Denham is listening in on the meeting through the door. "Chang" was produced by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, the same men who made the original King Kong (1933)
At the very end of the closing credits the movie is dedicated to "The original explorers of Skull Island..." followed by the names of the actors who played major roles in the 1933 original.
The "Scream Ann! Scream for your life!" scene shown in trailers across the world for the movie never made it into the final cut.
One of the gas bombs from King Kong (1933) can be seen in the shot of the cage filled with chloroform
Cameo: [Rick Baker] the pilot of the airplane which is shooting at Kong at the Empire State Building. Rick Baker played Kong in King Kong (1976)
The score being played in the New York theatre when Kong is revealed is the same score from the original King Kong (1933). The same is true for the costumes being worn by the performers on stage-they are similar to the island inhabitants from the original King Kong.
The scene where Kong splits the jaw of the T-Rex is in the original. Also in the original is the "shaking log" scene.
The billboards that appear in Times Square (with ads for Coca-Cola, Pepsodent, and Chevrolet), are identical to those in the original 1933 version.
Cameo: [Frank Darabont] a biplane gunner.
Shipped to cinemas in Europe under the name "Gipsy Camp". It came in two packs, reel 1, 3, 4a, 6, 8 and the next day 2, 4b, 7 and 9
King Kong's roar is a lion's roar played backwards at half speed.
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