King Kong (2005) 4K Filmized Remaster + 4K Filmized Hybrid Open Matte / Scope Remaster (Extended Cut)

EDIT 01.12.25

The 4K Filmized Hybrid Open Matte / Scope Remaster is also available.

EDIT : Hi, anyone needing an easier way to get the 4K Filmized Remaster can now PM me. All released 4K Filmized Remasters are upcoming as well. Thanks for your patience.

Hello there !

Upcoming in the 4K Filmized Remaster series, here is the extended cut of Peter Jackson’s King Kong remake, freshly restored from the untouched original bluray with my restoration process.

As a big Peter Jackson fan, I always felt disappointed with the Ultra HD Bluray remaster. The new yellow color grading and over lightened/sharpened image always felt kinda off to me. I decided to start the remastering process from the original bluray and applied further color grading to get rid of the yellow tint. Screenshots comparison might help you to understand what I’m talking about.

Official 4K image tonemapped in SDR

4K Filmized Remaster

Official 4K image tonemapped in SDR

4K Filmized Remaster

Official 4K image tonemapped in SDR

4K Filmized Remaster

Official 4K image tonemapped in SDR

4K Filmized Remaster

Official 4K image tonemapped in SDR

4K Filmized Remaster

Official 4K image tonemapped in SDR

4K Filmized Remaster

Official 4K image tonemapped in SDR

4K Filmized Remaster

Official 4K image tonemapped in SDR

4K Filmized Remaster

Official 4K image tonemapped in SDR

4K Filmized Remaster

Official 4K image tonemapped in SDR

4K Filmized Remaster

I’m also looking forward to a clean open matte version of the theatrical cut or the extended cut to create a hybrid open matte / scope release. If someone here has it, just let me know. The only “good” open matte I found is ripped from Starz and is watermarked with their logo on several scenes.

The final release will include untouched audio from the official 4K Ultra HD Bluray in English and Truefrench.

Stay tuned.

More screeshots

Pretty good work here… the DNR and sharpening is VERY apparent in some scenes from the retail 4k release. On the last comparison screenshot, I noticed your upscale has a strange horizontal band that runs across Kong’s forehead. Is that an artifact from the 1080p source?

waffle said:

Pretty good work here… the DNR and sharpening is VERY apparent in some scenes from the retail 4k release. On the last comparison screenshot, I noticed your upscale has a strange horizontal band that runs across Kong’s forehead. Is that an artifact from the 1080p source?

Thanks, it is in its final stage. Now we’ll have a pretty decent master to watch this masterpiece. Talking about the last screenshot, I don’t see what you’re talking about. Can you zoom in and share the example, please ? What I’m seeing near his forehead is the line of his shoulder. The bluray encode was indeed a great encode and shouldn’t have many artifacts.

MJBenito said:

waffle said:

Pretty good work here… the DNR and sharpening is VERY apparent in some scenes from the retail 4k release. On the last comparison screenshot, I noticed your upscale has a strange horizontal band that runs across Kong’s forehead. Is that an artifact from the 1080p source?

Thanks, it is in its final stage. Now we’ll have a pretty decent master to watch this masterpiece. Talking about the last screenshot, I don’t see what you’re talking about. Can you zoom in and share the example, please ? What I’m seeing near his forehead is the line of his shoulder. The bluray encode was indeed a great encode and shouldn’t have many artifacts.

I’m referring to the screenshot above the words “I’m also looking forward to a clean open matte version of the theatrical cut or the extended cut to create a hybrid open matte / scope release. If someone here has it, just let me know. The only “good” open matte I found is ripped from Starz and is watermarked with their logo on several scenes.”

There’s a little band that runs horizontally across the top of the frame. You can also see it somewhat running along the left side of the frame as well and a tiny bit on the right.

waffle said:

MJBenito said:

waffle said:

Pretty good work here… the DNR and sharpening is VERY apparent in some scenes from the retail 4k release. On the last comparison screenshot, I noticed your upscale has a strange horizontal band that runs across Kong’s forehead. Is that an artifact from the 1080p source?

Thanks, it is in its final stage. Now we’ll have a pretty decent master to watch this masterpiece. Talking about the last screenshot, I don’t see what you’re talking about. Can you zoom in and share the example, please ? What I’m seeing near his forehead is the line of his shoulder. The bluray encode was indeed a great encode and shouldn’t have many artifacts.

I’m referring to the screenshot above the words “I’m also looking forward to a clean open matte version of the theatrical cut or the extended cut to create a hybrid open matte / scope release. If someone here has it, just let me know. The only “good” open matte I found is ripped from Starz and is watermarked with their logo on several scenes.”

There’s a little band that runs horizontally across the top of the frame. You can also see it somewhat running along the left side of the frame as well and a tiny bit on the right.

Now I see the horizontal band. It is unfortunately part of the 1080p master, don’t know where this is coming from.

Thanks for the insights regarding the Open Matte version. I think it would be too much work to put out a hybrid version, then.

King Kong (2005) EXTENDED 4K Filmized Remaster now available.

Is anyone seeding this on resilio? I currently have 0 peers

stwd4nder2 said:

Is anyone seeding this on resilio? I currently have 0 peers

Check again.

MJBenito, any chance this could be upped to Blutopia, please? Would love to see this.

Hi, I’m back on board, working on a new and easier solution to provide you the 4K Filmized Remasters, file by file as requested. When everything is ready and available, I’ll get back to each one of you, including DMs received while I was on holiday. Thanks for your patience and take care.

Hi, anyone needing an easier way to get the 4K Filmized Remaster can now PM me. All released 4K Filmized Remasters are upcoming as well. Thanks for your patience.

Open Matte is also available . . . .

Shahzain said:

Open Matte is also available . . . .

Yes but watermarked and most of the time zoomed in.

Has anyone ever gotten hold of this? I pm’d the OP earlier this year but he is long gone now.

I hate it when remasters have dnr. They need to leave the grain there. It’s like taking away a part of the movie