Australia's Global Creatures, the company behind "Walking with Dinosaurs: the Arena Spectacular," says it is working on "King Kong: Live on Stage."

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Carmen Pavlovic, the company's chief executive officer, said Thursday "King Kong" is being conceived for the Broadway stage and is authorized by the estate of Merian C. Cooper, creator of the iconic character and director of the 1933 film "King Kong."

The stage show is to be directed by Daniel Kramer and was written by Tony nominee Craig Lucas with new music by BAFTA winner and Grammy nominee Marius de Vries. The production is to feature a cast of more than 40 on-stage actors, singers, dancers and puppeteers.

"At its heart, 'King Kong' is a love story which is why we have chosen the more intimate space of a proscenium theater to tell this epic tale. We want to immerse the audience in the emotional journey of the book and music as much as the spectacle of our pioneering animatronics and puppetry," Pavlovic said in a statement Thursday.

"We are honored to collaborate with the Merian C. Cooper Estate. Through the input of Cooper's son Richard and daughter Terry we have a lifeline to the heart and mind of the great man and the thinking that informed his iconic creation."