Rooarrrrr! If the roar doesn't kill you, no doubt the breath would.As if they could even think of hold­ing it else­where, it has been con­firmed that the NZ pre­miere of King Kong is going to be held in Welling­ton, in mid-Decem­ber.

Unit­ed Inter­na­tion­al Pic­tures, the film’s New Zealand dis­trib­u­tor, has con­firmed Welling­ton will hold the pre­miere hours before King Kong is released around the world.

Spokesman Jonathan Park said oth­er details about the pre­miere, includ­ing where it would be held and guests, would be announced in com­ing weeks.

Welling­ton City Coun­cil spokes­woman Tri­na Saf­fi­oti said the coun­cil knew about the pre­miere date and was work­ing with the dis­trib­u­tor “on a pre­miere event” for the city.

It was con­firmed yes­ter­day that the world pre­miere of King Kong in New York would be on Decem­ber 5.

Hope­ful­ly the weath­er will be as fine, and the crowd as good-natured as that for the Lord of the Rings pre­miere.