Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Geekyfanboy · April 06, 2011, 06:35:53 PM

Thought we had a thread for this.. heard the trailer will be out Friday April 15th

Fox's 'Rise of the Apes' Now Retitled 'Rise of the Planet of the Apes'

April 6, 2011
Source: SlashFilm
by Alex Billington
Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Briefly: Make what you will of this, but it is just a title. SlashFilm via CBM has confirmed with 20th Century Fox that Rupert Wyatt's new Rise of the Apes prequel/reboot, starring James Franco, will now be officially titled Rise of the Planet of the Apes. It's not hard to see that Fox is having trouble figuring out how to market this, originally moving the release in November, then pulling it back to August 5th. Now this change is just a way to get the original Rise of the Apes name somewhere directly in the title, without calling it Rise of the Apes. Oh whatever, I just want to see a trailer, I'm actually still pretty damn excited to see this.

Rise of the Apes is set in contemporary San Francisco and follows a young scientist who becomes a crucial figure in the war between humans and apes. Franco has been testing his Alzheimer cure on apes, but one of them, named Caesar, starts to evolve rapidly, so he takes him home to live with him and protect him from the "cruel doctors," thus starting the inevitable ape revolution. James Franco stars, along with Andy Serkis providing motion capture for Caesar and Weta doing CGI, Freida Pinto, John Lithgow, Brian Cox and Tom Felton. Word is that we'll finally see a teaser trailer next week, by April 15th, so keep an eye out for that, too!

Rico · April 06, 2011, 06:50:50 PM

Was it this thread Kenny?

http://www.treksinscifi.com/forum/index.php?topic=5638.0

Geekyfanboy · April 06, 2011, 08:18:09 PM

Quote from: Rico on April 06, 2011, 06:50:50 PM
Was it this thread Kenny?

http://www.treksinscifi.com/forum/index.php?topic=5638.0

I knew we discussed a remake somewhere.. Thanks Rico

Dangelus · April 06, 2011, 11:23:47 PM

So this is a prequel based on the Original Ape movies since the "rise" occurs on Earth?

Haven't they made this story already? I seem to remember a similar plot.

Bromptonboy · April 07, 2011, 04:39:21 AM

Get your hands on a new story - you damned dirty writers!

:)

Bryancd · April 07, 2011, 06:08:22 AM

Yes but the original benefited from having Ricardo Montalban!

Dangelus · April 07, 2011, 07:21:23 AM

That's right, I've seen it.

Feathers · April 07, 2011, 07:53:27 AM

I believe David Hewlett (SG-1, SG-A and now SGU) is supposed to have a role in this somewhere. I don't know what as though.

Rico · April 11, 2011, 03:58:00 PM

Looks like a lot of stuff will be released this week on this film. There is a VERY short little bit of footage at the link below showing some of WETA's work on the ape look for this. Check it out.

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=76327

Rico · April 14, 2011, 05:03:00 AM

WOW! This trailer looks pretty cool. I'm impressed so far.

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=76429

Bryancd · April 14, 2011, 06:02:25 AM

Very cool! The facial expressions on the human like chimp look amazing. The gorilla's running amok look a little dodgy, though.

Geekyfanboy · April 14, 2011, 10:37:34 AM

Wow.. intense.. looking forward to this one.

Rico · April 14, 2011, 01:54:22 PM

James Franco as a high tech scientist guy is more of a stretch for me to buy into than apes becoming super intelligent. ;)

Bromptonboy · April 14, 2011, 02:34:35 PM

Quote from: Rico on April 14, 2011, 01:54:22 PM
James Franco as a high tech scientist guy is more of a stretch for me to buy into than apes becoming super intelligent. ;)

Good one! Almost like Kim Richards being a Nobel prize winning scientist... :)

ori-STUDFARM · April 14, 2011, 02:36:09 PM

I didn't think there was much of a chance of this movie working....but this trailer looks impressive!