Conquest of the Planet of the Apes remake... sorta.

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May 6, 2010 - http://movies.ign.com/articles/108/1088234p1.html

Previously titled Caesar, Variety reports that Fox is now calling the picture Rise of the Apes and that it will be released next summer on June 24, 2011. Additionally, Rupert Wyatt (The Escapist) is confirmed to direct the return to Ape City from a script by Amanda Silver and Rick Jaffa.

Peter Jackson's WETA Digital will handle the visual effects on the film (which will render photo-realistic apes rather than using actors in monkey suits). Here's the film's logline:

"Rise of the Apes is an origins story set in present-day San Francisco. The film is a reality-based cautionary tale, where man's own experiments with genetic engineering lead to the development of intelligence in apes and the onset of a war for supremacy."

Bring it on, Lawgiver!

Bring it on indeed!

Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, the only previous movie in the franchise to tackle this subject, is my favorite installment of the whole film series (and the only film in the original series that wasn't rated G, because it was too violent for such a rating).

This sounds like it has a ton of potential.

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Well that sounds like they're taking a different direction from that last Planet of the Apes concept and that's OK by me.

[ion.nai existential absurdist Find all posts View Profile Close ion.nai]

Neat.
Weta does fantastic things. Loved their work in Lord of the Rings and Black Sheep.
The Tim Burton Apes is tough to sit through. I hope this film turns out to be a lot better.

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I'll support any Apes film. Hell, I even own the tv series and the animated series! The only film I was old enough to see in the theater was the remake, and I really don't want that crappy movie to be my only experience seeing a new Apes movie! Actually, a theater around me played the original Heston version last year, so I did get to see it on the big screen with my son...four decades after it's release!

If this movie is set in present day, it probably won't be holding itself to the old continuity. I wish it was (Conquest is my second favorite Apes movie), but I can live with something new if it also disregards the Burton remake. It sounds like a neat idea to springboard a new line of movies.

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Well... to set it in 1994, like the actual Conquest, would be pretty ridiculous... but it still seems to be the same essential story.
But yeah, I was thinking of the springboard value, too. This could very well be what Apes fans have been waiting for.

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ugh can't they let this crap just go away

[Willpower The Gunslinger Find all posts View Profile Close Willpower]

Love the old Planet of the Apes movies, especially the first with Heston.

+ YouTube Video

Best scene ever!

I'm down for any attempt to bring it back. Conquest was good, too. We'll see if the CGI apes look good.

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Its WETA digital... they'll look great.

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Sounds interesting.