Yes a new Planet of the Apes film is coming out in 2011 (June I have been told) and it will be called Rise of the Apes and it stars James Franco, Freida Pinto and Andy Serkis.
Here is the general jist of whats going on from Wikipedia
James Franco is set to play a scientist working on a cure for Alzheimer's by testing on apes. When test subject Caesar suddenly begins to mutate rapidly, the scientist takes him home to remove him from the cruel lab doctors.
Franco was cast after talks with Tobey Maguire broke down. Freida Pinto and John Lithgow joined the cast on June 22, 2010.Andy Serkis will play Caesar, the ape that leads the revolt. Tom Felton will also star as the human character Dodge.As of July 12, 2010,Brian Cox was in final negotiations to join the cast.According to his Twitter page, David Hewlett has also joined the cast, though he has not mentioned what his role in the film will be.Canadian actress Chelah Horsdal will also star as Irina.
It should also be noted that And Serkis plays a CGI Caesar (a bit obvious from the picture unless the make up guy was having a laugh).
But anyway this is isn't the first time that 20th Century Fox have tried rebooting the Planet of the Apes franchise as we all still remember the Tim Burton version with Marky Mark as the lead.
As we all know that failed as it was all over the place and film fans are instantly gonna compare it to the original.
When watching it back in 2001 I think in the cinema, I could clearly the see rift between so many fractions of the people involved with the making of the film.
1. Tim Burton wanted to make it a Tim Burton film.
2. The studio wanted to create another franchise and sell toys, less effort was made in the film and only cared if the trailer looked good.
3. They didn't know if they wanted to make a copy of the first film or be more faithful to the original book. As quite clearly it started very similar to the Heston version and ended very similar to the book. I'm sorry but you can't do both as they are totally different approaches. It's like the problem with the Stepford Wives "Are they robots or brainwashed? as they can't be both"
4. Why remake a clear classic with possibly the greatest ending to a film ever.
So already from what I have gathered 20th Century Fox have learned from their mistakes with the Tim Burton version. The director is alright as well with his last film was well received by critics The Escapist but I thought it had a few problems, but the director Wyatt seemed capable of getting the best from his actors.
But anyway as you may have noticed I love the original Planet of the Apes franchise. I have the DVD boxset, watched all the documentaries and read the original book Monkey Planet by Pierre Boulle which is also really good but no where near as good as the film.
So I would love to see The Planet of the Apes franchise make a come back and I'm really looking forward (and a little nervous tbh) to Rise of the Apes.
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