Back in 2001 the Planet Of The Apes franchise looked dead in the water. Tim Burton’s reimagining of the original film had received a critical mauling and it was clear that if Fox wanted to persist with the franchise, they would need to take things in a radically different direction.
Burton’s film had ended with the door left ajar for a potential sequel, with Mark Wahlberg’s astronaut returning to Earth only to be confronted by a statue of General Thade in place of Abe Lincoln. Taking aside the fact that it didn’t make much sense, there was at least scope here for Wahlberg to go round 2 with those damned dirty apes.
However, Burton was none to keen to repeat the experience, telling The Guardian he’d, “rather jump out of a window” then direct a sequel. Meanwhile, Wahlberg was still smarting at having passed up on Ocean’s Eleven to star in the original and had no intention of tripping himself up for a second time.
But despite all this negativity Fox weren’t about to give up on one of their most reliable cash cows, deciding that all that was needed was a new approach. In a shockingly original move it was judged that a prequel would be the best way to proceed, with Minority Report scribe Scott Frank commissioned to pen a script... the apes were on the rise again!
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Aug 13th 2011, 20:31
Sequel names: Dominion of the Apes. Reign of the Apes. We've Gone Ape-s**t.
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higgins78
Aug 17th 2011, 13:45
Being a huge fan of the original I was skeptical before going to see Rise nearly a week ago now. Sure, it was less philosophical and more prison break movie but it was at least on par with Beneath and in some ways a lot better. I would recommend Rise to anybody of all ages, bring on the sequel...
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