Planet Of The Apes

Remakes - - whether they're shot-for-shot copies or just reinterpretations - - always lead film-makers onto dodgy ground. Especially when they're remakes of already popular movies, and even more especially when they're remakes of already popular movies about apes. Quite why, for example, Dino De Laurentiis ever thought his '76 King Kong could rise above negative comparisons with the original remains a mystery.

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UK Theatrical Release Date: Aug 17th 2001
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- Tim Burton
Screenplay
- William Broyles Jr
Studio Twentieth-Century Fox Corporation

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