In the flood of Rise of the Planet of the Apes coverage, we’ve also recieved concept art for the Rupert Wyatt film. These were images done to give a scale to what looks to be the third act of the film where the Apes take over San Francisco, or at least San Fransisco in the art. Such then reminds of Hitchcock, if only because of Vertigo. Take a look…
How does one deal with press? For both Jon M. Chu, and Rupert Wyatt, both are walking into a battlefield with their next films. For Jon M. Chu, he’s been signed on for the G.I. Joe sequel, but is known for his musicals, while Rupert Wyatt, he’s putting out a new Planet of the Apes film after the franchise has struggled to reboot itself. Both have offered themselves to the press to make their case for their films.
You can say this for the Rise of the Planet of the Apes trailer , it bears no resemblance to the last attempt to relaunch the Planet of the Apes franchise. This one suggests no connection to the other films in a good way. Rupert Wyatt‘s film is a revamp of the fourth film Conquest of the Planet of the Apes without the time travel, and instead has scientists led by James Franco making super-smart apes that then turn on the human populace. The film opens August 5. Check out the trailer…
Recently the new Planet of the Apes film got a longer title (Rise of the Planet of the Apes), and moved itself to August. The film still stars James Franco, Andy Serkis and Freida Pinto, and is still directed by Rupert Wyatt. But no footage has been made available, and the sole image has been one of Franco looking at a computer. With summer looming, we should be getting a trailer right? Well, it looks like this week will feature a number of Apes bits, starting with the first look at the CGI animals in the film.Take a look…
According to Mike Fleming over at Deadline New York, Rupert Wyatt has been hired to usher Planet of the Apes into the new decade. The last time we saw a film in the franchise it was the 2001 reboot by Tim Burton and almost ten years later there’s a prequel on the horizon and Wyatt’s been tapped to direct it.
