Saturday
29Nov2008
Return to the Rumor of the 'Planet of the Apes'
Saturday, November 29, 2008 at 10:15PM 
Several weeks ago, it was
just a rumor
like so many rumors we feel compelled to talk about, simply because of their
possibilities. But now, the likelihood that we'll get another
Planet of the Apes movie seems to be picking up
steam, even though when news of the proposed remake first made it out of the studio, it didn't appear to have very much momentum at all.Devin Faraci at CHUD mentioned that Fox was exploring a new Apes flick - based on one of the sequels, Conquest of the Planet of the Apes - and now studio head Tom Rothman seems to be considerably more open to the idea than he was before.
In fact, Rothman was apparently talking about a future Apes project on the Fox Movie Channel, saying after a broadcast of the original film during a weekend marathon, "We are very close at Fox on a new Apes script- this one a kind of prequel story before the first story, with a return to the social thematics that mark the first one, but with an entirely contemporary setting - Earth 2009." The one thing I'll say about the other films in the series is that they have pretty novel plots, places for the characters and the action to go. They're not all great movies (and in fact, I don't even think Conquest is all that good), but the stories have potential. But would Fox treat this like a prequel to the Mark Wahlberg Apes remake? Uh...let's hope not.
Colin Boyd | Permalink | in Apes, Prequels, Remakes | Print Article | Email Article | Post a Comment | Share Article
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