'Planet of the Apes' Reboot Names a Director

For a while, it looked like there was going to be a new Planet of the Apes movie, one that picked up in the middle of the original film franchise and would ultimately lead to one of the most famous closing scenes in movie history. If you're going to reboot it, that's the best way to go. That was November 2008, but it cooled off pretty quickly. Then, at the beginning of this year, the project gained momentum again. Scott Frank, who had written a script for the new beginning and was set to direct, was bounced off the film, but Fox still planned to ahead with what was called Caesar, the name of the original ape who helped turn the world upside down (and the subject of Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, probably the best of the sequels). Minus Scott Frank, there was obviously more work to be done before this movie could ever go anywhere tangible. CHUD says that Rupert Wyatt (of the British prison movie The Escapist) has been hired to direct the update, now called Caesar: Rise of the Apes, which will chronicle how the apes first leveled the playing field with the humans. The movie may turn into a diatribe about animal testing, since it is from attempting to find a cure for Alzheimer's through brain tissue research that Caesar transforms. Some of the pivotal action in Conquest will be kept in place, although the major battle between man and ape will now be on the Golden Gate Bridge. Wasn't that in X3? What is it with destroying that bridge, Fox? I believed Frank's script was still being used, but the latest news is that Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver (The Relic) are crafting the screenplay. No offense, but that's not exactly a writing-directing combo you'd expect for a franchise reboot.

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[tirakia]

Yet another remake of this classic?! No thanks.