The couple have previously collaborated on Planet of the Apes, Big Fish and Corpse Bride.
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Despite those lowered expectations, the new Planet of the Apes prequel looks like it could be a hit.
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In June, 20th Century Fox transformed downtown New Orleans into post-apocalyptic San Francisco for Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.
When I was a kid, theaters would run Planet of the Apes festivals, where they show the first five movies all night.
And it was the planet of the apes after the destructive act of a big war, and atomic bombs and whatever in the movie.
Heston found fame as an actor starring in such films as El Cid, Planet of the Apes and as Moses in The Ten Commandments.
News Corp. film studios also saw a revenue bump after several successful releases, including Rio, Rise of Planet of the Apes, and X-Men First Class.
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Will Rise of the Planet of the Apes do as well?
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The last Planet of the Apes movie in 2001 did fine financially but it was a critical mess that failed to relaunch the franchise for Fox.
The chairs also showed up on the sets of Tim Burton's remake of science fiction classic Planet of the Apes and Bryan Singer's second X-Men film, X2.
But the wonderful thing is that 46 years later, the original Planet of the Apes (not the awful 2001 remake) is still a perfect metaphor for our world.
His work on Rise of the Planet of the Apes was phenomenal and demonstrated a great ability to balance visual effects action with strong story and character development.
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Universal has given no other details regarding its cast or plot, however it will be written by Rise of the Planet of the Apes screenwriters Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver.
Bonham Carter, who has starred in films including Howards End, Planet of the Apes and Fight Club, was nominated for a best actress Oscar in 1998 for The Wings of the Dove.
This version, not surprisingly, also tells the prequel tale of a how a single and uniquely intelligent baby talking chimp named Caesar launched the simian domination of our world that led to Planet of the Apes.
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In recent decades, Jonathan Miller's controversial 1982 English National Opera production, filled with Mafioso in New York's Little Italy circa 1950, has been followed by concepts as goofy as relocating the action to "The Planet of the Apes" in a 2005 staging in Munich, Germany.
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