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Planet of the Apesis a live-action adaptation based loosely on the French novelLa Planete des Singeswritten by Pierre Boulle and published in 1963. The work had since then inspired multiple films and television series spanning the latter half of the 20th century. However, it wasn’t until the 2011 film,Rise of the Planet of the Apes, that the franchise began to attract audience acclaim and gain stratospheric success.
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Planet of the ApesNarratives That Wooed the World
The original series of adaptations of the literary narrative managed to gross quite a successful run at the box office leading to a handful of reboots and retellings at a close range of theatrical releases. However, the production then simmered down with multiple projects having already exhausted the work of fiction to a point of overuse.
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In 2001, Tim Burton revived the story once more for a stand-alone film which too then gradually died down. However, a decade later,Andy Serkiswould blow the world away inRise of the Planet of the Apesand its sequels with a surreal performance as Caesar — one that would become a complete origin saga telling the tragic narrative of a species’ survival against mankind’s hubris, and the latter’s scramble to maintain power as the apex of the food chain.
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Planet of the ApesGets Called For Revival By Disney
After half a decade of remaining dormant, thePlanet of the Apessaga is getting a reboot by Disney which had already envisioned the revival of the franchise during its acquisition of20th Century Fox. With Wes Ball taking on the role of director, the casting and screening process has already begun. As of now,ITstar Owen Teague has landed the role of the lead ape while the search for the lead human role continues.
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According to reports, Ball has been working on his script since 2019, and given the close timeframe within which we are witnessing the revamping of such a major franchise, it can be assumed that the script had left quite an impression on the studio executives. Production on the latestPlanet of the Apesmovie will reportedly begin by end of 2022.
Source:Deadline
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Diya Majumdar is a Senior Content Writer at FandomWire with over 2000 published articles on the website. Since 2022, she has been working as an entertainment journalist with a special focus on films and pop culture.Among the countless genres and themes of Hollywood, the ones that particularly favor Diya’s tastes include Game of Thrones, DC, and well-aged thrillers and classics.
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