Daniel Dorrance has worked alongside Wes Ball as the production designer on some of his films including ‘Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials’ and ‘Maze Runner: The Death Cure’, he was also a part of the production design team for Wes Ball’s ‘Mouse Guard’ film that was cancelled following Disney’s acquisition of 21st Century Fox. Columbus hired Sam Hamm to write a screenplay taking elements from Boulle's novel and various unused treatments. [54][55][56], In 1981, Fox reedited ten of the episodes into five television films. $146.88M, See titles to watch instantly, titles you haven't rated, etc, Character Repeating Someone Else's Dialogue. [173] The phrase "planet of the apes" has been used for an overturning of the political or racial status quo. He and Silver pitched the concept to Fox as a way to reboot the Apes franchise by reinventing the story of the chimpanzee Caesar, the lead character of Conquest and Battle. [63], Fox initiated plans to relaunch the Planet of the Apes series in the 1980s, but the project fell into a drawn-out and fruitless development phase—"development hell"—for over 10 years, one of the most protracted development periods in film history. [11][12] John Chambers created the makeup effects. [138] It was released on PlayStation 4 on November 21, 2017 to mixed reviews. The following table shows the cast members who played the primary characters in the nine films to date. Studios have also produced Planet of the Apes comic books. [13], Heston played 20th-century American astronaut George Taylor, who travels to a strange planet where intelligent apes dominate mute, primitive humans. The series follows Caesar's grandson and heir Alexander as he struggles to govern ape civilization. Your California Privacy Rights Rupert Wyatt Stone brought in Terry Hayes as screenwriter and they developed a script titled Return of the Apes. [28] James Gregory played gorilla General Ursus and Paul Richards played mutant leader Méndez. [96][97] It earned widespread critical acclaim; reviewers praised the effects and narrative and found the film a fitting conclusion to Caesar's story. [50], Critics have offered various interpretations of the film's message and its significance for the series. Terms of Use [64] They commissioned Rifkin to write several redrafts, but found them unsatisfactory and ultimately scrapped the project. 130 min Four sequels followed the original film from 1970 to 1973: Beneath the Planet of the Apes, Escape from the Planet of the Apes, Conquest of the Planet of the Apes and Battle for the Planet of the Apes. Andy Serkis, Andy Serkis, Woody Harrelson, According to DiscussingFilm, 20th Century Studios, which Disney acquired last year, is expected to mount a full reboot of the beloved movies, rather than continuing to add prequels or sequels to the CGI-heavy, three-film series that was released from 2011 to 2017.