Rise of the Planet of the Apes (Caesar and Rise of the Apes)

Directed by Rupert Wyatt
Produced by Amanda Silver, Rick Jaffa, Peter Chernin, Dylan Clark
Written by Amanda Silver, Rick Jaffa
Starring ; James Franco, Freida Pinto, Andy Serkis, Tom Felton, David Hewlett, Chelah Horsdal, Brian Cox, John Lithgow
Music by Patrick Doyle
Cinematography Andrew Lesnie
Editing by Conrad Buff
Mark Goldblatt
Studio 20th Century Fox, Chernin Entertainment
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Release date(s) August 5, 2011 (2011-08-05)
Country United States
Language English
Budget $90 million

 

Cast;
* James Franco as Will Rodman
* Freida Pinto as Caroline Aranha
* Andy Serkis as Caesar
* John Lithgow as Charles Rodman
* Chelah Horsdal as Irena
* Brian Cox as John Landon
* Tom Felton as Dodge Landon
* David Oyelowo as Steven Jacobs
* Tyler Labine as Robert Franklin
* David Hewlett as Hunsiker
* Jamie Harris as Rodney

 

Plot;
Will Rodman (James Franco) is a scientist, currently residing in San Francisco, who is working on a cure for Alzheimer's Disease by performing tests on apes. The first test subject is a chimpanzee, named Caesar (Andy Serkis), whose parents had been captured in Africa. Rodman's "cure" not only repairs brain cells as they expected to, but it genetically modifies Caesar's way of thinking to create a new breed of ape with human-like intelligence. Caesar learns unbelievably well, but human authority orders him to be locked up. However, he eventually proves to be smart enough to escape from his cage and releases an airborne-strain of the cure that advances the intelligence of his fellow apes. Caeser soon builds an army of enhanced apes in order to overthrow humanity and assert apes as Earth's dominant species.



Sequels;
Director Rupert Wyatt commented: "I think we’re ending with certain questions, which is quite exciting. To me, I can think of all sorts of sequels to this film, but this is just the beginning." Screenwriter and producer Rick Jaffa has also stated that Rise of the Planet of the Apes will feature several clues as to future sequels: "I hope that we’re building a platform for future films. We’re trying to plant a lot of the seeds for a lot of the things you are talking about in terms of the different apes and so forth."

According to Rick Jaffa, a version of the spaceship from the 1968 Planet of the Apes will be featured under the name Icarus in Rise of the Planet of the Apes as a hint to a possible sequel.