Now that Rise of the Planet of the Apes is available on Blu-ray and DVD, director Rupert Wyatt shares his thoughts on the final film and what the general approach will be to the sequel, which is currently in development.
Rise of the Planet of the Apes, which arrives today on Blu-ray and DVD, had a number of sequences shot for it that ended up excised from the final cut. In this exclusive interview conducted by CBM's Ed Gross, director Rupert Wyatt details the reasons for some of these cuts.
This weekend Rise of the Planet of the Apes has increased its global box office take to $257 million (over $70 million in profit) and everybody is going Apes crazy, including BOOM! Studios which has announced a new Apes mini-series.
Humans should be afraid. Very afraid! Caesar is home... at the box office, with Rise of the Planet of the Apes surpassing $200 million globally, paving the way for a follow-up.
Rise of the Planet of the Apes director Rupert Wyatt has stated that it's his hope that the projected new series of Apes films will ultimately dovetail with the original Planet of the Apes. That essentially the future world will be the same one that Charlton Heston's George Taylor arrives on in the 1968 flick.
For anyone who has desired a sequel to Rise of the Planet of the Apes, that possibility now seems like a foregone conclusion given the film's gross at the global box office.
A great deal of skepticism met the announcement of Rise of the Planet of the Apes, but in the past couple of weeks buzz for the film had grown until it opened last week to critical raves and surpassing everybody's box office expectations. And going into its second weekend, the film has surpassed $100 million at the box office.
The success of Rise of the Planet of the Apes continues to catch many people by surprise, and it's interesting watching the media play catch up. Most recently, Entertainment Weekly spoke to screenwriters Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver about the film and the possibility of a trilogy (at least).
Rise of the Planet of the Apes has already surpassed the expectations of many by scoring with the critics in such a major way and already grossing over $90 million worldwide. In this exclusive interview conducted by CBM editor Ed Gross, director Rupert Wyatt shares his thoughts on the sequel.
Rise of the Planet of the Apes reaches theatres today, and CBM editor Ed Gross caught up with director Rupert Wyatt to discuss the film, the themes he wanted to deal with and the direction of the potential sequel. Beware that there are spoilers in this conversation.
A group of British scientists have expressed concerns that experiments on primates could give rise to a ''Planet of the Apes'' type scenario.
At the premiere for Rise of the Planet of the Apes, director Rupert Wyatt and cast members James Franco, Freida Pinto and Tom Felton briefly discuss the making of the film.
This behind the scenes video goes into the inner workings of WETA Digital to discuss how the apes of Rise of the Planet of the Apes were created.
Fox News caught up with Andy Serkis and Freida Pinto at San Diego Comic-Con to talk to them about the making of Rise of the Planet of the Apes.
The Gorgeous Geeks secured a 15 minute audio interview with Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver, the screenwriters behind Rise of the Planet of the Apes -- which opens this coming Friday.
This third part of an inside look at Rise of the Planet of the Apes looks at the efforts involved in bringing the character of Caesar to life from the point of view of WETA.
This is our second installment that looks at the making of Rupert Wyatt's August 5th film, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, looking deeper into the storyline.
Rise of the Planet of the Apes, which is rapidly growing into one of the most anticipated films of the summer, will reach theatres on August 5th, and we'll be taking a multi-part look at the making of the film throughout the day.
Perhaps designed as an antidote to the high intensity of Rise of the Planet of the Apes -- but probably for no other reason than to have a little fun -- YouTube user Bradonio combines clips from the original POTA with the music of electro DJ Benny Benassi.
Rise of the Planet of the Apes is a loose reboot of Conquest of... One person who remembers that film well is actor Bill Blake, who spent considerable time over the decades promoting the Apes film with his dead-on impersonation of Roddy McDowall. In this video clip, Blake re-enacts Caesar's speech from Conquest.
With Rise of the Planet of the Apes being less than a month away from release, fans will be hearing a lot more from the cast and filmmakers. What follows is an excerpt from an interview Wired conducted with James Franco, focused largely on acting opposite Andy Serkis.
BOOM! along with 20th Century Fox is presenting a prelude comics story to Rise of the Planet of the Apes that will be posted weekly through August 3rd, and lead in to the film itself. The comic is from regular POTA comics team writer Daryl Gregory and artists Damian Couceiro and Tony Parker.
20TH Century Fox has released a new app for the iPhone and iPad that poses an intriguing question: are you smarter than an ape? From there, the app helps you try and answer that particular question.
The folks at Horror-Movies.ca are offering up this very cool retro-style movie poster for Rise of the Planet of the Apes that looks like it could have been created at the time of the original film series' release in the 1970s.
On July 25th, Archaia will be publishing the illustrated prose novel Conspiracy of the Planet of the Apes, which takes place between the scenes of the original 1968 film and focuses on astronaut John Landon. MTV caught up with author Andrew E.C. Gaska