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Another Planet of the Apes Reboot?
/Film » Sci-Fi —
... According to CHUD, Fox is considering (read: probably won’t happen) relaunching the Planet of the Apes series again with a remake of the prequel Conquest of the Planet of the Apes. Referred to internally as Genesis: Apes, the script written by Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver is set in modern times and tells the story of Caesar, the first talking intelligent ape who leads a campaign to unite the species and overthrow human society. ...
You Maniacs! You Blew It Up - Again! God Damn You To Hell! [Planet Of The Apes]
io9 —
... here's hoping that somebody at Fox is paying attention and realizes that even Mark Wahlberg can't keep this franchise down forever. While we're always up for a good Apes movie, this doesn't actually strike us as having the potential to actually be a good Apes movie... so we're kind of hoping that the script stays on that shelf until someone comes up with a better idea... and a title that involves the words "Planet" "Of" and "The". Is Planet Of The Apes Getting Rebooted Again? [CHUD]
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HeroPress —
... (7) Return To Planet Of The Apes: The Hollywood jungle telegraph reports rumours of a new Planet Of The Apes film being prepped - a remake of Conquest Of The Planet Of The Apes. ...
Daily Scan for 11.04.08 - Batman Rests in Peace, Robocop Is Resurrected
SciFi Scanner —
... • io9 has a write-up of the utterly absurd Batman RIP. Comic book publishers are just stupid enough to push a plot like this through.
• Darren Aronofsky talks the Robocop sequel, and okay -- it is definitely not a sequel.
• Heroes is basically dead: NBC just fired two of its showrunners, which is not surprising considering one of them refused to admit Season 2 sucked.
• Oh God, not again: Another Planet of the Apes remake.
Tuesday Link-a-Mania
SFX —
... "eight astronauts from five countries who take on a mysterious six-year mission through the solar system." It is apparently loosely based on the BBC series Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets, which was written and directed by Ultraviolet and Apparitions creator Joe Ahearne. Origin of the Apes According to CHUD Fox is considering another stab at resurrecting the Planet of the Apes franchise on film. But it won’t be yet another remake of the original film (though lord knows we need one to wipe the Tim Burton effort from our minds) but rather a re-imagining of the fourth ...
Are you ready for another ‘Planet of the Apes’?
We Are Movie Geeks » Science Fiction —
... speech who started the events that led to a world where monkeys were on top and humans were dumb beasts. Now I’m sure that this idea will be implemented great because they have announced that the script was written by Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver and they have been calling this new script Genesis: Apes. So I have never been a huge fan of Planet of the Apes and to really be honest I have never seen a single movie but hearing about this gets me a little interested.
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Sci-Fi Saturday: Wolverine, Hulk, Iron Man, Avengers, BSG, Heroes, Futurama, + more
TrekMovie.com —
... that he was interested in the new He-Man live-action film, but was too slow to get it: “I read a He-Man script that was really good…It’s great. It’s pretty awesome. It’s already been snatched up… I was too slow to get to it, but its gonna be great…” Last month, CHUD reported that 20th Century Fox was working on a script titled "Genesis: Apes", which the site reported was essentially a remake of "Conquest of the Planet of the Apes". Now it seems like the project may be close to becoming a reality. Between showings of the "Planet of the Apes" movies on the Fox Movie Channel ...
Around the Web: Star Wars Holiday Special, Samuel L. Jackson, BSG, and more
Tor.com —
... website has acknowledged its existence! They even included some neat features, like a gallery of props used in the film. Funny, I don’t see the special itself featured... Via Sci Fi Wire.
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