Right around the time Mark Wahlberg started to make out with an ape-suited Helena Bonham Carter in Tim Burton’s remake of Planet of the Apes , it was clear 20th Century Fox had failed to reignite the old franchise. The movie posted decent numbers, but even with a gotcha twist ending that suggested the possibility of another movie, it felt distinctly like a one-time gig.
Fox, naturally, has other ideas. CHUD has propped up a rumor that a prequel is in development with the studio, an apparent remake of Conquest of the Planet of the Apes about intelligent apes trying to overthrow the human world. They have an extended description of the script, called Apes: Genesis, which they say has bounced around the Fox offices for the past year.
Since the original Planet of the Apes opened in 1968, there have been theatrical sequels as well as TV movies and a series, and the extended attempt to remake the sci-fi touchstone that eventually became the Burton film languished in pre-production for many, many years before it finally got off the ground. Given how it turned out that time, expect the same for this movie, if it happens at all.
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