Rupert Wyatt To Direct Planet Of The Apes Prequel

Rupert Wyatt To Direct Planet Of The Apes Prequel

By Peter Sciretta/March 11, 2010 11:17 pm EST

The film won’t have talking monkeys and will not end with chimps taking over Earth. Instead the film will be a hard science fiction film about humans that use science to create hyper-intelligent chimpanzees. Fox’s Tom Rothman has said the film takes place before the first film, and that it will be “a return to the social thematics that mark the first one, but with an entirely contemporary setting – Earth 2009.” Of course, he said that last year, so I’m assuming that will be updated to 2010 or 2011. The Lookout writer/director Scott Frank (The Lookout) was previously developing the film for Fox.

I’m still not convinced that we need another Planet of the Apes reboot at this point. The general public is going to need more time to forget Tim Burton’s remake. And the original films still work.

source: Fleming