Running time 110 minutes Country United States Language English Budget $93 million Box office $481.8 million Rise of the Planet of the Apes is a 2011 American directed by and starring, and. Written by, it is 's of the series, intended to act as an for a new series of films. Its premise is similar to the fourth film in the original series, (1972), but it is not a direct of that film. Rise of the Planet of the Apes was released on August 5, 2011, to critical and commercial success. The film was nominated for an for. It was also nominated for five including for Wyatt and for Jaffa and Silver, winning, for Serkis and. Serkis's performance as was widely acclaimed, earning him many nominations from associations which do not usually recognize as traditional acting.

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A sequel to the film, was released on July 11, 2014, and a third film, was released on July 14, 2017. Contents.

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Plot Will Rodman, a at the company Gen-Sys, is testing the viral-based drug ALZ-112 on to find a cure for. ALZ-112 is administered to a recently captured chimpanzee named Bright Eyes and greatly increased her intelligence, though Bright Eyes ends up being shot while rampaging during Will's presentation for the drug. Will's boss Steven Jacobs terminates the project and has the chimps slaughtered, Will learning from his assistant Robert Franklin that Bright Eyes was only protecting the infant chimp she recently given birth to an infant chimp. Will reluctantly agrees to take in the chimp, later named Caesar, raises him upon learning that he inherited his mother's enhanced intelligence.

Three years later, Will introduces Caesar to the forest. Meanwhile, Will treats his -suffering father Charles with ALZ-112, which seems to restore his cognitive ability. Five years later, Caesar reaches adolescence and band sees a dog on a leash like his own, questioning his identity before Will reveals the chimp's origins.

More Planet Of Apes 2013 videos. Zaius is held hostage so Taylor can escape, but admits to Taylor that he has always known that a human civilization existed long before apes ruled the planet, and that “the Forbidden Zone was once a paradise, [man] made a desert of itages ago!”. Taylor is skeptical, and prepares to search for answers.

Meanwhile, Charles relapses while becoming resistant to ALZ-112. While Caesar injures an aggressive neighbor, Douglas Hunsiker, while defending a confused Charles, he is placed in a primate shelter where he is tormented by the alpha chimpanzee Rocket and the chief guard, Dodge Landon, while befriending an former named Maurice. Once learning to unlock his cage and befriending a named Buck, Caesar usurps Rocker and becomes the sanctuary's new alpha. Meanwhile, after Will reveals ALZ-112's effect on his father, he convinces Jacobs to allow the development of a more potent and gaseous version of the drug – ALZ-113. Among the test subjects is a scarred test subject named Koba, with Franklin exposed to the drug during the application. Will takes the drug home to try to save his father, but Charles declines further treatment and dies overnight.

Will attempts to reclaim Caesar, but the chimp refuses to go home with him so he could look after the other apes. Unware that an ill Franklin visited his home in his absence while sneezing blood on Hunsiker, Will would only later of his aide's death and that the ALZ-113 is dangerous to humans. Later inspired by Maurice, Caesar sneaks out of the facility to steal some ALZ-133 canisters from Will's house. Upon returning, Caesar exposes the apes to the gas and enhances their intelligence.

The following night when Dodge attempts to get him back into his cage, Caesar speaks for the first time, yelling 'No!' With and gets in a fight which inadvertently leads to Dodge's death. The apes imprison Rodney, a night watchman, and flee the facility, freeing more apes from the before releasing Koba and the other apes Gen-Sys. Caesar proceeds to lead his army to Muir Woods, fighting through a police blockade on the to escape into the redwood forest. Buck sacrifices himself to save Caesar by jumping into the helicopter in which Jacobs is riding.

The helicopter crashes onto the bridge, trapping Jacobs in the wreckage. Koba seizes his chance for revenge and sends Jacobs falling to his death in the bay below.

As the apes find their way into the forest, Will arrives and warns Caesar that the humans will hunt them down, and begs him to return home. In response, Caesar hugs him and says that, 'Caesar is home.'

Will, realizing that this is indeed their last goodbye, respects Caesar's wishes. The apes embrace their new lifestyle in the forest. In a, an infected Hunsiker leaves his house for work as an airline pilot, arriving at for his flight to. His nose begins to drip onto the floor.

A graphic traces the spread of the humanity-ravaging virus around the globe via international flight routes. Cast Humans. as Dr. William 'Will' Rodman, a who is trying to discover a cure for his father's by testing ALZ-112 on chimps. He is a father figure to Caesar. James Franco was cast after talks with broke down.

Caroline Aranha, a who begins a relationship with Will and grows attached to Caesar. as Charles Rodman, Will's Alzheimer's-afflicted father and a former music teacher who improves after Will gives him the ALZ-112 and forms a grandfatherly bond with Caesar. as John Landon, manager of the Primate Shelter where Caesar is confined for a time.

His full name is a reference to one of the astronauts in the original. as Dodge Landon, John's son and an animal caretaker at the shelter, who abuses the apes for sport. His first and last name are references to two of the astronauts in the original.

as Steven Jacobs, Will's arrogant boss. His last name is a reference to, the producer of the original. as Robert Franklin, a chimp handler at Gen-Sys and one of Will's friends.

His surname is a reference to, the director of the original film. as Rodney, a caretaker and a nightwatchman who is much kinder to the apes at the sanctuary and is regularly mocked by Dodge for this. as Hunsiker, Will's hot-headed neighbor. as Irena, a nurse who is looking after Charles. Apes.

as Caesar, a whose intelligence is increased from being exposed in the womb to ALZ-112 when the drug is administered to his pregnant mother, and who is raised by Will for eight years. as Maurice, a wise and benevolent who was retired from the circus and knows sign language; he becomes Caesar's closest ally. Konoval also cameos as the court clerk whom Will briefly argues with about his. His name is a reference to who portrays in the original Planet of the Apes. as Rocket, the dominant common chimpanzee at the ape sanctuary, until Caesar overthrows him. Notary also plays Bright Eyes, Caesar's mother, who was captured in Africa.

'Bright Eyes' was the name given by chimpanzee scientist Zira to Taylor, the human astronaut in the Planet of the Apes movie. as Buck, a who pledges his allegiance to Caesar after he is freed by him. as Cornelia, a female common chimpanzee in the ape sanctuary. Jay Caputo as Alpha, the common chimpanzee of Bright Eyes' troop and Caesar's father. Christopher Gordon as Koba, a scarred and aggressive who has spent most of his life in laboratories and holds a grudge against humans. Production Development and writing In 2006, screenwriter-producer Rick Jaffa was searching for a script idea.

As Jaffa searched a newspaper articles, one about that become troublesome to their owners and heartbroken for not adapting well to the human environment intrigued him. As Jaffa eventually realized it fit the Planet of the Apes series, he called his wife and screenwriting partner Amanda Silver to express his ideas of such a chimpanzee eventually starting the ape revolution, and then the couple started developing the character of. Jaffa indicated that 'it's a reinvention' and if he had to pick between calling it a prequel or a reboot he would say it is a reboot: 'It's a different story of who Caesar is, and how he came to be. So it's really kind of hard to put a label on it.

We are hopefully rebooting it.' He went on to say that 'we tried really hard to create a story that would stand on its own and yet also pay homage and honor the movies that came before us.' Jaffa and Silver then wrote a script and sold it to Fox, producers of the Apes franchise. The script added other elements which the couple had researched, such as genetic engineering. Several tributes to specific scenes, characters, and cast and crew from the previous Apes film series were added in the script.

In particular, Caesar's treatment at the primate sanctuary parallels 's treatment as a captive in the original film. In a segment of a video blog post, director commented on the originality of the plot: 'This is part of the mythology and it should be seen as that. It's not a continuation of the other films; it's an original story. It does satisfy the people who enjoy those films. The point of this film is to achieve that and to bring that fan base into this film exactly like.' In a 2009 interview, Wyatt said, 'We've incorporated elements from, in terms of how the apes begin to revolt, but this is primarily a prequel to the 1968 film.Caesar is a revolutionary figure who will be talked about by his fellow apes for centuries.This is just the first step in the evolution of the apes, and there's a lot more stories to tell after this.

I imagine the next film will be about the all-out war between the apes and humans.' Did an uncredited rewrite of the script. Filming Filming began in July 2010 in,.

Filming also happened in, (the primary setting of the film), and around, which doubled for the African jungle as the schedule and budget did not allow for location shooting in Africa. Visual effects As the apes in Rise were meant to be actual apes, the producers decided not to use actors in ape suits. After considering real apes, instead created the apes digitally in almost every case through.

Advances in the technology allowed the use of performance capture in an exterior environment, affording the film-makers the freedom to shoot much of the film on location with other actors, as opposed to the confines of a soundstage. The main breakthrough was a camera that enabled viewing the motion capture dots in daylight, employed mostly for the Golden Gate Bridge battle. A maximum of six actors could have their movements captured, with larger ape crowds using fully digital animals animated using Weta's move library.

The set used both a physical set which was extended digitally, and a fully computer-generated model of the bridge that also included the ocean and nearby hills. After shooting the actors playing humans interacting with others wearing the motion capture suits, a clean plate was shot with actors for extra reference.

Actor-stuntman guided the actors on realistic ape movement, while Weta studied the chimps in the for reference. The digital apes also received detailed models with skeletons, muscles and nerve tissue layers for accurate animation. Cast models of apes' heads and limbs helped the texture department replicate skin details such as wrinkles and pores.

Given the difference between human and chimpanzee facial muscles, the animators tweaked the performance through a new facial muscle system adding dynamics, ballistics, and secondary motion. As the silent performance required expressive eyes, a new eye model was made to depict both greater accuracy in muscle movement in and around the eyes, and also tears, and light refraction. While was the primary performer for Caesar, as the effects team considered that at times 'Andy overcame the character,' other motion capture team actors were also used, especially, whose height matched that of a chimpanzee. Along with that, they used Notary to play Caesar in stunt-filled scenes such as the Golden Gate Bridge scene.

Music The score for the film was written by and performed by the conducted. The main concern was to have the music help progress the plot in the scenes without dialogue, for instance, conveying the emotions of Caesar's relationships with Will and Charles. To turn the score into a 'driving force that keeps audiences paying attention,' Doyle employed an African-American chorus and focused on percussion and 'low and deep' orchestra sounds.

Doyle collaborated closely with the sound department to make the music complement the sound effects, including writing a recurring theme based on their recording of a chimpanzee. Reception Critical response On review aggregator, the film has an approval rating of 81% based on 258 reviews, with an average rating of 7.1/10. The site's critical consensus reads, 'Led by Rupert Wyatt's stylish direction, some impressive special effects, and a mesmerizing performance by Andy Serkis, Rise of the Planet of the Apes breathes unlikely new life into a long-running franchise.'

Another review aggregator, gave the film a score of 68 out of 100, based on 39 critics, indicating 'generally favorable reviews'. Gave the film 3 out of 4 stars and praised the role of Caesar and by stating it was a 'wonderfully executed character' and 'one never knows exactly where the human ends and the effects begin, but Serkis and/or Caesar gives the best performance in the movie.'

Giving the film 5 out of 5 stars, Joe Neumaier of labelled Rise of the Planet of the Apes as the summer's best popcorn flick. Nick Pinkerton of wrote, 'Caesar's prison conversion to charismatic pan-ape revolutionist is near-silent filmmaking, with simple and precise images illustrating Caesar's General-like divining of personalities and his organization of a group from chaos to order.' Roger Moore of wrote, 'Audacious, violent and disquieting, 'Rise of the Planet of the Apes' is a summer sequel that's better than it has any right to be.' He gave the film 3.5 out of 4 stars. Of praised the film by saying, 'Precisely the kind of summer diversion that the studios have such a hard time making now.

It's good, canny-dumb fun.' She also gave it 3.5 out of 4 stars. Of noted that the film has mixed 'twists lifted from 1972's Conquest of the Planet of the Apes and 1999's '. Box office Rise of the Planet of the Apes made its debut in the United States and Canada on roughly 5,400 screens within 3,648 theaters.

It grossed $19,534,699 on opening day and $54,806,191 in its entire opening weekend, making it #1 for that weekend as well as the fourth-highest-grossing August opening ever. The film held on to the #1 spot in its second weekend, dropping 49.2%, and grossing $27,832,307. Rise of the Planet of the Apes crossed the $150 million mark in the United States and Canada on its 26th day of release. Said that this was quite an accomplishment for the film since the month of August is a difficult time for films to make money. The film ended its run at the box office on December 15, 2011, with a gross of $176,760,185 in the U.S. And Canada as well as $305,040,864 internationally, for a total of $481,801,049 worldwide.

Home media Rise of the Planet of the Apes was released on, and on December 13, 2011. Main articles: and Regarding the story setting up possible sequels, director 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 also stated that Rise of the Planet of the Apes would 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.'

On May 31, 2012, 20th Century Fox announced that the sequel would be named. Reports said that Wyatt was leaving the sequel due to his concern that a May 2014 release date would not give him enough time to properly make the film; he was replaced by director. Jaffa and Silver returned as producers and to pen the screenplay, with rewrites from and. Taking place ten years after Rise, Dawn follows Caesar's growing nation of evolved apes threatened by human survivors that put both sides in the brink of war. Andy Serkis, Terry Notary and Karin Konoval reprised their roles as Caesar, Rocket and Maurice.

James Franco returned as Will Rodman in a 'cameo via video'. And replace and Christopher Gordon as Cornelia and Koba, respectively.

Filming of Dawn of the Planet of the Apes started on North in April 2013. The film was released July 11, 2014. On January 6, 2014, 20th Century Fox announced a third installment with Reeves returning to direct and co-write along with Bomback, with a planned July 2016 release. In January 2015, Fox delayed the release to July 14, 2017. On May 14, 2015, the title was given as War of the Planet of the Apes, later re-titled to.

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