More Monkeying Around

I was one happy human to read that we’re going to get another helping of APES from 20th Century Fox. It all stems from the script CAESAR from writer Scott Frank (OUT OF SIGHT, THE LOOKOUT) which lays out the story on how those damn dirty apes came to rule the world. According to New York/VULTURE’s exclusive report, not only are they rebooting the franchise again, under a new producer, former NewsCorp. chief-turned-producer, Peter Chernin,   but…..

….that Fox has hired writer Jamie Moss (Street Kings) to rework Frank’s version, and the original writers, Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver (The Relic, The Hand that Rocks the Cradle), were recently brought back to polish the dialogue….The studio wants to make the CAESAR project, post haste. A director is expected to be hired imminently.

It article furthers mentions that the “Caesar” code name also:

…foreshadowed the script’s plot: Just as the actual Julius Caesar set Rome on the path to the Roman Empire, the experimental ape’s escape sets in motion his fellow hirsute hominids (wait for it!) guerrilla war and subsequent dominance.

HA. I love it! Being a huge fan of the PLANET OF THE APES franchise, I’m extremely excited about the prospects of the next film. Hopefully we’ll have more news to pass along shortly.