Fox’s RISE OF THE APES Swings To Thanksgiving Weekend

20th Century Fox has pushed the release date of RISE OF THE APES from June 24th 2011 to November 23rd…that’s right, a big helping of bananas and sci-fi to go along with your turkey over the Thanksgiving weekend. Other films opening over the same holiday weekend are THE MUPPETS, ARTHUR CHRISTMAS and PROJECT X.

Set in present-day San Francisco, APES deals with the aftermath of man’s experiments with genetic engineering that lead to the development of intelligence in apes and the onset of a war for supremacy. Franco plays a scientist who becomes a crucial figure in the war between humans and apes.

Rupert Wyatt will direct RISE OF APES from a script by Amanda Silver and Rick Jaffa, who will produce with Chernin Entertainment’s Peter Chernin and Dylan Clark.

The film stars James Franco, John Lithgow, Freida Pinto, Brian Cox and Andy Serkis as Caesar, the chimp who leads the uprising among the apes.

Source: Box Office Mojo