Producers Amanda Silver,Rick Jaffa, Peter Chernin and Dylan Clark Director Rupert Wyatt Screenplay Amanda Silver and Rick Jaffa Cast James Franco,Andy Serkins and Freida Pinto Release Date August 5 Science fiction 1968s Planet Of The Apes was a box-office smash hit the film was considered as one of the greatest science fiction movies. And the filmmakers are back with a sequel,Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes.The sequel is a high-octane action-packed thriller. Set in present day San Francisco,Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes revolves around a man's experiments with genetic engineering that leads to the development of intelligence in apes and also results in the onset of a war for supremacy between the humans and the apes. Will Rodman (James Franco),a resident of San Francisco,works on a cure for Alzheimer's by performing tests on apes. The first test subject is a chimpanzee named Caesar (Andy Serkis) whose parents had been captured in Africa. Rodman genetically modifies Caesar to create a new breed of apes with human-like intelligence. But a war breaks out between humans and apes and Rodman is the only one able to stop the revolution. Directed by Rupert Wyatt,the sci-fi thriller shows how dangerous a science experiment gone wrong can get,when apes attain high levels of intelligence and challenge humans for the position of the dominant species on Earth. The buzz * Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes is a completely new take on digital effects: for the first time ever in the film series photo-realistic apes will be used rather than costumed actors. The digital effects have been rendered by Weta Digital,which also did the special effects for films like Avatar,The Lord Of The Rings and King Kong. There are a lot of animal characters in the film including apes,a gorilla named Buck and an orangutan named Maurice,whos from the circus. * Freida Pinto stars as the beautiful scientist Caroline,alongside James Franco,Tom Felton,Brian Cox,John Lithgow and Andy Serkis * The premise of Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes is similar to Conquest Of The Planet Of The Apes,the fourth film in the original series. But the sequel is not a direct remake and it does not fit into that series' continuity
