Running time105 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBudget$93 millionBox office$481.8 millionRise of the Planet of the Apes is a 2011 American directed by and starring,. Written by, it is 's, 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. In the film, a substance designed to help the brain repair itself gives advanced intelligence to a chimpanzee named Caesar, who leads an ape uprising.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. Serkis's performance as was widely acclaimed, earning him many nominations from associations which do not usually recognize as traditional acting.A sequel to the film, was released on July 11, 2014 and a third film, was released on July 14, 2017. Contents.Plot Will Rodman, a scientist at the biotech company Gen-Sys, is testing the viral-based drug ALZ-112 on to find a cure for Alzheimer's disease. ALZ-112 is given to a chimp named Bright Eyes, greatly increasing her intelligence. But then, during Will's presentation for the drug, Bright Eyes is forced from her cage, goes on a rampage and is shot to death.
Will's boss Steven Jacobs terminates the project and has the chimps slaughtered. However, Will's assistant Robert Franklin discovers that the reason for Bright Eyes' rampage was that she had recently given birth to an infant chimp. Will reluctantly agrees to take in the chimp, who is named Caesar. Will learns that Caesar has his mother's intelligence, through being exposed to ALZ-112 in her womb, and decides to raise him. Three years later, Will introduces Caesar to the forest at. Meanwhile, Will treats his dementia-suffering father Charles with ALZ-112, which seems to restore his cognitive ability.Five years later, when Caesar reaches adolescence and sees a dog on a leash like his own, he questions his identity and learns of his origins from Will. Meanwhile, Charles' condition returns as he becomes resistant to ALZ-112.
Caesar injures an aggressive neighbor, Douglas Hunsiker, while defending a confused Charles from him. As a result, he is placed in a primate shelter where he is tormented by a chimp named Rocket and the chief guard, Dodge Landon, but also where he befriends an named Maurice, who came from a circus. Caesar learns how to unlock his cage, gaining free access to the common area. With the assistance of a named Buck, he confronts the sanctuary's alpha, Rocket and claims that position.
Meanwhile, Jacobs clears development of a more powerful, gaseous version of the drug – ALZ-113 – when Will tells him it can also improve intelligence. Will takes the drug home to try to save his father, but Charles declines further treatment and dies overnight.After attempting to test the drug on a scarred test subject named Koba, Franklin becomes exposed to ALZ-113 and becomes ill.
Attempting to warn Will at his home, he sneezes blood onto Hunsiker and is later discovered dead. Will attempts to reclaim Caesar, but the chimp refuses to go home with him so he could look after the other apes. Instead, he escapes from the facility and returns to Will's house, where he takes canisters of the ALZ-113. Upon returning, Caesar releases the gas and allows it to enhance the intelligence of the other apes. When Dodge attempts to get him back into his cage, Caesar speaks for the first time, shouting 'No!'
And gets in a fight, which inadvertently leads to Dodge's death. The apes flee the facility, releasing Koba and the remaining apes from Gen-Sys and free more apes from the San Francisco Zoo on the way.A battle ensues as the ape army fights their way past 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: Koba pushes Jacobs into the straight to his death after the crash. As the apes find their way into the forest, Will catches up to them in a stolen police car and warns Caesar that the humans will hunt them down and begs him to return home. In response, Caesar hugs him and says, '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 mid-credits scene, an infected Hunsiker leaves his house for work as an airline pilot, arriving at for his flight to.
His nose begins to drip blood 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. as Dr.
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. as Dodge Landon, John's son and an animal caretaker at the shelter, who abuses the apes for sport. Main articles: andRegarding 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. Andy Serkis, Terry Notary and Karin Konoval reprise their roles as Caesar, Rocket and Maurice.
James Franco returned as Will Rodman in a 'cameo via video'. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes 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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Based onRelease Date:DVD Release Date:PG-13 2 hr 10 minFollow the movie onand Plot SummaryTen years after simian flu wiped out much of the world's homosapiens, genetically enhanced chimpanzee Caesar (Andy Serkis) and his ever-growing band of followers have established a thriving colony just outside San Francisco in Muir Woods. Meanwhile, a small band of human survivors emerges, which forces Caesar - as leader - to grapple with the dual challenge of protecting his people and re-establishing a relationship with the remaining human population - the latter being Caesar's secret wish.Cast:,Director:Genres:,Production Co: Chernin EntertainmentDistributors: 20th Century FoxKeywords:,.