Check out your first four seconds from 20th Century Fox’s “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” — yes, that is the new official title now. This four second look at Caesar from “Apes” is courtesy of the folks at WETA, who also did the “Lord of the Rings” movies. Starring James Franco, Freida Pinto, John Lithgow, Brian Cox, Tom Felton, Andy Serkis, and directed by Rupert Wyatt, the apes are scheduled to rise again August 5, 2011.
Set in present-day San Francisco, RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES reveals the origins of a war that ultimately led to a global apocalypse – and to Earth becoming the Planet of the Apes. The Oscar-winning visual effects team that brought to life the worlds of Avatar and Lord of the Rings is taking on its most ambitious challenge, creating for the first time a non-human CGI character that delivers a dramatic performance with real emotion and intelligence.
