But Hollywood wasn’t finished. Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971) flipped the premise, sending Cornelius, Zira, and their companion Milo (Sal Mineo) back in time to 1970s Earth.

But it may have another chance this year with “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes,” which is one of three dramatically different 2024 films that created indelible and very hairy central characters.

Most of the "War for the Planet of the Apes" film was shot in Canada, but about 30 percent it was made at Weta Digital in New Zealand, where actors were filmed on a stage in the studio while ...

Beneath the Planet of the Apes may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but the film deserves credit, at the very least, for its status as a trendsetter. This oft-derided 1970 effort is an early ...

The victory for “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” does not necessarily make the film a frontrunner in the Oscars’ visual-effects race. Over the 22 years of VES Awards, the winner went on ...

It took a village of storytellers to bring “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” to life. At the heart of it all was VFX house Wētā, which had a crew of over 1000 artists working on delivering ...

However, time was on the side of the apes as a decade later, the franchise was revived with an epic trilogy. Rise of the Planet of the Apes kickstarted the new series in 2011 as a summer crowd ...

The modern Planet of the Apes trilogy serves as a prequel trilogy to the iconic 1968 film. While it's not the first story in the franchise to tackle the origins of the apes and their rise to power ...

Despite their groundbreaking and jaw-dropping visual effects work, the Apes movies have yet to win a best VFX Oscar. Will this year’s 'Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes' at last break through?