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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.
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 ...
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes has moved away from Caesar and even his legacy for now. The planet is much too similar to the one portrayed in the 1968 original to not have specific callbacks to it.
Like “Apes,” the film has enjoyed VFX frontrunner status since since it opened last March. The first film in Denis Villeneuve’s scifi epic did win the VFX category and the 2,156 VFX shots in ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 fourth movie in the rebooted Planet of the Apes franchise, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is nominated for Best Visual Effects at 2025’s Academy Awards.
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 ...
There’s a lot of pressure involved in trying to follow a trilogy as acclaimed and accomplished as the Andy Serkis-led “Planet of the Apes” saga, which culminated with 2017’s “War for the ...
Franklin J. Schaffner’s original 1968 film, Planet of the Apes, loosely based on Pierre Boulle’s novel, transported audiences to a world very different than their own, but instantly believable ...