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July 11th 2011

Rise of the Planet of the Apes might be the most realistic ape revolution movie ever

We’ve seen tons of new footage from Rise of the Planet of the Apes, and we’re even more excited for the upcoming primate rebellion. We also learned from the creative team just how far they went to create realistic apes. Last Thursday evening, we headed out to Caltech for a special presentation by the creative…

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June 29th 2010

Gollum will lead the ape uprising in the Planet Of The Apes prequel

Andy Serkis, the actor who totally owned the role of Gollum in the Lord Of The Rings movies and also played Peter Jackson’s King Kong, will be Caesar, the ape who leads the simian uprising in Rise Of The Apes.

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June 18th 2010

Find out who’s playing X-Men’s Beast, and who’s spawning the Planet Of The Apes. And glimpse The Hobbit’s Shire.

There’s exciting casting news for X-Men: First Class and the Planet Of The Apes prequel. Find out how The Last Airbender’s special effects bend the elements. Plus Doctor Who, Predators, The Hobbit, Akira, Supernatural, Chuck, Torchwood and True Blood spoilers! X-Men: First Class: The cast of this mutant coming of age film continues to gel.…

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April 7th 2010

Casting News: Yelchin On Fright Night, Wheaton On Eureka, And Juno’s Olivia Thirlby On Darkest Hour!

OMG, Iron Man pics! Anton Yelchin joins the Fright Night remake, a Juno star joins Bekmambetov’s alien-invasion film, and Wil Wheaton joins Eureka. Major hints for Joss Whedon’s horror film! And Lost, Doctor Who, Elm Street, Caesar and Resident Evil. Iron Man 2: Here are some more promo pics, some of which are definitely new.…

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February 8th 2010

Who Will Direct Apes’ Rebirth?

Producer Peter Chernin may believe in his on-again, off-again Planet Of The Apes reboot, but he’s having trouble convincing directors to feel the same way. Which big-name helmers have already said no, and who’s in the running to replace them? According to New York magazine’s Vulture blog, Predators’ Robert Rodriguez, Tomas Alfredson and Oscar nominee…

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January 8th 2010

Fox Kills “Caesar,” Its Smart Reboot Of The “Planet Of The Apes” Franchise

We were excited last year when Minority Report scribe Scott Frank started work on Caesar, a gritty, realistic reboot of classic flick Conquest Of The Planet Of The Apes. Now Fox has stalled the project, calling it “too dark.” https://gizmodo.com/planet-of-the-apes-gets-serious-and-goes-hard-science-5100598 Over at CHUD, Devin Faraci has the story: It turns out that Frank has left…

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December 1st 2008

Planet of the Apes Gets Serious and Goes Hard Science

Fox is close to nailing down its new entry in the Planet of the Apes franchise: Called Caesar, it’s a flick about the super-intelligent monkey who is an ancestor of the new rulers of Earth. Scott Frank will be directing and writing, which is a good sign: He wrote the amazing reincarnation thriller Dead Again,…

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July 1st 2008

World’s Greatest Astronomical Detective Strikes Again!

Donald Olson, an astrophysicist at Texas State University has a habit of taking well-known historical facts and turning them upsidown. Using the stars and Moon and a little bit of math, he’s re-dated the original running of Marathon in 491-490 BC, precisely determined the spot in which Edvard Munch painted “The Scream,” and figured out…

io9 Michael Reilly Jul 1

April 13th 2007

WSJ Pulp Bite: Mossberg Smites Crapware for the Republic

Last week, Mossberg, Caesar of the WSJ’s Gadget Empire, declared war on PCs shipping with Craplets, the bloatware that comes with new computers. It was the most popular story on the WSJ’s website that day, and so this week Mossy followed up with a post for the people about how to smite those annoying little…

Tech News Brian Lam Apr 13

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