When Charlton Heston yelled, “Take your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape!” he helped launch one of the most influential franchises in film history. Taking a cue from the original Star Trek, ...

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Ever since a giant gorilla scaled the Empire State Building with a beautiful damsel in his hand in 1933's King Kong, audiences have gone ape for simian cinema. Isn't it about time someone doled out ...

Planet of the Apes is a 20th Century Fox-produced franchise that has undergone numerous transformations since the first movie was released in 1968, an adaptation of Pierre Boulle’s 1963 novel, La ...

The Planet of the Apes franchise has grown with the sci-fi genre for over half a century now, and its continued success was never promised. The five original movies were considered cult classics by ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook The first act of Rise of the Planet of the Apes is a charming story of Will Rodman bonding with ...