I agree with most everyone that the reboot of Planet of the Apes could have been better. With that said, it wasn’t horrible. It was watchable, and the end of the movie left enough to warrant a sequel \ prequel for me anyway.
Fox hasn’t yet given up on the idea of a remake for Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, renamed: Caesar.
Latino Review gives us the update:
According to the Vulture section of New York Mag, insiders close to the matter have stated that Fox is still pursuing its reimagining of Conquest of the Planet of the Apes. The new film, entitled Caesar, was written by Riff Jaffa and Amanda Silver, both of whom are reportedly being brought back along with new writer Jamie Moss, to do some edits.
In the version Frank wanted to direct, the film focuses on how the apes first became intelligent and then rose to fight against the humans under the leadership of an ape named Caesar. What may be of interest to other Planet of the Ape fans though, [SPOILERS AHEAD IF YOU’VE NEVER SEEN CONQUEST OF THE PLANET OF THE APES OR ESCAPE FROM THE PLANET OF THE APES] is that in Caesar, the name “refers to the genetically altered leader of the simian rebellion.”
