Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Gabe99 · 08-13-2011, 04:07 PM

SPOILERS

From EW:
'Rise of the Planet of the Apes' screenwriters: 'We pictured a trilogy'

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Originally Posted by Darren Franich

Rise of the Planet of the Apes tore up the box office last weekend, earning $54 million — a surprising showing for the seventh film in a series that’s over 40 years old. EW caught up with Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver, the married screenwriters who crafted the primate preboot, to talk about the exciting difficulty of writing a character who never speaks and their vague-but-intriguing ideas for a Rise sequel — or rather, sequels —

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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY:
It’s interesting that the character audiences are most responding to in the film is Caesar, the rebel chimpanzee played by Andy Serkis. Was it difficult to write a character who doesn’t have any dialogue?

RICK JAFFA:
That was our challenge.
AMANDA SILVER:
It put extra pressure on us, in a good way, to tell a story visually without dialogue. I think — thinking back on my film school days! — that’s what you look for. Yes, Paddy Chayefsky has great dialogue, and you aspire to do that as well. But film is a visual medium, and what can you show and not tell? Caesar was the genesis of the story. Rick came up with the idea for this when he was looking through his idea file. He’d cut out some articles about chimpanzees raised in homes, and he thought, “My god, this would make a great reboot for Planet of the Apes.” We kind of fell in love with Caesar. We didn’t think of him specifically as a chimpanzee. We thought of him as a full character. Because he didn’t have dialogue, it put extra pressure on us in a good way to tell a story visually without the dialogue.

RJ:
We did a lot of research, and a lot of reading online, about some very specific primates who have become somewhat well-known. There’s that great documentary out right now, Project Nim; we read about him. There’s another one, Kanzi, who was…

AS:
He was a gorilla, right?

RJ:
No, I believe he was a….

Amanda and Rick in unison:
…A bonobo!

The film bears a slight similarity to Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, the fourth film in Apes series. Did you use that film as a signpost for Rise?

RJ:
Not in the beginning! We laid out the story and pitched the idea to Fox, and had gotten hired, and okayed to write and produce this thing. It was at that point we went back and started studying the old movies. We already had the movie laid out. I think some of the connections to Conquest are on purpose, but others are coincidental. “Unlikely character becoming a leader and leading his people to freedom” — it’s also a Moses story.

If this is the Moses story — a leader taking his people to freedom — then do you see the potential sequel as a kind of Joshua story, with the Apes fighting wars and conquering the world?

AS:
I’m touching wood, because I’m superstitious! We definitely have ideas for where the sequel — plural, where the sequels — would take us. And those were kind of built into –

RJ:
— the construction of the narrative already. There hasn’t been an official discussion yet about a sequel, because I think everyone still doesn’t want to jinx where we are. But we definitely have ideas.

AS:
When we started this, we knew that this movie would stand on its own, and we designed it that way. But if it didn’t stand on its own, we pictured a trilogy that would start with this movie.

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One of my favorite parts of the Apes franchise is the pulpy grandiosity of the later titles: Beneath the Planet of the Apes, Battle for the Planet of the Apes, and now Rise of the Planet of the Apes. What’s your dream-title for a Rise sequel?

RJ:
We’re gonna have to figure that one out. That’s a great question. We do have a good sense of what will be in the sequel. Maybe in 20 years, the last one will be called Success of the Planet of the Apes.

AS:
It’s that B-movie flair, that excitement. We haven’t found the cheesy-but-fun noun that would fit the action that we’re seeing.

RJ:
Maybe Revenge.

CelticPredator · 08-13-2011, 04:41 PM

What a horribly long title.

CashforStash · 08-13-2011, 05:20 PM

The title disgusts me.

LuisTX85 · 08-13-2011, 05:56 PM

he could have just been kidding,"maybe revenge"could be taken in many ways!!

MessiahDecoy123 · 08-13-2011, 06:11 PM

The title won't have "rise" in the title. It might be called Revenge of the Planet of the Apes.

Mogwai · 08-13-2011, 07:12 PM

i'll just take "Rise of the Planet of the Apes 2."

Kirmit · 08-13-2011, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by MessiahDecoy123

The title won't have "rise" in the title. It might be called Revenge of the Planet of the Apes.

That was my thinking also.

Fanticon · 08-14-2011, 04:07 PM

obviously he was kidding around.

phillyboy · 08-14-2011, 10:45 PM

Maybe part 3 could be: Requiem of the Revenge of the Rise of the Planet of the Apes

chaseter · 08-14-2011, 11:07 PM

Rising of the Planet of the Dark Knight Ape Rises

JP · 08-15-2011, 12:00 AM

What's wrong with Revenge of the Planet of the Apes?

I don't think it's quite fitting though. Especially since the apes are still rising.

Rowsdower! · 08-15-2011, 12:04 AM

Escape from the Rise of the Planet of the Apes' Revenge

Golgo-13 · 08-15-2011, 07:17 PM

'War of the Planet of the Apes'

TheWiseGuy487 · 08-15-2011, 08:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Golgo-13

'War of the Planet of the Apes'

I like that title. It's reminiscent of Battle for the Planet of the Apes, the sequel to Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, whose basic story elements sort of served as the basis for Rise of the Planet of the Apes.

ddddeeee · 08-15-2011, 08:40 PM

'Revenge' doesn't really make sense. They got their revenge on Dodge and the company already and seemed perfectly content in the woods. They'll have to be provoked into attacking again.

Donut · 08-15-2011, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by ddddeeee

'Revenge' doesn't really make sense. They got their revenge on Dodge and the company already and seemed perfectly content in the woods. They'll have to be provoked into attacking again.

Which would not be that hard to do knowing Humans

terry78 · 08-15-2011, 08:52 PM

Revenge of the Rise of the Planet known as Earth of which is Comprised of Apes of which are of the Planet in which they are Rising.

Rowsdower! · 08-15-2011, 11:02 PM

Franchise of the Planet of the Apes

John Locke · 08-15-2011, 11:26 PM

Hypothetical Untitled Rise of the Planet of the Apes Sequel .

The Incredible Hulk · 08-16-2011, 08:19 AM

Almost, but not Quite Yet, Planet of the Apes.

chaseter · 08-16-2011, 08:47 AM

Apes of Wrath

I win...close thread.

Rowsdower! · 08-16-2011, 10:45 AM

Took me a little while to dig it up, but looks like somebody beat you to it.

http://forums.superherohype.com/show...&postcount=252

CelticPredator · 08-16-2011, 01:26 PM

Mark Walburg's Revenge of the Uncharted Apes of the Planet

Donut · 08-16-2011, 01:38 PM

Star Apes - The Return Of The Apes On The Two Towers With The Fellowship Of The Apes On The Planet Where The Apes Rises & The Sorcerer's Ape Along With Apes In A Chamber Also With Azkaban Apes & Goblet Of The Apes With The Order Of The Apes & Half Blood Ape Alongside The Deathly Ape Where A Virus Kills Most Of The Humans & Harry Osbourne Dies Again At The End With The Rest Of Humanity Leaving Only The Apes Left

Immortalfire · 08-16-2011, 01:44 PM

What a ridiculous title

08-13-2011, 04:41 PM	#2
CelticPredator Banned User Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 9,156	Re: Revenge of the Rise of the Planet of the Apes What a horribly long title.

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LuisTX85 Z for Zorro Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: South Texas Posts: 8,598	Re: Revenge of the Rise of the Planet of the Apes he could have just been kidding,"maybe revenge"could be taken in many ways!!

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chaseter Bland User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Denver Posts: 41,461	Re: Revenge of the Rise of the Planet of the Apes Rising of the Planet of the Dark Knight Ape Rises __________________ Kid, you're holding up the line of 2 people. You can leave a penny, you can't take a penny. You can leave a penny anytime. You have to spend $10 to take a penny. Store policy. Since when has this been store policy? Uh, since my boss made up the policy. You gonna pay? You're holding up my line of one other person. You can't afford your milk, step aside. What, daddy didn't give you enough milk money? Little baby gonna cry about it? Just step aside. And that is how Uncle Ben dies.

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JP Beastly Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: NYC Posts: 49,286	Re: Revenge of the Rise of the Planet of the Apes What's wrong with Revenge of the Planet of the Apes? I don't think it's quite fitting though. Especially since the apes are still rising. __________________ James McAvoy \| Michael Fassbender \| Jennifer Lawrence \| Nicholas Hoult \| Peter Dinklage X-Men: Days of Future Past Patrick Stewart \| Ian McKellen \| Anna Paquin \| Ellen Page \| Shawn Ashmore \| and Hugh Jackman Omar Sy \| Fan Bingbing \| Booboo Stewart

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