Ready To Rise?

The Planet Of The Apes prequel, tentatively titled, Rise Of The Apes may have captured Don Cheadle and Freida Pinto says Bloody Disgusting





The site says that this casting news is unconfirmed thus far and should be considered a rumor.

The film revolves around a scientist (James Franco) dealing with the aftermath of genetic experiments on apes and monkeys in San Francisco. Turns out the apes are starting to behave more and more human-like and start a revolution.

Amanda Silver and Rick Jaffa (Eye for an Eye, The Relic) wrote the screenplay

The production team have has hired Weta Digital to create fully CG apes. Pre-production is happening right now.

The pic start shooting on the 5th of July under helmer Rupert Wyatt . The release date has been set as June 24th, 2011.