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Friday, February 22, 2013

Smit-McPhee Gets Up @ "Dawn" To Play With "Apes"

Young Aussie actor Kodi Smit-McPhee ("Let Me In," "The Road") has landed a leading role in "Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes" says Deadline.


The film will continue the action from last year's Rise of the Planet of the Apes. Set 15 years later and human society contiues collapsing after a viral outbreak and the highly intelligent simians now free, the story will follow the apes on their path to emerge as society’s new rulers.

"Rise" helmer Rupert Wyatt chose not to return reportedly due to the fact that the director wasn't comfortable with making the May 23rd 2014 release date the studio had announced. "Cloverfield" director Matt Reeves takes over.

Star James Franco may not be back--recently cast Zero Dark Thirty actor Jason Clarke also stars in a role that is as yet unknown

Mark Bomback ("Live Free or Die Hard," "Unstoppable") is set to rework Amanda Silver and Rick Jaffa's script. Bombeck is expected to turn in something more suited to the new director's style. This is Deja Vu On 'Rise' Silver & Jaffa wrote the initial script and then Bomback did an uncredited script rewrite.

"Contagion" scribe Scott Z. Burns took a crack at the "Dawn" script as well

Peter Chernin and Dylan Clark will produce.

It's hoped that production starts by Spring

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