Whenever you’re a fan of something and you see a video or listicle pop up that claims there are dozens of things you don’t know, the first response is to give an “Oh, yeah?” smirk and check it out to prove your love for the brand. That being said, below you’ll find a fun and […]
Things on the 10th Planet of the Apes film, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, are moving along much faster than anyone had anticipated, with the film already in production and scheduled for a 2024 release. Needless to say, there are continuing to be announcements about cast and crew members, and this will be […]
“The only good human, is a dead human!” That proclamation from gorilla General Ursus in the second film of the original Apes cycle, 1970’s Beneath the Planet of the Apes, remains one of the most memorable of all nine films, a fact that’s unlikely to change with 2024’s Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. […]
In a video from last year, Wired turned to Dr. Tara Stoinski, President and CEO and Chief Scientific Officer for the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund, who provides details about each of the great apes featured in the trilogy of films consisting of Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011), Dawn of the Planet of […]
In an online search for interesting Planet of the Apes oddities, we came across a three-part fan film under the umbrella title of “The Way Home.” What it’s attempting to do is offer up a final chapter for the 1974 POTA television series starring Roddy McDowall as Galen, Ron Harper as Alan Virdon and James […]
We all have an image of the late Rod Serling in mind, mostly instilled by his Classic TV series The Twilight Zone, which made its debut over 60 years ago, or by the fact that he wrote the early drafts of the screenplay for 1968’s Planet of the Apes. That image, of course, is of […]
By all reports, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is going to be set many years following Caesar’s death at the conclusion of 2017’s War for the Planet of the Apes. For that reason, it seemed unlikely that there would be any returning cast members, or at least characters given the motion capture technology […]
Red flags. Even before the meaning of that phrase was clear to me, my 12-year-old self felt their rising presence back in 1972, as I sat in the Kings Plaza Theatre in Brooklyn, New York, watching Conquest of the Planet of the Apes. Marketing-wise, 20th Century Fox had certainly done its job. It began with […]
There is something endlessly fascinating about the original Planet of the Apes from 1968, and particularly the ending taking place within the Forbidden Zone and revealing what remains one of the most iconic moments in Hollywood history: the reveal of the Statue of Liberty’s remains, with Charlton Heston as astronaut George Taylor collapsing before it. […]
This is the first in a series offering up visual and written obituaries for cast and crew members of the Planet of the Apes franchise. GREGORY SIERRA (01/25/1937-01/04/2021) was an American actor best known for his portrayal of Detective Sergeant Chano Amenguale on the iconic 1970s television series, Barney Miller. Fans of another iconic 1970s sitcom, […]