Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Rise of Planet of the Apes poster

Haven´t we learned already that using monkeys for scientific research leads to opening Pandora´s box? Every time a trailer or movie starts with some kind of chimp in a cage you know hell is about to break loose. If we add an overly ambitious scientist who thinks making an animal more intelligent than humankind is the perfect solution( as if they weren´t already), we end up with an explosive combination. Deep Blue sea anyone?

Rise of the Planet of the Apes just released its first trailer in which we get to see James Franco as the scientist(not convinced about that), the beautiful Freida Pinto as his love interest, Draco Malfloy from HP, and Andy Serkis as Caesar, the chimpanzee that decides to start the uprising. It won't be the first time Serkis portrays a primate, remember him as the dangerous but cute King Kong?

Something that caught my eye was that instead of highlighting the film's star names they decided on emphasizing the work of WETA digital, Avatar's special effects company. They're clearly trying to tell the audience that it's not about the people in it, it's all about the rise of the apes. Through its constant remakes Planet of the Apes has gotten a bad rep, especially with Burton's version, and they're trying to differentiate themselves from them.

Judging the trailer´s powerful images, it looks like they could. We will have to wait till summer comes to find out. Rise of Planet of the Apes, August 15th.