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We recently bemoaned the possible shelving of Minority Report writer Scott Frank's super dark Planet of the Apes reboot, to be called Caesar. But Fox may have changed its mind about this Ape origins story. More »
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We were excited last year when Minority Report scribe Scott Frank started work on Caesar, a gritty, realistic reboot of classic flick Conquest Of The Planet Of The Apes. Now Fox has stalled the project, calling it "too dark." More »
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Fox is close to nailing down its new entry in the Planet of the Apes franchise: Called Caesar, it's a flick about the super-intelligent monkey who is an ancestor of the new rulers of Earth. Scott Frank will be directing and writing, which is a good sign: He wrote the amazing reincarnation thriller Dead Again, as well as smart suspense flicks The Interpreter and The Lookout. He's also divulged some details about how Caesar will deviate from Apes canon. More »
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