Director and writers talk sequels to Rise of the Planet of the Apes

THE CREATIVE talents behind the upcoming Rise of the Planet of the Apes have revealed they have a trilogy in mind.

Screenwriters Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver hope the 20th Century Fox film, released in UK cinemas this week, will evolve into a new franchise.

The prequel/reboot led the box office with $54.8million on its earlier US launch last weekend and gathered strong reviews (83 per cent on Rotten Tomatoes), with particular praise for the "mesmerising" performance of Andy Serkis as the actor behind CGI chimp Caesar.

Silver told Entertainment Weekly that follow-up ideas were "built into the narrative".

She explained: "We definitely have ideas for where the sequel - plural, where the sequels - would take us.When we started this, we knew that this movie would stand on its own, and we designed it that way. But if it didn't stand on its own, we pictured a trilogy that would start with this movie."

Jaffa said: "There hasn't been an official discussion yet about a sequel, because I think everyone still doesn't want to jinx where we are. But we definitely have ideas.

"We do have a good sense of what will be in the sequel. Maybe in 20 years, the last one will be called Success of the Planet of the Apes."

In addition, director Rupert Wyatt revealed some very specific ideas on how to continue the story.

He told Bleeding Cool: "There's so much we could do. The ideas I've had are all sorts of things, ranging from Full Metal Jacket with apes. You could start this story again eight years from where we left off; the next generation of apes, those that have come from our protagonists, perhaps going into a conflict with humans and showing real fear, in the same way as going into war for young soldiers in this day and age, telling their story.

"Or how apes are taking over cities, and being moved into human environments and having to interact with them and deal with things that are part of our culture and understand and evolve through them."

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[Source: Coventry Telegraph - The Geek Files]