Tag: Planet of the Apes
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‘Star Trek’ Composer Michael Giacchino Heads Back Into Space for a Sci-Fi-Themed Solo Album
Composer Michael Giacchino has finally managed to realize a long-held dream: his first solo album, released Friday, which combines science-fiction storytelling with lounge music and an overall theme that is unexpectedly relevant to our times.It’s called simply “Travelogue, Volume 1,” and is credited to “Michael Giacchino and his Nouvelle Modernica Orchestra.” Mondo is releasing it…
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The New ‘Planet of the Apes’ Movie Won’t Be a Reboot, So Please Don’t Go Bananas
There’s a new Planet of the Apes movie in the works, but if you’ve read reports stating it’s another remake/reboot, you’ve been misinformed. Maze Runner director Wes Ball has been tasked with tackling the franchise next, and he was also nice enough to jump on Twitter and confirm that whatever he’s making, it’s not a…
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Andy Serkis to receive Bafta for outstanding contribution to cinema
Actor and filmmaker to receive honour at the 2020 Baftas.Actor and filmmaker Andy Serkis is to receive the outstanding British contribution to cinema award at the 2020 Bafta film awards.Serkis is best known for his pioneering performance capture work, portraying Gollum in The Lord Of The Rings and Hobbit films as well as the lead…
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Inside the Very Real Anthropomorphic Struggles of the ‘Cats’ Cast
Whether you find the titular characters in Tom Hooper’s live action adaptation of “Cats” adorable or horrifying, the truth is that a lot of work went into the singing and dancing creatures. The director and his team pioneered a new “digital fur technology” that merged footage of the actors on the film’s set with VFX,…
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‘Maze Runner’ Filmmaker Wes Ball Attached To New ‘Planet Of The Apes’ Film At Fox
It was only a matter of time until a Fox property got the Disney treatment. And it appears that the first franchise to get a new life under the Mickey regime is none other than “Planet of the Apes.”According to THR, Disney/Fox has made a deal with Wes Ball to direct a brand-new ‘Planet of…
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New ‘Planet of the Apes’ Film From Director Wes Ball in the Works at Fox and Disney
A new “Planet of the Apes” movie is in the works at Disney and Fox in what will be the first feature in the franchise since Disney acquired Fox. And the studio has tapped Wes Ball, the director of “The Maze Runner,” to develop and direct the new film, and individual with knowledge of the…
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‘The Batman’: Paul Dano to Play The Riddler
Paul Dano is in talks to join Robert Pattinson in Matt Reeves and Warner Bros. “
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Warner Bros Approves Robert Pattinson For ‘The Batman’
Warner Bros has approved Robert Pattinson as the star of The Batman, the trilogy of films that Matt Reeves will direct later this year, Deadline hears.Pattinson has been considered a front runner because the filmmaker liked him, but the studio was torn between him and Nicholas Hoult, and wanted both of the actors on tape…
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Sky Lands Andy McNab Action Thriller ‘Sas: Red Notice,’ Altitude Boards Sales
Pay-tv giant Sky has taken the U.K. and Ireland rights to “Sas: Red Notice,” the Magnus Martens’ action thriller based on the novel by former British special forces operative turned bestselling writer Andy McNab. Sky Cinema will release the film in 2020. Altitude has boarded sales and will have the film at the Efm in…
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That Book You Were Forced to Read in High School Is Getting Turned Into a Netflix Movie
Netflix and Andy Serkis are seriously cooking up magic together. Days after acquiring the rights to Serkis’s Jungle Book adaptation, Mowgli, from Warner Bros., Deadline reported that the streaming service also picked up the director’s Animal Farm adaptation.Serkis has long expressed his desire to direct an adaptation of George Orwell’s allegorical novella. Serkis planned to…