Everyone thinks of Rod Serling as the voice (and brain) behind The Twilight Zone, but he actually has a way wider range of credits to his name than people realize.
Aside from Night Gallery, he was also one of the main minds behind the original Planet of the Apes movie.
Serling wrote the screenplay for that film, and when you consider the rest of his works, it really shows.
Planet of the Apes feels like a feature-length Twilight Zone episode.
It has a science fiction mystery, some social commentary, decent thrills, dialogue, and a twist-ending that are all worthy of his show, but the film stands alone as its own property.
However, the version of Apes that ended up on screen isn’t exactly in line with what Serling originally wrote, and would come to take many liberties from his initial works.
So how did Rod Serling get involved with the…
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