Live "Behind The Scenes" Webcast For Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes With WETA

Below is an all interview of Rise of the Planet Of The Apes (Which has just changed it's name from Rise of the Apes) with Senior Visual Effects Supervisor Joe Letteri and the actor who will be playing the film's main ape Caesar; Andy Serkis. The film also stars Harry Potter's Tom Felton and James Franco. You might remember the original classic Planet of the Apes (The one with the crappy costumes), and the not so popular 2001 Tim Burton version of the film. Below is the latest on the original film's sequel.

The interview began today at 5:30 EDT, where there was a behind the scenes live stream video. While it's now over, you can still see it because it is being replaying. It will start playing like any other video, when you press play. The interview is almost a half hour long so grab your snacks and sit tight for the video.

Here is the video where they explain the movie in great depth:

And here is the official synopsis if the film for thoughs of you who don't know much about Planet of the Apes


James Franco is set to play a scientist working on a cure for Alzheimer's by testing on apes. When test subject Caesar suddenly begins to mutate rapidly, the scientist takes him home to remove him from the cruel lab doctors. Little does he know that he has now created a great knowledge in the apes ,and soon humans find themselves in a battle with them for the world empire.

Here is the films (Plain) poster:

And here is a quick clip of Caesar in the film:

The film was originally planned for a release June of this year, but has now been delayed to August 5 2011.

Here a small snip of the movie, it might also be in the trailer that hopefully will appear tomorrow.



What do you think of Rise of the Planet of the Apes?