Hmmm. The title sounds like a pretty awful movie. "Good News on the Planet of the Apes".
But the truth is . . . I'm pretty excited about this little tidbit of news I saw people talking about on ye ol' internet:
Actually, it's two bits of news. First, they've signed Serkis to do it. Which means they're getting ready to do it. Whether they do it or not is another story -- a Hollywood story in which nothing is certain until it happens, and even then sometimes it's not certain. But they are getting ready to. This is good news.
The other good news is that the main team behind bringing Rise of the Planet of the Apes to the screen is going to be behind the sequel. The writers, the director, and of course, Andy Serkis.
I really, really liked Rise of the Planet of the Apes. It was a quiet, thoughtful character driven sci-fi action film. It felt like an independent film with epic scope. And almost everyone I talked to about it (all six or seven of them) were ready to see more when the closing credits came. And the ending of the movie was a game changer, promising a sequel that pushed the character of Caesar, and the story of the world, into new places.
As much as I love the originals (and I do, very, very much) I'm ready for this sequel . . .
What about you? How did you like the new sequel? Is this good new or bad?
~ Ben
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