Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Rise of the Planet of the Apes
The poster says the title of the film on a black background with one of the apes' faces filling the letters. This also includes release information and credits.
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRupert Wyatt
Written by
Based onPremise from Planet of the Apes
by Pierre Boulle
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyAndrew Lesnie
Edited by
Music byPatrick Doyle
Production
companies
Distributed by20th Century Fox[2]
Release date
  • August 5, 2011 (2011-08-05)
Running time
105 minutes[3][4]
CountryUnited States[5][6]
LanguageEnglish
Budget$93 million[4][7]
Box office$481.8 million[4]

Rise of the Planet of the Apes is a 2011 American science fiction action film directed by Rupert Wyatt and written by the writing team of Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver.[3][6][8] It is a reboot of the Planet of the Apes film series and is the seventh installment overall and the first in the reboot series.[9] The film stars James Franco, Freida Pinto, John Lithgow, Brian Cox, Tom Felton, and Andy Serkis. In the film, Caesar (Serkis), a chimpanzee genetically enhanced and raised by chemist Will Rodman (Franco), goes from living in captivity to eventually leading an ape uprising against humanity.

Rise of the Planet of the Apes first entered development in 2006 when Jaffa and Silver wrote a spec script and sold it to 20th Century Fox, the producers and distributors of the original film series. Production struggled until Franco, Serkis, and Wyatt were hired by late 2009, and principal photography started in July 2010 and finished that September, with filming locations including Vancouver, San Francisco, and Oahu. The apes were created using extensive visual effects and performance capture commissioned by Weta Digital.

Rise of the Planet of the Apes was released in the United States on August 5, 2011, by 20th Century Fox. The film received positive reviews from critics and was a commercial success, grossing over $481 million worldwide against a budget of $93 million. It received numerous awards and nominations, including nominations for Best Visual Effects and Best Special Visual Effects at the 84th Academy Awards and 65th British Academy Film Awards, respectively. It helped relaunch the franchise, and was followed by the sequels Dawn (2014), War (2017), and Kingdom (2024).

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  9. ^ Lussier, Germain (April 14, 2011). "Collider Visits The Set of Rise of the Planet of the Apes; Plus Video Blog". Collider. Archived from the original on April 17, 2011. Retrieved June 28, 2019.