The history of
Rise of the Apes, the
Planet of the Apes prequel to be directed by
The Escapist's
Rupert Wyatt, goes back a few years. It was set in motion at Fox by Scott Frank, who developed a script called
Caesar, which was intended as "a hard science fiction film about humans that use science to create hyper-intelligent chimpanzees." Obviously, the primary super-chimp created in the story is Caesar, and that creature sets ...