Planet of the Apes

If you haven't heard, Tim Burtons is directing the new Planet of the Apes. POTA is one of my favorite all-time movies, and I can't wait for it to come out. I've already seen some pics of the filming, but I can't wait until July 27 when it comes out! Anyone else as excited as me? Anybody no anything else about the movie?

Did that movie need a remake?!

...and by Tim Burton?!
(he spoiled Batman for me...)

I'll try to see it when it comes out. I dunno about Tim Burton though.

Well it didn't need to be remade, and the worst thing is that Burton is changing the title to "The Visitor" Plus I don't think Mark Wahlberg can ever compete with Charlton Heston as the lead.

That having been said I AM very curious to see it though.

THEY CAST MARK WAHLBERG?!!? OMG!! Tell me you're joking. Please tell me you're joking!

A year ago or so, what I heard is that Arnold Schw. was to be in it...

i'm not joking...

Yeah, I heard about that too.

Sadly Rogue, the Marky Mark in Planet of the Apes is true.

I am NOT a Wahlberg fan, and I am NOT happy about that, and a lot of other things about the way this film is going to be honest.

The whole calling it "The Visitor" thing for one just seems so arrogant.... like there is no respect for the work that has gone before. Not only is it disrespectful, but its bad marketing because hell, people will look at the marquee and say, "what the heck is the visitor? some new Chevy Chase movie" When instead they could look and say "Planet of the Apes! I remember that from when I was a kid"

...or worse... they may associate it with that old 60's tv series "The Visitors", about alien invasion (some 50's mentality relic i guess...)

(Roy Thinnes, if I remember well, was the main actor in that series; you may remember that actor from his appearence in the XFiles as an alien shape-shifter at the end and begining of one season...)

They may be at last going with "The Planet of the Apes" as a title now... I hope so.

For those of you intersted, I've posted a bunch of production pictures from the set on my site. Just click on my banner below.

Hmmm... What about hiring Pam Anderson as Zira?

hehe... nah... just funny picturing her in there...


this reminds me of a thread on LotR movie, about what would be the worst casting!

It is funny, but Pam Anderson's biggest role is herself. I can't see her taking a heavy makeup role.

Marky Mark. In Planet of the Apes. In Charlton Heston's role. NOOOOOO!!!!!
Now, if he was playing Zira's smart aleck young brother or whoever he was, I could see that. Heck,
he might even be urecognizable. But not in the CH spot. Run away, run away. Don't even run bravely away. Just RUN.

Personally, more than anything I'll miss Roddy McDowell.

Me too.

I used to watch Planet of the Apes all the time when I was a kid. I loved all the movies. I do not think that I will go see this in theaters though. Just a personal issue.

I almost don't want to see it myself, just because I think its almost offensive to remake a classic like this... but curiosity is getting the better of me and I have to watch to see what Burton will do to it.

I'm glad they can't do a remake of 2001: A Space Odyssey (at least not with that title!)

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(Just imagine Brent Spinner (ie "Data") as the voice of Hal...)

Don't bet on it. I bet they'd do it... just say its some alternate universe or something.

A site someone gave at another board:

www.corona.bc.ca/films/details/apes.html

maybe stuff you already knew, maybe not... (i didn't)

Coming Attractions is always a nice place for news, I check it often, but they are always a bit stuffy sounding.