War for the Planet of the Apes (D: Reeves, 7/14/2017) - News, Rumors, Etc.
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Re: Planet Of The Apes 3 (D: Reeves, 2016)
I'm picking "War For The Planet of the Apes" for the title. It'll be interesting to see where they go - without spoilers, I don't want to see Apes 3 be a basic retread of Rise, but I also really don't want to see another dismal remake of Planet of the Apes with astronauts from the future etc. I'd actually really like to see the world open up some with scale -- the original movies never really had the budget to go global and even Rise pretty much sticks to one small area of the planet, but wouldn't it be something to see a story that somehow really does feature a "Planet" of the apes?
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Re: Planet Of The Apes 3 (D: Reeves, 2016)
I vote for anything that doesn't have two "of the's" in the title like the last two movies. Really clunky.
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Re: Planet Of The Apes 3 (D: Reeves, 2016)
I said it in the Dawn of the Planet of the Apes thread already but I sort of hope that the new films just kind of continue on as their own thing and don't try and connect themselves to the original films. I really like the original film but the sequels are a pretty mixed bag to me. I'd sort of prefer if they either remade the original film again (only done well this time unlike the Burton crapfest) or go in a direction similar to the original film at least and continue from there.
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Box Office Mojo is saying that it earned $73 million over the weekend and that it's a 33% larger opening than Rise of the Planet of the Apes had. Plus the article in this thread states that Reeves has already signed on for a third film and that it's a priority for Fox. My guess is they want a franchise they can keep going for a while.
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Re: Matt Reeves To Helm ‘Planet Of The Apes 3′
i want to see all apes talking, apes in color clothes and the bomb dropped in the 3rd movie.
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Re: Planet Of The Apes 3 (D: Reeves, 2016)
Box Office Mojo is saying that it earned $73 million over the weekend and that it's a 33% larger opening than Rise of the Planet of the Apes had. Plus the article in this thread states that Reeves has already signed on for a third film and that it's a priority for Fox. My guess is they want a franchise they can keep going for a while.
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Re: Planet Of The Apes 3 (D: Reeves, 2016)
Uh...I think one could argue that Fox has already kept the POTA franchise going for a while. This is the 8th POTA movie they have made if you count the previous series and Burton's fiasco. I'm starting to wonder if they want this to be their James Bond type series, as both the Alien and Predator series seem to have run their respective courses.
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Re: Planet Of The Apes 3 (D: Reeves, 2016)
This and X-Men are Fox's priorities I think. (their only current franchises) I don't know a lot about the original Apes series...but I'd love to see this continue past the third one. They only signed Serkis through the next one though... but if they have to make another deal w him so be it. If they can pull in 5-600million I think it's worth continuing. Eventually reaching a full fledged POTA movie, and/or taking it past that...seems like a lot of potential.
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Re: Planet Of The Apes 3 (D: Reeves, 2016)
I'm picking "War For The Planet of the Apes" for the title. It'll be interesting to see where they go - without spoilers, I don't want to see Apes 3 be a basic retread of Rise, but I also really don't want to see another dismal remake of Planet of the Apes with astronauts from the future etc. I'd actually really like to see the world open up some with scale -- the original movies never really had the budget to go global and even Rise pretty much sticks to one small area of the planet, but wouldn't it be something to see a story that somehow really does feature a "Planet" of the apes?
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Re: Planet Of The Apes 3 (D: Reeves, 2016)
I think they need a comedy spin-off where some of the apes discover reefer and start doing rude and crude acts apes are known to do. It could be entitled "Damn Dirty Apes" and have Seth Rogen and Danny McBride as the motion capture actors.
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Re: Planet Of The Apes 3 (D: Reeves, 2016)
I said it in the Dawn of the Planet of the Apes thread already but I sort of hope that the new films just kind of continue on as their own thing and don't try and connect themselves to the original films. I really like the original film but the sequels are a pretty mixed bag to me. I'd sort of prefer if they either remade the original film again (only done well this time unlike the Burton crapfest) or go in a direction similar to the original film at least and continue from there.
For #3 they may as well go with Beginning of the Planet of the Apes.
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Re: Planet Of The Apes 3 (D: Reeves, 2016)
I think, for me, that the these Apes can stay as far away from the visual in POTA and still be very strong in its own intent. I like POTA 1 and all but I rather see something much interesting than hitting that idea just yet.
This and X-Men are Fox's priorities I think. (their only current franchises) I don't know a lot about the original Apes series...but I'd love to see this continue past the third one. They only signed Serkis through the next one though... but if they have to make another deal w him so be it. If they can pull in 5-600million I think it's worth continuing. Eventually reaching a full fledged POTA movie, and/or taking it past that...seems like a lot of potential.
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Re: Planet Of The Apes 3 (D: Reeves, 2016)
I'm still curious to see how well the sequels to Avatar will do honestly. It's been quite a while since the first one, I just don't think people are clamoring for a sequel as much as James Cameron thinks. Maybe I'm wrong though.
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Re: Planet Of The Apes 3 (D: Reeves, 2016)
I think you're spot on. I can't fathom those films breaking any records at this point. It was revolutionary for the time, but not now.
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#50
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Re: Planet Of The Apes 3 (D: Reeves, 2016)
It should end with them blowing up the planet.