It’s summer and in the movie world and those of you with a Total Film magazine subscription will know that means one thing – it’s the season of big Hollywood blockbusters.
The past couple of months have seen the release of big movie sequels (or prequels) such as Transformers: Dark of the Moon, X-Men: First Class, and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, or hopeful new franchises like Green Lantern and Captain America: The First Avenger.
The latest big movie to come out, hoping to grab that attention of the kids who are now on their summer holidays is Rise of the Planet of the Apes, a prequel to The Planet of the Apes which originally came out in 1968. In 2001 the film was then remade by Tim Burton and starred Mark Wahlberg, Helena Bonham Carter and Tim Roth.
Rise of the Planet of the Apes, as its title suggests, tells the story of how the apes revolted against the humans and came into power. James Franco stars as Will Rodman, who is a scientist who takes an orphaned ape – Caesar, played by Andy Serkis – home to live with him, and brings him up as a member of the family. Caesar is highly intelligent and expresses his thoughts through sign language.
Inevitably, Caesar comes to realise that no matter how much his adoptive family treat him like one, he’ll never be accepted as a human and returns to be with the rest of the apes. Leading to... the Rise of the Planet of the Apes, of course.
The movie hit the box office top spot over the weekend after raking in £5.8m in the UK and Ireland, leaving The Smurfs down to second place at 3.8m and knocking off Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 which took £1.7m, after 4 weeks at number one.
A Total Film magazine subscription is the best way to find out about the hottest new films to grace the silver screen, including everything from the summer’s blockbusters to little Indie flicks that you’ll only find at your local Picture House.
Subscribe and save on a Total Film magazine subscription today. Posted by Tori Gibson.