James Franco To Star In New “Planet of the Apes”
Love James Franco? Love monkeys? You are in luck! James will star in a prequel to the original Planet of the Apes along with Frieda Pinto, John Lithgow, Harry Potter’s Tom Felton and Andy Serkis.
As Charleston Heston hibernated, James Franco engineered the path to the end of the world.
Franco stars in “Rise of the Planet of the Apes,” the big budget prequel to the 1968 classic, “Planet of the Apes.” He plays Will Rodman, a scientist testing his new attempts at curing Alzheimers on captive ape subjects. Unfortunately, it turns out, one of the cures works all too well, and an ape named Caesar begins to mutate and evolve.
While Franco tries to protect him, all hell soon breaks loose. Andy Serkis, who played Gollum in the “Lord of the Rings” movies, wears the censors for the motion captured ape (CGI effects produced by the “LOTR” and “Avatar” team), while Freida Pinto fights for survival alongside Franco. John Lithgow, Brian Cox and “Harry Potter” star Tom Felton also play prominent roles.
