Heston's turn in Planet of the Apes was a career first (that being sci-fi), but the 1968 hit was an epic in its own right that rivaled some of the actor's bigger movies in its scope.

Planet of the Apes' George Taylor is without question Charlton Heston's greatest contribution to the science fiction genre, but hardly his only significant one. Three years after briefly reprising ...

Charlton Heston and Roddy McDowall in ‘Planet of the Apes' Charlton Heston (as astronaut George Taylor) reviews his lines while Roddy McDowall, in full prosthetic as the thoughtful chimpanzee ...

From the original Charlton Heston films to the modern prequels, the Planet of the Apes movies have a complex timeline — one ...

T he Planet of the Apesfranchise has offered several different versions of humanity's demise in its nearly 60-year history, and even the original films were inconsistent. The 1968 Charlton Heston ...

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is coming to digital tomorrow, just in time for the height of summer. This franchise sure has come a long way since Charlton Heston screamed “Damn you!” into ...

Pierre Boulle's 1963 novel La Planète des Singes served as the template for 1968's Planet of the Apes, starring Charlton Heston, Kim Hunter, and Roddy McDowall.

Planet Of The Apes Wasn't Charlton Heston's Only Classic Sci-Fi Film . Not long after he starred in Planet of the Apes, Charlton Heston was tapped to lead the post-apocalyptic sci-fi thriller, ...

When Planet of the Apes premiered in 1968, audiences were stunned—not just by its twist ending, ... (Charlton Heston), who crash-lands on a strange planet ruled by intelligent apes.