But Hollywood wasn’t finished. Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971) flipped the premise, sending Cornelius, Zira, and their companion Milo (Sal Mineo) back in time to 1970s Earth.

Set in the "present day," Rise of the Planet of the Apes also stars James Franco, John Lithgow, Brian Cox, and Freida Pinto, planting the seeds for what will become a world-wide war.

An attempt to get a new “Planet of the Apes” movie off the ground began, in earnest, in the late 1980s with a variety of filmmakers pitching Fox on their take, including a Peter Jackson ...

“War for the Planet of the Apes” (2017) was the last film in the reboot trilogy. It continues Caesar’s story of struggling to survive and co-exist with humans as he enters war.

Escape From the Planet of the Apes (1971) The third installment follows the apes as they journey back in time to the contemporary United States and struggle to find their place within society.

But the second film, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, the status quo of Earth in 2026, isn’t too different than what we saw in Battle, only this time, the apes are very much starting to win.

The first of the “Apes” films directed by journeyman filmmaker J. Lee Thompson is a direct sequel to “Escape from the Planet of the Apes,” with Ricardo Montalbán’s caring circus owner ...