Rise of The Planet Of The Apes set for a visual treat
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oi-Kalyani Prasad Keshri
By Kalyani Prasad Keshri
Get
set
for
a
Visual
Effects
Extravaganza
as
Rise
of
The
Planet
Of
The
Apes
hits
theatres
August
5th!After
the
superb
success
of
X-Men:
First
Class,
Fox
Star
Studios
is
bringing
to
you
this
August
a
mind
blowing
saga
from
yet
another
one
of
its
most
popular
franchises!
Before
Star
Wars
birthed
generations
of
fanatics,
before
Spiderman
caught
on
in
syndication,
before
Harry
Potter
made
kids
read
books
again,
1968"s
seminal
Planet
Of
The
Apes
launched
the
first
fanboy
phenomenon.
A
box-office
smash,
the
movie
was
considered
as
one
of
the
greatest
classics
of
celluloid
science
fiction,
and
spawned
a
series
of
"70s
films,
TV
shows,
a
merchandising
tie-in
bonanza,
a
misguided
Tim
Burton
remake
and
now,
one
of
the
most
anticipated
films
of
this
year-
Rise
Of
The
Planet
Of
The
Apes.
Rise
Of
The
Planet
Of
The
Apes
is
a
high
octane
action-packed
thriller,
in
which
dangers
of
science
leads
to
intelligence
in
apes
and
a
challenge
to
humans
as
the
dominant
species
on
the
planet.
It
stars
the
dashing
Oscar
nominated
actor
of
127
Hours
fame
James
Franco
and
India"s
very
own
Slumdog
Millionaire
girl,
Freida
Pinto.
Oscar
winning
New
Zealand-based
digital
effects
house
Weta
Digital,
which
have
created
masterpieces
such
as
Avatar,
The
Lord
Of
The
Rings
trilogy,
and
King
Kong
have
expanded
upon
its
Academy
Award-winning
work
to
render,
for
the
first
time
ever
in
the
film
series,
photo-realistic
apes
rather
than
costumed
actors.
This
technology
allows
audiences
to
emotionally
engage
with
a
lead
character,
a
chimpanzee
named
Caesar,
who
does
not
actually
exist.
Says
Director
Rupert
Wyatt,
“When
you
have
an
opportunity
to
work
with
Weta
and
what
they
can
achieve
with
motion
capture
technology
you
take
it,"
says
Wyatt.
“We're
at
the
dawn
of
a
whole
new
age
for
motion
capture
photography
and
we're
using
that
technology
to
tell
a
whole
story
about
the
dawn
of
a
new
civilization,
which
is
really
exciting."
Well,
we
are
sure
fans
just
cannot
wait
to
catch
this
larger
than
life
visual
effects
extravaganza
as
its
hits
theatres
August
5th!