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Planet of the Apes is an American science fiction media franchise about a world in which humans and intelligent apes clash for control. The franchise is based on French author Pierre Boulle 's 1963 novel La Planète des singes , translated into English as Planet of the Apes or Monkey Planet .
Linda Melson Harrison (born July 26, 1945) is an American television and film actress. She played Nova in the science fiction film classic Planet of the Apes (1968) and the first sequel, Beneath the Planet of the Apes; she also had a cameo in Tim Burton's 2001 remake of the original.
In 2017, Zahn played Bad Ape in War for the Planet of the Apes. He researched the role by watching chimpanzee videos on YouTube, and later said that the motion capture process and lengthy digital takes made Bad Ape "the most challenging acting job I've ever had".
Ball is referencing the Planet of the Apes’ first onscreen adventure, when Charlton Heston starred in the 1968 film famous for its twist ending. Adapted from the 1963 novel by Pierre Boulle, the ...
Teague was born and raised in Tampa, Florida.Both his parents were musicians [2] and he played violin until 15. [2] Teague was interested in acting beginning at a young age, performing scenes from Beauty and the Beast with stuffed animals at the age of four and appearing in small theater productions soon thereafter.
Dr. Zaius is a fictional character from the Planet of the Apes franchise, first appearing in Pierre Boulle's 1963 novel Planet of the Apes (La Planète des singes).He appears in the first two films of the franchise, where he is portrayed by Maurice Evans, in the television series, where he is played by Booth Colman, [1] and in the animated series, where he is voiced by Richard Blackburn.
On television he is best known as astronaut Pete Burke in the 1974 single-season television series Planet of the Apes. He has won two Tony Awards : for Best Actor in a Musical in 1990 for City of Angels, and again in 1997, he won a second Tony Award originating the role of lawyer Billy Flynn in the long-running revival of the musical Chicago.
At the start of Planet of the Apes, Taylor and two of his crew wake from hibernation to discover their spaceship has crash-landed in a lake on what they take to be an Earth-like, but largely barren, planet orbiting a Sun-like star in the constellation Orion. The ship's chronometer reads as Earth year 3978, 2,010 Earth years after their take-off.