Clearly the suits at Fox still saw value in the franchise, though, so when it came time to make anotherApesflick, they decided to take a different path. Rather than offer another attempt at the story found in both the 2001 and1968Apes, 2011’sRise of the Planet of the Apesgoes the “...
WhileRise of the Planet of the Apesfailed to set box offices afire, it did pretty well financially. Perhaps more importantly, it earned good reviews and redeemed the franchise to fans still bitter after the flawed2001Apesreboot. All of this led toward a sequel via 2014’sDawn of the Planet...