Earlier today, WETA held a special online presentation for this summer's prequel/reboot Rise of the Planet of the Apes, where they showed off some of the concept art from the movie. You can check out some of these images, which depict an ape uprising and take-over, in the photos below.

Apes on the bridge Concept art from Rise of the Planet of the ApesWe followed up by asking the actor if he felt that the Alzheimer's issue helped him ground his character in a certain reality for this sci-fi film and if he felt that it was an important aspect to the movie working on some level. Yeah, I mean, it's certainly the choice that they made. Like I actually haven't seen all of the Apes movies, I saw the first one a long time ago and then I watched it again and I watched a documentary abo
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Concept art from Rise of the Planet of the ApesThere's a moral dilemma, {32} continued. The research I did was with a lot of the scientists that do animal research. One man in particular who I watched being interviewed was asked the question, how do you feel about the testing of animals? He said, I hate it, I don't sleep at night, but this is what I do so you tell me the alternative. I think for our lead that is something that comes up concerning his relationship and also his relationship with C
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