David Crow Dec 3, 2019
Disney and 20th Century Fox are developing a new Planet of the Apes movie from the writer-director of The Maze Runner.
Just when you thought you were out, those damn dirty apes pull you back in. Such is the news that 20th Century Fox, now under the ownership of the Walt Disney Company, is in the process of developing a new movie based around their popular Planet of the Apes intellectual property.
The news comes out of The Hollywood Reporter, which confirmed Wes Ball is now attached to write and direct a new movie set in the greater Planet of the Apes mythology. To date, Ball is best known for writing and directing the three-part Maze Runner trilogy, which itself was based on James Dashner’s source material of young adult novels. Ball therefore has history with Fox, as that franchise was developed at the studio back...
Disney and 20th Century Fox are developing a new Planet of the Apes movie from the writer-director of The Maze Runner.
Just when you thought you were out, those damn dirty apes pull you back in. Such is the news that 20th Century Fox, now under the ownership of the Walt Disney Company, is in the process of developing a new movie based around their popular Planet of the Apes intellectual property.
The news comes out of The Hollywood Reporter, which confirmed Wes Ball is now attached to write and direct a new movie set in the greater Planet of the Apes mythology. To date, Ball is best known for writing and directing the three-part Maze Runner trilogy, which itself was based on James Dashner’s source material of young adult novels. Ball therefore has history with Fox, as that franchise was developed at the studio back...
- 12/4/2019
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