Part of the Walt Disney Company's buyout of Fox movie assets includes "Planet of the Apes", that is being developed for director Wes Ball ("Maze Runner") as the first of a new 'Pota' film franchise, adapting the original novel "Monkey Planet" (1963) by French author Pierre Boulle:
In the Boulle story: "...a rich couple sailing alone in space, 'Jinn' and 'Phyllis', rescue and translate a manuscript from a floating bottle. The manuscript was written by journalist 'Ulysse Mérou', who in the year 2500 was invited by wealthy 'Professor Antelle' to accompany him and his disciple, physician 'Arthur Levain', to 'Betelgeuse'.
"Because they travel close to the speed of light, time dilation causes centuries to pass on Earth during their two years in transit. They land their shuttle on a temperate, lushly forested planet which they name 'Soror' (Latin for 'sister'). They can breathe the air, drink the water and eat the fruit.
In the Boulle story: "...a rich couple sailing alone in space, 'Jinn' and 'Phyllis', rescue and translate a manuscript from a floating bottle. The manuscript was written by journalist 'Ulysse Mérou', who in the year 2500 was invited by wealthy 'Professor Antelle' to accompany him and his disciple, physician 'Arthur Levain', to 'Betelgeuse'.
"Because they travel close to the speed of light, time dilation causes centuries to pass on Earth during their two years in transit. They land their shuttle on a temperate, lushly forested planet which they name 'Soror' (Latin for 'sister'). They can breathe the air, drink the water and eat the fruit.
- 9/5/2020
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
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