From Gollum to Gibbon: Andy Serkis Talks Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Star Andy Serkis — Gollum from Lord of the Rings and the titular simian from the 2005 King Kong remake — and director Rupert Wyatt, stopped by the Wired Cafe at Comic-Con in San Diego to talk about the new film and how it’s been updated for today’s audience.
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Serkis and Wyatt stopped by the Wired Cafe at Comic-Con International to talk about the new film and how it’s been updated for today’s audience.

“It’s a timeless story, I think that’s why it’s always worked as a franchise … there’s something kind of wonderful about the ‘what if?’ scenario that another species on this planet [becomes] the alphas of our planet,” said Serkis.

We ask them about performance capture and story versus technology in this video.

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