Andy Serkis signs up for Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes sequel

[brightcove]1101316038001[/brightcove]

After the huge success that was Rupert Wyatt's Planet Of The Apes reboot, the commissioning of a sequel was only a matter of time.

British director Wyatt's original contract came with the option to do another film, and he has stated that he intends to take that up.

Screenwriters Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver are also already onboard.

Now, it has been confirmed that motion-capture extraordinaire Andy Serkis is the first of the cast to have been rehired, reportedly for a healthy seven-figure sum.

His most famous roles to date have come in the form of motion-capture, the process of recording movement digitally and then computer generating the captured images.

Notable characters have included Gollum in The Lord Of The Rings series and Haddock in Steven Spielberg's recent The Adventures Of Tintin .

He is now set to reprise his role as rebellious super-ape Caesar from Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes , a part which some have claimed Serkis deserves an Oscar nomination for.

As of yet, neither James Franco nor Freida Pinto have been reacquired for the next instalment in the series.

Just be thankful that the coming film won't be another prequel - Rise Of The Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes doesn't have much of a ring to it.

Latest in Sci-Fi Movies
The Rise of Skywalker
Despite those retirement reports, Lucasfilm boss Kathleen Kennedy is "very involved" in the Rey Star Wars movie, according to Daisy Ridley
Giancarlo Esposito in The Electric State
The Electric State star Giancarlo Esposito explains why adapting the bleak novel into a family friendly adventure was the right decision: "I'm going to bring my children with me"
Giancarlo Esposito in The Electric State
The Electric State may be the Russo brothers' most challenging VFX project yet, but stars Stanley Tucci and Giancarlo Esposito say it's one of the easiest films they’ve ever done
Giancarlo Esposito and Stanley Tucci in The Electric State
Stars Stanley Tucci and Giancarlo Esposito say their new dystopian sci-fi movie The Electric State is more like our own reality than we might realize
Millie Bobby Brown, Chris Pratt, and Ke Huy Quan in The Electric State
$320 million in the hole, the Russo brothers' new Netflix movie debuts to their worst Rotten Tomatoes score even though it's one of the most expensive films ever made
Zoe Saldaña in Avatar
James Cameron had "too many great ideas" for Avatar: The Way of Water, so the cut content became Avatar 3 which "will actually be a little bit longer" than its 3-hour predecessor
Latest in News
Dino Crisis 2 art showing a young woman and man back-to-back amid tall green grass, both with their weapons drawn
Dino Crisis gets a fresh trademark filing by Capcom, but it might not mean the 26-year-old survival horror franchise will get a new installment like fans expect
Cujo
Netflix is making a brand new adaptation of Cujo, the infamous Stephen King book about a killer dog
Dragon Age 2
Veteran Dragon Age dev says one big delay is better than several small ones: "You are laying band-aid on top of band-aid on top of band-aid"
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
Dark Souls 2 fans remind Death Stranding 2 director Hideo Kojima that he won’t be taking the DS2 acronym that easily
Minecraft Diamond Armor
Minecraft Pocket Edition got its name because one of its devs was a big "Nintendo nerd" who wanted to pay homage to the Game Boy Pocket
Death Stranding 2
Hideo Kojima says Death Stranding's themes of connection came about because "I thought I lost everything when I became alone nine years ago"