Since the first trailer for Rise of the Planet of the Apes debuted online three months ago one thing about the film stood out. Not that apes can apparently defeat an army of riot police and helicopters by merely jumping around, but that James Franco was tasked as the film’s lead. “We it call the cure for Alzheimer’s,” he intones with a super-serious acting voice. Sounds good, believable scientist! Of course, maybe that’s the trick of Rise of the Planet of the Apes ; Franco is but merely impeccably tailored set dressing hiding the real star of the show: Andy Serkis.
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