![]() ![]() He did write a treatment for a sequel, titled "Planet of Men," but it wasn't cinematic." īoulle: "After the success of the original film, Arthur Jacobs requested that I do a sequel for him. ![]() He said he didn't know how one makes one, then when I showed him a print of the first one, he was just absolutely ecstatic. First I went to Pierre Boulle to write the screenplay. ![]() Jacobs: "We didn't plan any sequel in the first one, but it became so successful that Fox said you must do a sequel, if you can come up with one. Titled Planet of the Men (or La Planète des hommes, since Boulle did not speak English), it featured a messianic Taylor, 14 years after the events of Planet of the Apes, leading an uprising against the apes, following which they reverted back to their primal states. Jacobs approached Pierre Boulle, author of La Planète des singes, which had inspired the movie, and asked him to submit a treatment for a sequel. When the 1968 movie Planet of the Apes proved to be an enormous hit, both critically and financially, it became clear that a sequel could further the success of the franchise. ![]()
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