You know what gets Movieline excited about Rise of the Planet of the Apes? Hearing James Franco talk all movie scientist-y while dramatic music underscores footage of a CGI ape defending John Lithgow's honor on a suburban street corner. With that in mind apparently, Twentieth Century Fox has customized the international trailer for Rupert Wyatt's Planet of the Apes reboot.
It has everything! The apparent cure for Alzheimer's! Animal cruelty! Apes who use utensils and wear straight-leg jeans! John Lithgow in those short-sleeved button-up shirts that no one wears except for church group volunteers! Dramatic lab confrontations! James Franco trying to convey authority by wearing suits and delivering lines like, "These tests need to be contained!" Guns! Explosions! Helicopters! A gorilla named Caesar with Andy Serkis eyes!
VERDICT: Count us in for opening night.
[via ComingSoon]