Planet of the Apes The Complete History

Planet of the Apes was a concept that started life in 1963 as a quirky work by French literary novelist Pierre (The Bridge over the River Kwai) Boulle. His concept of a world where humans are ruled over by apes proceeded to become one of the biggest multi-media sensations in history. The 1968 Charlton Heston motion-picture adaptation of Boulle's book was celebrated and successful but was just the beginning. By 1973, said picture had spawned four sequels. It then spun off a live-action TV series, which in turn spun off the animated TV show Return to the Planet of the Apes. What with this, comic books, novelizations, and a tsunami of merchandising, the late sixties and first half of the seventies had a distinctly simian flavor. A new generation was introduced to the concept when, in 2001, Tim Burton's updating of the series appeared in cinemas. This itself was rebooted a decade later in the form of Rise of the Planet of the Apes and its two sequels. Despite all the fantasy (and money-chasing), however, the se

ISBN:	9781493057252
Publisher:	Applause
Imprint:	Applause
Published date:	13 Jan 2022
DEWEY:	791.4375
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	264
Weight:	460g
Height:	153mm
Width:	229mm
Spine width:	32mm

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