Rise of the Planet of the Apes is a 2011 American
science fiction film directed by
Rupert Wyatt and starring
James Franco,
Freida Pinto,
John Lithgow,
Brian Cox,
Tom Felton,
David Oyelowo, and
Andy Serkis. Written by
Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver, it is
20th Century Fox's
reboot of the
Planet of the Apes series, intended to act as an
origin story for a new series of films. Its premise is similar to the fourth film in the original series,
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972), but it is not a direct
remake of that film.