When Charlton Heston yelled, “Take your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape!” he helped launch one of the most influential franchises in film history. Taking a cue from the original Star Trek, ...

1968's classic and influential sci-fi film, Planet of the Apes (based on French author Pierre Boulle's 1963 novel), spawned a franchise that dominated the first half of the '70s with four more movie ...

For more than half a century, audiences have been captivated by the Planet of the Apes—a sprawling sci-fi epic that spans at least three timelines, 3,000 years of history, and a franchise that ...