How many Apes films are there?
There are five Apes movies so far. Planet of the Apes was followed by Beneath the Planet of the Apes, which was intended to be the end of the series. However, Beneath was so successful that Fox scrambled for a way to revive the series. The resulting storyline produced three more sequels, Escape from the Planet of the Apes, Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, and finally, Battle for the Planet of the Apes. The Tim Burton film, Planet of the Apes (2001) will be the sixth film, though it does not fall into the chronology of the first five, but is rather a “re-imagining” (as the producer’s call it) of the first film. • Why did such a big actor like Charlton Heston agree to star in Planet of the Apes? Some people have wondered why the man who played Moses and Ben-Hur would do a “silly science-fiction movie” like Planet of the Apes. In actuality, Heston saw it as a serious film with many themes that greatly intrigued him, and was very instrumental in getting the first film produced. For more
