The Planet of the Apes franchise is built on time travel, but will the more grounded modern-day reboot series ever utilize that plot point?

Ape characters in the Planet of the Apes franchise showcase a range of intelligence levels and moral compasses, leading to complex storylines. Intelligent and cunning characters like Maurice and Dr.

crash land on a planet where sentient apes are dominant and humans are a primitive, inarticulate slave class. Ape scientists Cornelius (Roddy McDowell) and Dr. Zira (Kim Hunter) become fascinated ...

In Brent's search for Taylor, he finds that the planet is run by a barbaric race of English-speaking apes, whose mission is in part to annihilate the human race. Brent eventually locates some of ...