James Franco, (Harry Osborne in the Spiderman trilogy) has been cast as the lead in the new Rise of the Apes movie being directed by Rupert Wyatt.
Franco plays a scientist whose test subject, Caesar, starts to evolve rapidly. Franco’s character takes the ape home with him to protect him from the cruel doctors. Apparently all apes in the movie will be animated by WETA Digital.
Rise of the Apes opens June 24, 2011.
