Unsurprisingly there will be a sequel to the summer's best reviewed film (maybe alongside X-Men: First Class), Rise of the Planet of the Apes.
Director Rupert Wyatt has been shooting around ideas for a sequel, and spoke to Bleedingcool.com about some of them. First up, the British helmer said he want to go all "'Full Metal Jacket' with apes... you could start this story again eight years from where we left off, the next generation of apes, those that have come from our protagonists, perhaps going in to a conflict with humans and showing real fear, in the same way as going into war for young soldiers in this day and age, telling their story." Then he threw another idea out there: "Apes are taking over cities, and being moved into human environments and having to interact with them and deal with things that are part of our culture and understand and evolve through them. Spies that are in the employ of the apes, working against humans and humans maybe existing underground, because that's a way they can avoid the virus, coming up above ground wearing gas masks, and maybe that's what dehumanises them."
It's all just ideas at the moment, but it'll be interesting to see if James Franco will come back in any capacity. The film should show strong legs at the box-office, and that will determine how much money they throw at him - even if the real star is Andy Serkis.