20th Century Fox has released a new international feature trailer, ape research videos, an international poster and official images from director Rupert Wyatt‘s forthcoming film, Rise of the Planet of the Apes starring James Franco, Brian Cox, Andy Serkis, John Lithgow, Freida Pinto and Tom Felton.

Check them out below!

International Trailer: Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Early in the filmmaking process of Rise of the Planet of the Apes, 20th Century Fox hired a research team to build a collection of clips that would serve as inspiration for Director Rupert Wyatt. The apes in the film were made 100% digitally, so it was crucial for Rupert and WETA Digital to understand all the ways in which apes move and behave. However, what we found was remarkable footage that surprised us with how smart apes really are.

Amateur footage of a gorilla walking like a human, from a zoo in Germany. It’s a creepy clip showing that apes really aren’t that different than us:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVQRoF0W84o[/youtube]

Chimp plays first-person shooter. Here’s a clip from a Japanese science documentary that shows a chimpanzee in a lab who has been taught to play Far Cry 2, a violent first-person-shooter game:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ya7IhijXYUQ[/youtube]

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Synopsis:

A single act of both compassion and arrogance leads to a war unlike any other — and to the RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES. The Oscar-winning visual effects team that brought to life the worlds of Avatar and Lord of the Rings is breaking new ground, creating a CGI ape that delivers a dramatic performance of unprecedented emotion and intelligence, and epic battles on which rest the upended destinies of man and primate.

Rise of the Planet of the Apes, directed by Rupert Wyatt and starring James Franco, Brian Cox, Andy Serkis, John Lithgow, Freida Pinto and Tom Felton is slated to hit theaters on August 5th, 2011.