Back in 2001, Tim Burton rebooted Planet of the Apes and now it seems that the reboot of the reboot may be moving forward. Twentieth Century Fox is eager to get a new film underway. Sources close to the project have said, “…the studio is now more determined than ever to make the film”

Initial rumors of the film’s demise came about when writer Scott Frank (Minority Report) left the project. Now, Fox has turned the project over to producer Peter Chernin and hired writer Jamie Moss to revise Frank’s version, in addition to bringing scribes Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver (The Relic) back to polish the dialogue.

Fox originally wanted to pursue a different story when Frank wrote his script (code named “Caesar“) now, “…the studio wants to make the Caesar project, post haste”

“Frank’s Apes script, code-named Caesar, showed how genetic experiments on apes led to their evolutionary eclipse of humans. “Caesar” refers to the genetically altered leader of the simian rebellion, so dubbed because the ape was capable of grand strategic thinking on par with Julius Caesar (whose own surname means “hairy” in Latin). The “Caesar” code name also foreshadowed the script’s plot: Just as the actual Julius Caesar set Rome on the path to the Roman Empire, the experimental ape’s escape sets in motion his fellow hirsute hominids’ (wait for it … ) guerrilla war and subsequent dominance.”

Chernin has been championing a reboot since 1992 when he paid Oliver Stone a million dollars to produce a Return of the Apes film. In fact, Fox is so confident in Chernin, and the script they have, it is likely a director will be hired immediately.

[Source] Vulture