Fans go bananas for new Planet Of The Apes trailer which takes humanised monkey effects to a whole new level
The original 1960s film was a milestone in prosthetic make-up effects.

Now the latest instalment in the Planet Of The Apes franchise is taking another giant step forward in depicting 'realism' in fantasy cinema.

A five-second preview clip of Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes posted online yesterday, left awestruck science-fiction fans clamouring for more. Today, the full trailer was unveiled.

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Yesterday's tantalisingly brief segment shows an actor - who could be Andy Serkis as Caesar, the part made famous by Roddy McDowall in the original films - in his ape 'make-up'.

This close-up comes at the end of the full trailer for the new prequel, which shows how apes in the present day came to be supremely intelligent beings who take over Earth.

Filmmakers have made liberal use of CGI technology to create what looks to be the most realistic depiction yet of a humanised ape.

By using motion-capture technology - which records and analyses information from markers stuck onto the actor's body, and infrared lights which illuminate him - the special effects team is able to track motion and force.

This 'MoCap' technique has been used in many recent blockbusters, including the Lord Of The Rings trilogy for translating Serkis' movements into Gollum.



WETA Digital, an Oscar-winning visual effects company based in Wellington, New Zealand, is responsible for the new film's effects.

Last year, WETA won an Academy Award for its ground-breaking visual effects work in rendering an entire fantasy world in James Cameron’s blockbuster Avatar.

Things have certainly come a long way since McDowall was subjected to hours of plaster make-up in 1967 to play Cornelius and, in later films, his son Caesar.

Even the CGI effects in Tim Burton's 2001 remake Planet Of The Apes look dated when placed alongside the new effect.

Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes stars James Franco, Freida Pinto, John Lithgow and Brian Cox and is scheduled for an August release in the U.S.





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Hollywood studio Warner Bros has released a short trailer boasting the "first look behind the scenes" of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2," the final installment in the hit franchise.
The 93-second clip features soundbites from key actors, producers and director David Yates and glimpses of what its makers promise will be an action-packed finale to one of the world's most successful film series.
The first seven movies have grossed around $6.4 billion at the global box office, and the concluding film, due to hit theatres on July 15, is widely tipped to be the biggest picture of 2011, particularly because it is available in 3-D.
Included in the trailer is a kiss between Harry and Ginny Weasley and a showdown between the boy wizard and his nemesis Voldemort, in which the latter says: "Harry Potter -- the boy who lived come to die."
Emma Watson, who plays Hermione, said: "The scale of this one feels enormous. Your heart's going to race -- it's a really very intense ending."

Yates added: "It's a much more spectacular action picture."
The pace of Deathly Hallows - Part 1 was relatively subdued, critics said, and cast and crew have been promising a more explosive denouement.
Potter producers decided to divide the final book of author J.K. Rowling's bestselling, seven-part series into two movies.






Source: Reuters