
Colonel Stryker is seen in the trailer saying, " They're not people, you know.".The fact that the story takes place in the future is confirmed by a brief reference to a manned mission to Mars. 20 Minutes into the Future: Assuming that the beginning takes place in modern-day 2011, that would point the film's events taking place between 20.Rise of the Planet of the Apes contains examples of: Fortunate to still have his job afterwards, Will soon finds out that Bright Eyes had just given birth, and she became aggressive as an instinctive attempt to protect her child.

Will believes the time is right to fund human testing - but during his pitch to potential backers, Bright Eyes inexplicably goes berserk and gets gunned down in the middle of the meeting. Will Rodman, a scientist attempting to find a cure for Alzheimer's disease (fueled by the desire to cure his father of the illness), finds incredible results with the experimental virus-based drug ALZ-112: "Bright Eyes", a female chimpanzee injected with the drug, becomes more intelligent soon after the drug takes effect. The movie is notable for the prominent use of Serkis Folk (with Andy Serkis himself playing Caesar) to portray the apes. The film is a loose remake of Conquest of the Planet of the Apes and marks the Origin Story for a new Planet of the Apes universe covering a new take on the backstory to the original films.


Directed by Rupert Wyatt, the 2011 film Rise of the Planet of the Apes serves as a reboot of the Planet of the Apes franchise.
