FREIDA PINTO: RISE FROM THE PLANET OF THE APES

WITH ABOUT AS MANY SPEAKING LINES as are usually found on the white paper strip inside a fortune cookie, Freida Pinto nevertheless cast a memorable image in the surprise summer blockbuster, RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES. And how could she not? The former Miss Universe first gained international notoriety in the film SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE and it's been nowhere but up for this stunning Bollywood Beauty ever since.

The 27-year old Miss Pinto was born in Mumbai (that's the former Bombay for the geographically challenged) and she wanted to become an actress at a young age. Well, she got her chance and now this strikingly beautiful Horror Hottie is a hot Hollywood star.

The interview below is from STUDIO, a new UK magazine that is being promoted as "The First Film Magazine For Women".

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"APES" BOX OFFICE NO MONKEY BUSINESS

Last week was a good week for apes. This weekend will probably see less viewers, but overall, it looks like there's enough interest to spur on the next in the prequel series.

"RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES fended off an onslaught of four new nationwide releases to top the weekend box office again. The Help won the debut dust-up, blind-siding a tepid Final Destination 5, while 30 Minutes or Less and Glee The 3D Concert Movie floundered.

Descending 49 percent, Rise of the Planet of the Apes packed $27.8 million. Though steep, the sci-fi thriller's second weekend slide was less severe than Planet of the Apes (2001), I, Robot, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra and X-Men: First Class, among comparable titles. With a $105.2 million haul in ten days, Rise is tracking ahead of fellow 20th Century Fox prequel/reboot X-Men: First Class ($98 million) and has out-grossed most of its key comps through the same point, aside from the last Planet remake's $123.7 million (or $174.2 million normalized for ticket-price inflation)." [SOURCE: Box Office Mojo]

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"RISE" GOES APE AT THE BOX OFFICE

I will reserve my review (but not my enthusiasm) for a little later after seeing this FREAKIN' AWESOME film this weekend. Suffice to say, it is a movie worthy of joining the franchise with pride. MONSTER MOVIE WORLD's highest recommendation!

Here is a news clipping from BOX OFFICE MOJO:

"Rise of the Planet of the Apes climbed to the top with an estimated $54 million on approximately 5,400 screens at 3,648 locations, which ranked as the fifth highest-grossing August opening ever (but ninth normalized for ticket-price inflation). Among comparable movies, the franchise reboot's launch was superior to District 9's $37.4 million and Terminator Salvation's $42.6 million and close to G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra's $54.7 million (on the same weekend in 2009). It even grossed more than I, Robot's $52.2 million (though sold fewer tickets) and was just a hair lower than X-Men: First Class's $55.1 million earlier this summer.

Though Rise was beneath Planet of the Apes (2001)'s $68.5 million ($96.5 million adjusted for ticket price inflation), that was to be expected considering it didn't cover the franchise's most iconic territory and was essentially a remake of one of the fractionally popular sequels, Conquest of the Planet of the Apes. Rise also had to overcome a ten-year franchise dormancy and the taint of audiences' mixed reaction to the Planet remake, but it was propelled by an on-point marketing campaign that packed plenty of ape thrills and recalled recent successes like I, Robot, District 9 and even Avatar. Distributor 20th Century Fox's exit polling indicated that 54 percent of Rise's audience was male and 56 percent was age 25 years and older."

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ESCAPE FROM THE CONQUEST OF THE BATTLE BENEATH THE PLANET OF THE APES . . . IN BLU-RAY!

This weekend the latest in the PLANET OF THE APES film franchise is being released, RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES. For those who can't get enough APES (such as myself!),  the boxed-set, 5-Disc, Blu-ray 40th Anniversay Edition of the series is available. I'm gonna be on this like hair on a monkey's . . . well, you get the idea.

And look here, for those of you on a budget, I have a used/like new 6-Disc DVD boxed set of the original "Legacy Collection" at a great price. Check it out at the MONSTER MAIL ORDER page right HERE.

Orginally released by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment on November 4, 2008, each Apes film is authored in Java on BD-50 Discs and presented in widescreen 2.35:1 1080p video and newly remastered 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio.


For the first time in North America the unrated version of Conquest of the Planet of the Apes will be available packing an extra eight minutes of footage. The set also includes a number of all-new supplemental features, shown below, with all supplements presented in high definition.

NEW Science of the Apes BONUSVIEW - Scientists, anthropologists and sociologists discuss the facts and fiction of the first film
NEW Beyond the Forbidden Zone Adventure Game

NEW A Public Service Announcement From ANSA in HD – A mission report from the agency regarding their brave astronauts

NEW Evolution of the Apes - HD featurette tracing the apes story from the original novel to the screen

NEW Impact of the Apes - HD featurette on how to market a worldwide pop culture phenomenon. The story behind the marketing and merchandising of one of the first ever film franchises and the series' lasting influence on pop culture through the years
NEW HD Making-of Featurette for Each Sequel

Beneath the Planet of the Apes – From Alpha to Omega: Building a Sequel

Escape from the Planet of the Apes – The Secret Behind Escape
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes – Riots and Revolutions: Confronting the Times

Battle for the Planet of the Apes – End of an Epic: The Final Battle

NEW Each Apes sequel will have an isolated score track in 5.1 DTS Master Audio

Commentary by Composer Jerry Goldsmith

Commentary by Actors Roddy McDowall, Natalie Trundy, Kim Hunter and Makeup Artist John Chambers

Text Commentary by Eric Greene and Author of Planet of the Apes as American Myth

Behind the Planet of the Apes Documentary – Includes all new interactivity and timeline

Behind the Planet of the Apes Promo (1988)

Planet of the Apes Makeup Test with Edward G. Robinson (1966)

Roddy McDowall On-set Footage

Planet of the Apes Dailies and Outtakes (No Audio)

Planet of the Apes NATO Presentation (1967)

Planet of the Apes Vintage Featurette (1968)

A Look Behind the Planet of the Apes (1972)

Don Taylor Directs Escape from the Planet of the Apes

J. Lee Thompson Directs Conquest of the Planet of the Apes

Original Theatrical Trailers, Original Sketches by Costume Designer Morton Haack, Photo Gallery, Planet of the Apes Timeline, Interactive Pressbooks, Vintage Apes Newspaper Galleries, Advertising and Lobby Card Galleries, Behind-the-Scenes Galleries.

The PLANET OF THE APES 40-year Evolution Blu-ray Boxed Set is truly a thing of beauty.

Here are some promo stills from the RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES, which opened yesterday here in the Seattle area.

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