Starring: James Franco, Freida Pinto, and Andy Serkis Directed by: Rupert Wyatt Screenplay by: Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver It's survival of the fittest in this prequel to the Planet of the Apes series. And we humans aren't the fittest to survive. Will Rodman (James Franco) has created a new virus that has the potential to cure Alzheimer's disease. But of course, there are side effects. While testing the virus on chimpanzees, one subject, Bright Eyes, suddenly turns violent. It turns out that she was pregnant and is now protecting her baby. Bright Eyes is put down and Rodman raises her baby who he names Caesar. The virus is passed down to Caesar. He becomes unusually intelligent for an ape and gets smarter, seemingly every day. One day, Caesar is taken to a chimpanzee shelter after attacking one of Rodman's neighbors. Caesar must get used to the strange environment of the shelter, and hope that Rodman will come back for him at some point. One