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  2. May 10, 2024 · Pierre Boulle is one of the most translated French authors in the world. He is also one of the most forgotten. Author of 40 novels and books of short stories, this French engineer and soldier became a writer after returning from World War II, where he fought with the rank of lieutenant in the Indochina Peninsula, and later as a secret agent for ...

  3. 1 day ago · A genre-hopping movie franchise born in the 1960s has become a pop culture phenomenon, captivating audiences for decades and surviving two reboots. The movie series began in 1968, with the release of “Planet of the Apes” directed by Franklin J. Schaffner, an adaptation of Pierre Boulle’s 1963 novel “ La Planète des singes.”

  4. 6 days ago · When Pierre Boulle’s novel La Planète des singes (1963) became successful in both the original French and in translations, Hollywood came calling. 20th Century Fox bagged the rights and brought on board Charleton Heston as the lead actor and Franklin J. Shaffner as the director of the enterprise that became Planet of the Apes (1968).

  5. May 8, 2024 · Their tenure follows that of Paul Dehn, who took over screenwriting duties from Rod Serling and Pierre Boulle for the 1970s “Planet of the Apes” sequels. “Kingdom” also echoes the series ...

  6. May 9, 2024 · When it first hit theaters in 1968, nobody knew that twist ending in "Planet of the Apes" was coming — not even people who'd read the original novel by Pierre Boulle, where the planet of the ...

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  7. May 10, 2024 · Even Pierre Boulle, who wrote the novel upon which the 1968 film was based, never imagined a future this long, complicated, or full of talking simians. ... It was the natural thing for him to die ...

  8. May 16, 2024 · Based on the novel of the same name by Pierre Boulle, the film centres on a group of astronauts—led by George Taylor (played by Charlton Heston )—who crash-land on a strange, seemingly distant planet ruled by civilized apes. Captured and caged, Taylor eventually persuades the chimpanzee scientists Zira ( Kim Hunter) and Cornelius ( Roddy ...

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