Planet of the Apes
1968
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Arthur P. Jacobs (March 7, 1922 – June 27, 1973) was a film producer. Prior to being a producer, he worked in various studios and was a press agent.
- March 7, 1922, Los Angeles, California, US
- Film producer
- June 27, 1973 (aged 51), Los Angeles, California, US
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Arthur P. Jacobs is best known for producing the "Planet of the Apes" series. He bought the rights to Pierre Boulle's novel Monkey Planet in 1963. Many film studios passed on the project, stating that the concept was unfilmable.
- Producer
- March 7, 1922
- Arthur P. Jacobs
- June 27, 1973
Mar 31, 2024 · After successfully adapting Pierre Boulle’s 1963 novel Planet of the Apes into a banger sci-fi film franchise in 1968, producer Arthur P. Jacobs wanted Dune to be his next big movie project.
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- MOST STUDIOS, AND THE BOOK’S AUTHOR, THOUGHT IT WOULD MAKE A TERRIBLE MOVIE. Apes, especially talking ones, were the stuff of B-movies back in the 1960s, so nobody took them seriously.
- A MAKEUP TEST HELPED CONVINCE 20TH CENTURY FOX TO PRODUCE THE MOVIE. Jacobs’s Planet of the Apes pitch did manage to catch the attention of one executive: former vice president of 20th Century Fox Richard Zanuck.
- THE MAN BEHIND THE APE MAKEUP ALSO HELPED DESIGN SPOCK’S EARS. The man hired to design the increasingly vital ape makeup for the movie was John Chambers, who had made a name for himself by this time as one of the premier creature effects artists in Hollywood.
- ROD SERLING WROTE AN INITIAL DRAFT THAT FEATURED A CONTEMPORARY CITY. The first writer to take a shot at adapting Planet of the Apes was Rod Serling, the man who brought twists, turns, and terror to TV sets across the country with The Twilight Zone.
Apr 22, 2023 · Fledgling Hollywood producer Arthur P. Jacobs formed his production company APJAC Productions just months before the French release of the novel. He had heard about the premise of the story prior to publication and contacted Boulle about securing the rights to turn it into a feature film, which he did.
Arthur P. Jacobs is best known for producing the "Planet of the Apes" series. He bought the rights to Pierre Boulle's novel Monkey Planet in 1963. Many film studios passed on the project, stating that the concept was unfilmable.
