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May 11, 2024 · Producer Arthur P. Jacobs had a vision. That vision was to take Pierre Boulle’s 1963 novel (which the author himself dismissed as an inferior work) and turn it into a sci-fi epic. Most of the studios in Hollywood turned Jacobs down, even after he had acquired mega-star Charlton Heston to play the lead.
May 6, 2024 · Producer Arthur P. Jacobs, who secured Fox’s $5.8 million financing after being rejected by almost every other studio, was determined to create a prestige picture and not an exploitation quickie.
May 9, 2024 · However, the story did not gain traction in public consciousness until it was adapted into a feature film in 1968 starring Charlton Heston. Both philosophical and action-oriented, the smash hit produced by former Hollywood publicist Arthur P. Jacobs would spawn four sequels, two television series, and a menagerie of merchandise in the 1970s.
May 9, 2024 · The series, produced by Arthur P Jacobs, churned out four cash-in sequels in as many years – all interesting though sometimest bizarre – and became an inadvertent blueprint for movie ...
May 11, 2024 · Sadly, American producer Arthur P. Jacobs chose to go with the former translation when making his film adaptation. Despite this, the 1968 Charlton Heston- starring original “Planet of the Apes ...
May 10, 2024 · Across multiple sequels and reboots that span generations, the Planet of the Apes franchise – spawned from producer Arthur P. Jacobs, who passionately believed in Boulle’s novel – has ...
Apr 26, 2024 · Planet of the Apes (1968) 20th Century Studios. 1968’s Planet of the Apes is the movie that started it all! Based on the novel La Planète des singes by French author Pierre Boulle, the film adaptation was optioned by producer Arthur P. Jacobs, who often lamented that he wasn’t the one who made King Kong.
