For Karin Konoval, the actress who plays the kindly Maurice in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, orangutans have become more than just subjects to study for a role. When Konoval goes to the zoo she ...

(The circus orangutan Maurice was his one near-peer.) Tragically, in “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes,” Caesar finds that promoting long-term strategies and ethical behavior is harder than ...

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is the kind of movie that reminds ... The ape children attend school, where Maurice, the orangutan from Rise and Caesar’s trusted adviser, teaches lessons such ...

Konoval played Maurice several times prior to “Kingdom.” She played the character in “Rise of the Planet of the Apes,” “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes,” and “War for the Planet of ...

It’s no surprise that it’s ape versus man in “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes,” the sequel to 2011 ... Aging Orangutan Maurice (Karin Konoval) counsels the adults and mentors the young.

The exciting and intelligent “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” gave reboots a good name three summers ago, but “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes,” while solidly entertaining, doesn’t ...

By Carolyn Giardina Tech Editor Caesar himself, actor Andy Serkis, introduced an exclusive preview of roughly 20 minutes of Fox’s upcoming Dawn of the Planet of the Apes recently before a small ...

Evil chimps, gorillas and monkeys return in “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes,” out Friday, and they’re after more than just our bananas. Adding an animal to a movie can up the cute — or the ...

“Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” is awe-inspiring ... tries to make peace with Caesar (Andy Serkis), Koba (Toby Kebbell) and Maurice (Karin Konoval). But the mix is uneasy.