And Rise of the Planet of the Apes takes that story to its day-one, minute-one, origins, showing us the doctor (Will Rodman, played by James Franco) who created the medicine that simultaneously ...

Telling the origins of the Planet of the Apes, “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” follows scientist Will Rodman (James Franco) ...

Caesar gives the fellow apes the same drug that he inherited. He then assembles a simian army and escapes the sanctuary - putting man and ape on a collision course that could change the planet ...