Original series sequels
Writer Rod Serling was brought back to work on an outline for a sequel. Serling's outline was ultimately discarded in favor of a story by associate producer Mort Abrahams and writer Paul Dehn, which became the basis for Beneath the Planet of the Apes.[14] The original film series had four sequels:
- Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)
- Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)
- Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)
- Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973)
Television series
- Planet of the Apes (1974)
- Return to the Planet of the Apes (animated) (1975)
Remake
- Planet of the Apes (2001): A re-imagining of the original film, directed by Tim Burton.
Reboot series
- Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011): A series reboot, directed by Rupert Wyatt, was released on August 5, 2011, to critical and commercial success. It is the first installment in the new series of films.[9]
- Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014): The second entry in the Planet of the Apes reboot series, directed by Matt Reeves, was released on July 11, 2014.[42][43]
- War for the Planet of the Apes (2017): The third film in the reboot series, directed by Matt Reeves, was released on July 14, 2017.[44][45][46]
- Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024): The upcoming fourth entry in the Planet of the Apes reboot series, directed by Wes Ball. It will be released in May 2024.[47]
Documentaries
- Behind the Planet of the Apes (1998) A feature-length making-of documentary on the original film and TV series, hosted by Roddy McDowall.
Comics
- Comic book adaptations of the films were published by Gold Key (1970) and Marvel Comics (b/w magazine 1974–1977,[48] color comic book 1975–76).[49] Malibu Comics reprinted the Marvel adaptations when it held the license in the early 1990s, as well as producing new stories including Ape Nation, a crossover with Alien Nation. Dark Horse Comics published an adaptation for the 2001 Tim Burton film. Currently Boom! Studios has the licensing rights to Planet of the Apes. Its stories tell the tale of Ape City and its inhabitants before Taylor arrived. In July 2014, Boom! Studios and IDW Publishing published a crossover between Planet of the Apes and the original Star Trek series. In 2018, the original 1968 film's unused screenplay by Rod Serling was adapted into a graphic novel entitled Planet of the Apes: Visionaries.[50][51]
In popular culture
A parody of the film series titled "The Milking of the Planet That Went Ape" was published in Mad Magazine. It was illustrated by Mort Drucker and written by Arnie Kogen in regular issue #157, March 1973.[52]
The cartoon The Fairly OddParents "Abra-Catastrophe!" special has Timmy Turner and his archenemy Crocker ending up in a future Earth where apes are the masters and humans are slaves.
The Simpsons episode "A Fish Called Selma" includes a theatrical production of a musical version of the film.
TV Globo, Brazil's largest television network, aired from 1976 to 1982 a sketch called Planeta dos Homens (Planet of the Men) where three apes from a highly evolved ape planet tried to comprehend the illogical human civilization.
