Planet of the Apes (1968 film)

Planet of the Apes is a 1968 American science fiction film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner and loosely based on the 1963 French novel La Planete des Singes by Pierre Boulle. The film was produced by APJAC Productions and released on April 13, 1968 by 20th Century Fox. It later spawned 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), and Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973). The original series was followed by a remake in 2001, and the reboot Rise of the Planet of the Apes in 2011.