Hey folks, Harry here... ya know... other than LORD OF THE RINGS, the set I'd most like to watching shooting on is PLANET OF THE APES... Can you imagine watching folks in all that Rick Baker ape make-up? In Genghis Khan style armor no less? Dear lord that has to be cool. Just chowing down in the lunch tent... all the apes in make up.... eating their salads and fish... The wise ass ape in the corner eating nothing but bananas... Ahhhh, you know that would rule. What geek hasn't dreamed of being on a Rick Baker ape-ish set since SCHLOCK or the Dino produced Kong? Sigh.... here ya go....
Signing in from scenic Northern Arizona, Lake Powell, where they're filming some scenes for Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes. For an interesting tidbit, Lake Powell is where most of the first 45 minutes of the original Apes movie was filmed, and the set for this movie is about 5 miles east of where they shot the scarecrow scenes in the original
Their set for the movie is located in an inlet in the main bay of the Lake, where the major marina exists. You can see the set from the road that leads into the marina and attached resort. Hell, with a good telephoto lens you could probably get some nice pics of the set. It appears that most of their shooting has been at night with fireballs and other assorted firey things all about.
I've seen the apes up close and personal, and they are awe-inspiring. The makeup is insanely realistic, and it's surreal to even see them walking about.
I've seen some of the production stuff, armor, tents, weapons, etc., and it all seems to be inspired by Genghis Khan's aesthetic sense. All very asiastic, with little monkey dragons on the armor.
I suppose that's about it, i'll try for some pics, but i don't know. I'll definitely have stuff on Reitman's Evolution when it hits town.
Ta-ta for now.
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