Jeff Bond is the author of Danse Macabre: 25 years of Danny Elfman and Tim Burton and The Music of Star Trek. He is Executive Editor of Geek magazine and was Senior Editor at CFQ, the revival of Cinefantastique magazine, from 2003 to 2006. He covered film music and other subjects for the Hollywood Reporter for ten years, has written hundreds of movie soundtrack liner notes booklets.
"Planet of the Apes: A Celebration is the first exhaustive account of the groundbreaking series, featuring production art, costume designs, make-up tests, posters, and interviews with the casts and crew".
I'll look forward to this book, however that blurb isn't exactly right though. There was Joe Russo's book from several years ago which meets the same description...
Planet of the Apes is another property in Hollywood that has been overdone, rebooted and recooked and sequel-ized way too many times - although it is nice material for a book like this.
Yes, Ado, I checked out of this series after the original movie, though I'm happy to see Jeff Bond getting paid to cover one of Hollywood's first Franchise Juggernauts.
I love the APES series of films and even the 70's short lived TV series. The 2001 movie was definitely "meh" and the cartoon series suffered from being the definition of "limited animation" (they made the average Filmation series look like a Disney effort). However, for the most part, I've always love the ongoing story. I'm gratified the current films try to fit somewhat in with the original film. There can never be enough books on the subject.
From what I've seen so far, it looks like DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES is going to be a huge hit, probably the biggest in the history of the franchise. Also, the new poster should really please old-time fans.
There is also Eric Greene's highly readable and well researched tome on the whole POTA craze, which in another form, was the basis for his doctoral dissertation.
Planet of the Apes as American Myth: Race, Politics, and Popular Culture
There is also Eric Greene's highly readable and well researched tome on the whole POTA craze, which in another form, was the basis for his doctoral dissertation.
Planet of the Apes as American Myth: Race, Politics, and Popular Culture
Yeah, great poster for Rise, & I was beginning to think great film posters were a thing of the past...& I see Amazon US are selling the Dawn Blu-ray for $5!
Yes, ours is actually the THIRD exhaustive book on the series. I owe co-author Joe Fordham of Cinefex magazine big time for bringing me onboard the project.
Loved that book. My copy is so dog-eared, I need to buy a replacement. This, plus the "Behind the planet of the Apes" documentary were (at least until now) the final word on the Apes saga for me. I'm looking forward to the new book as well.
I owe co-author Joe Fordham of Cinefex magazine big time for bringing me onboard the project.