Deadline reports that Fox is launching a major effort to get War for the Planet of the Apes recognized during this awards season with the ultimate hope of earning the movie Oscar gold.
To date, the only Academy Award the Planet of the Apes series has earned was a makeup award for the original in 1968.
Here’s what former head of Fox and producer on the recent Planet of the Apes trilogy Peter Chernin had to say about it.
Blockbuster or not, this feels like an Oscar movie, sort of like The Lord of the Rings movies.