Andy Serkis has been cast in the key role of Caesar in 20th Century Fox's "
Rise of the Apes," the studio's "Planet of the Apes" prequel that toplines James Franco.
Set in present day San Francisco, "Apes" deals with the aftermath of man's experiments with genetic engineering that lead to the development of intelligence in apes and the onset of a war for supremacy. Franco is a driven scientist who becomes a crucial figure in the war between humans and apes.