Planet of the Apes In 1999, Fox hired William Broyles, Jr. to write a new script. Fox insisted on a July 2001 release date, but otherwise offered Broyles considerable creative license. This prospect attracted director Tim Burton, who hoped to do a "re-imagining" of "Planet of the Apes". Burton found the production arduous, largely due to Fox's strict release schedule. The studio budgeted the film at $100 million, meaning Broyles' ambitious script had to be altered to reduce costs; Lawrence Konner and Mark Rosenthal worked on rewrites even as the film entered production. The tight schedule meant all stages of production were rushed. The
Planet of the Apes (video game) progress sooner or later, Fox proceeded with the video game. It was the first ever "Planet of the Apes" video game; Fox had attempted a game for the Atari 2600, but abandoned it amid the video game crash of 1983 (new designers completed and released this game as "Revenge of the Apes" in 2003). Fox Interactive contracted French video game developer Visiware to design the "Planet of the Apes" game. With the film in limbo, the creators developed a new story inspired by Pierre Boulle's original novel "Planet of the Apes" and the 1968 film version. The designers felt an