Play-mate of the Apes Play-mate of the Apes Play-mate of the Apes is a 2002 American direct-to-DVD erotic film directed by John Bacchus. It is a parody of the "Planet of the Apes" media franchise and was released seven months after the Tim Burton-directed 2001 remake of the first film. The film was produced by Seduction Cinema, a division of New Jersey-based production company, E.I. Independent Cinema. The film was shot in September 2001, in New Jersey. It was released via DVD on February 26, 2002. Since its release, it continues to air periodically on premium cable stations such as Showtime and Cinemax. In
Planet of the Apes 1981, Fox reedited ten of the episodes into five television films. Each film combined two episodes and (in some markets) added new introductory and concluding segments starring McDowall as an aged Galen. The films were given what scholar Eric Greene calls "the most outlandish titles of the "Apes" corpus": "Back to the Planet of the Apes"; "Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes"; "Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes"; "Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes"; and "Farewell to the Planet of the Apes". Greene finds the show's position in the "Apes" timeline