Planet of the Apes (comics) in 2005 with input from a panel of fans including Ty Templeton, Beware the Beast Redux emerged from this rewrite and can be viewed in the Facebook group Planet of the Apes the Forbidden Zone, https://www.facebook.com/groups/485867174771037/ Gideon also made a brief appearance in 'Within The Planet Of The Apes', set shortly before 'Beware The Beast'. The Dark Horse series was written by Ian Edginton and was a tie-in with the Tim Burton's 2001 "Apes" film. Between 2001–2002, Dark Horse published a film adaptation, a mini-series, a brief ongoing run, a Toys R' Us minicomic and a three-part serial in "Dark
Planet of the Apes (2001 film) to a sequel, "but not a sequel to the fifth film, an alternate sequel to the first film". He took influences from "Spartacus", with the storyline being "the ape empire had reached its Roman era. A descendant of Charlton Heston's character named Duke would eventually lead a human slave revolt against the oppressive Roman-esque apes, led by General Izan. A real sword and sandal spectacular, monkey style. "Gladiator" did the same movie without the ape costumes." Titled "Return to the Planet of the Apes", the project was put on fast track and almost entered pre-production. Rick Baker was hired to