More recently, viewers learned how this ape takeover really happened.
At first glance, it seems like the two halves of thePlanet of the Apesfranchise are unconnected.
The first five movies are futuristic and center on George Taylor and the apes, Zira and Cornelius.
Meanwhile, the modern films take place in the current day and follow Caesar and his ape rebellion.
Unfortunately, we are still quite far from this joining of the two film series.
In the 1968 version, the apes take over Earth after a nuclear disaster struck and killed humankind.
In turn, apes were able to evolve into more intelligent beings and take humans' place.
If the stories are different, then how can they exist in the same timeline?
Over the course of centuries, the exact details of the story were forgotten, and thus changed.
Cornelius changes history so that apes and humans are able to live in peace.
The end of the original franchise sees the humans and apes finally co-existing in peace after much warfare.
However, the franchise could definitely make sense of this in future movies.
By reworking the nuclear disaster, he prompts Caesar’s uprising.
