Rise of the Planet of the Apes gets a logo and a clip

Rise of the Planet of the Apes has only just been given a new title (it was previously simply Rise of the Apes ), and now a logo and short clip have gone online.

The official website has revealed the new logo, which features one of the apes (Andy Serkis' Caesar, perhaps?) beneath the familiar font of the lettering.

With the new title and logo, it seems that Fox are keen to link this with previous Apes entries.

The moody footage is a mere 5 seconds long, but it does showcase an extremely impressive digital rendering job from the guys at Weta, Peter Jackson's New Zealand-based FX company.

The fur and lighting are very impressive, but it's the subtle eye movement that really sells this one.

Check it out for yourself here:

Now we know that the VFX will at least be top drawer, but we still haven't had any indicators of how the film itself is likely to fare.

A teaser trailer is expected to land this week, which is probably a good thing considering the movie is set to be released this summer.

Matt Maytum
Editor, Total Film

I'm the Editor at Total Film magazine, overseeing the running of the mag, and generally obsessing over all things Nolan, Kubrick and Pixar. Over the past decade I've worked in various roles for TF online and in print, including at GamesRadar+, and you can often hear me nattering on the Inside Total Film podcast. Bucket-list-ticking career highlights have included reporting from the set of Tenet and Avengers: Infinity War, as well as covering Comic-Con, TIFF and the Sundance Film Festival.