Rise of the Apes casting news

Here’s a bit of casting news on the fast moving Planet of the Apes prequel, Rise of the Apes. Joining the cast of James Franco, John Lithgow and Freida Pinto is Brian Cox (X-Men 2, Bourn 1& 2) and Tom Felton (Harry Potter). Cox is playing the films main villain, who is the cruel and abusive owner of the primate sanctuary (although I thought it was a medical research centre) and Felton will play his son and co-owner of the centre.

Somewhere along the line the title of the film seems to have changed to Caesar: Rise of the Apes and is scheduled for a release on June 24, 2011.