<P> Under Burton's direction, Broyles wrote another draft, but his script was projected at a $200 million budget . Fox wanted to cut it to $100 million . In August 2000, two months before principal photography, Fox brought Lawrence Konner and Mark Rosenthal for rewrites . Broyles "had a lot of respect with the work they (Konner and Rosenthal) did . And to think that given what I'd done and given what Tim wanted, they navigated the right course ." One of the considered endings had Leo Davidson crash - landing at Yankee Stadium, witnessing apes playing baseball . Various alternatives were considered before the filmmakers decided on the final one . The production of Planet of the Apes was a difficult experience for Burton . This was largely contributed by Fox's adamant release date (July 2001), which meant that everything from pre-production to editing and visual effects work was rushed . </P> <P> Konner and Rosenthal were rewriting the script even as sets were being constructed . Ari, Helena Bonham Carter's character, was originally a princess . She was changed to "a Senator's daughter with a liberal mentality". One of the drafts had General Thade, Tim Roth's character, as an albino gorilla, but Burton felt chimpanzees were more frightening . Limbo, Paul Giamatti's character "was supposed to turn into a good guy . There was supposed to be this touching personal growth thing at the end," Giamatti reflected . "But Tim (Burton) and I both thought that was kind of lame so we decided to just leave him as a jerk into the end ." </P> <P> Burton wanted to begin filming in October 2000, but it was pushed back to November 6, 2000 and ended in April 2001 . Filming for Planet of the Apes began at Lake Powell, where parts of the original film were shot . Due to a local drought, production crews had to pump in extra water . The film was mostly shot at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, California, while other filming locations included lava plains in Hawaii and Trona Pinnacles at Ridgecrest . To preserve secrecy, the shooting script did not include the ending . Stan Winston was the original makeup designer but left because of creative differences . Fox considered using computer - generated imagery to create the apes, but Burton insisted on using prosthetic makeup designed by Rick Baker . Baker was previously involved with Adam Rifkin's unproduced remake . Burton commented, "I have a relationship with both of them (Winston and Baker), so that decision was hard," he says . "Stan worked on Edward Scissorhands and Baker did Martin Landau's makeup (as Béla Lugosi in Ed Wood)". </P> <P> On his hiring, Baker explained, "I did the Dino De Laurentiis version of King Kong in 1976 and was always disappointed because I wasn't able to do it as realistically as I wanted . I thought Apes would be a good way to make up for that ." In addition to King Kong, Baker previously worked with designing ape makeup on Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes, Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey, and the 1998 remake of Mighty Joe Young . The makeup took 4.5 hours to apply and 1.5 hours to remove . Burton explained, "it's like going to the dentist at two in the morning and having people poke at you for hours . Then you wear an ape costume until nine at night ." Burton was adamant that the apes should be substantially "more animal - like; flying through trees, climb walls, swing out of windows, and go ape shit when angry ." For a month and a half before shooting started, the actors who portrayed apes attended "ape school". Industrial Light & Magic, Rhythm and Hues Studios and Animal Logic were commissioned for the visual effects sequences . Rick Heinrichs served as the production designer and Colleen Atwood did costume design . </P>

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