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When Disney bought most of Fox’s entertainment assets in 2019, the comedy wasn’t emphasized as a potentially valuable franchise alongside Avatar and Planet of the Apes.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

Apes typically have long arms and short legs, while hominins show the opposite pattern.

From Science Daily • Jan. 3, 2026

An X user with the handle Wall Street Apes posted a video of a man who said he is from Northern California drawing his finger along fog condensate on the grill of his truck.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2025

The monkey was created by Weta, the special effects company responsible for Gollum in Lord of the Rings and Caesar in Planet of the Apes.

From BBC • Dec. 15, 2024

Sometimes I was Daniel Boone; then there would be spells of Davy Crockett, Kit Carson, the Last of the Mohicans, and Tarzan of the Apes.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls