Bonkers to think that Pierre Boulle wrote, amongst other things, both the original books for PotA and The Bridge on the River Kwai.
(Reading back some of those things I'd decided I should really read the original PotA book only to finally remember, when I found it on my shelves, that I already had a few years ago.)
There's prior art there. Someone had suggested doing it when Shatner went into space back in 2021: https://scientificinquirer.com/2021/10/19/evolution-loneliness-and-the-enduring-genius-of-the-original-planet-of-the-apes/
Bonkers to think that Pierre Boulle wrote, amongst other things, both the original books for PotA and The Bridge on the River Kwai.
(Reading back some of those things I'd decided I should really read the original PotA book only to finally remember, when I found it on my shelves, that I already had a few years ago.)