i09 has an interesting article on 6 upcoming movie prequels, and why they might not suck, and amongst them is Tom’s film “Ceasar: Rise of the Apes.” Amongst the high’s and low’s expected of the film (Tom made the high section) is listed the expected release date of June 24, 2011. This date has been confirmed via the film’s IMDB page for both the USA and Finland while Russia has a listed date of June 23, 2011.

Rise Of The Apes

What questions does it answer? We discover the secret history of Caesar, the first super-smart ape who led the ape uprising. Humans’ experiments with genetic engineering lead to development of intelligence in apes, which in turn leads to a war for supremacy.

Status: It’s been filming recently, and it’s in theaters June 24, 2011.

What it’s got going for it: James Franco plays the lead, a new character who wants to find a cure for the Alzheimer’s Disease affecting his father (John Lithgow). And Gollum himself, Andy Serkis, is playing Caesar. Brian Cox (X-Men’s William Stryker) plays a sadistic owner of a primate sanctuary, and Draco Malfoy (Tom Felton) is his son. So all around, a good cast, and the first set pics look promising.

Why we’ve been burned before: The memory of Tim Burton’s disastrous Planet Of The Apes movie still stings. Plus, we’re not sure how apes that are entirely CG and motion-capture will look — although at least they’re being done by WETA. Also, it’s an Apes movie without as much social commentary — this time, according to Franco, it’s more of a cautionary Frankenstein-style tale of humans messing with science and paying the price. Plus it probably doesn’t have the plague that wipes out cats and dogs.

For those of you that always wanted a life-size Tom Felton in your home, here’s your chance! Allposters.com has released a stand up, life-size character poster featuring Tom as Draco in addition to posters of cast mates Daniel Radcliffe (Harry), Rupert Grint (Ron), Emma Watson (Hermione), and Helena Bonham Carter (Bellatrix). Tom’s poster measures at 24 inches (61cm) wide by 67 inches (170.2cm) tall. Only one inch shy of Tom himself!

Part of me finds this incredibly creepy, but if you get him, please send us pics. I’ll even create an album for you. 😉

You may purchase Tom’s character poster online at Allposters.com

Eerily enough, as I was writing this post, a new portrait of Tom was released by Oclumencia. This is a higher quality photo that was previously released in a collage-styled spread via one of the many Harry Potter calendars on the market. Quite an auspicious beginning to a Harry Potter related round-up post, isn’t it?

Over this past week, Feltbeats.com shared loads of Tom Felton related news with you, but once again we came across some items that were Harry Potter related news, and yet were not necessarily Tom news at the same time.

For those of you not yet aware, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I” will not be released in 3D format, but only in 2D. According to a press release from Warner Brothers, “despite everyone’s best efforts, we were unable to convert the film in its entirety and meet the highest standards of quality.” As someone who bemoaned the delayed release of “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,” I applaud this decision made by the company, and wish them all the best in focusing their 3D conversions on the final epic installment of Part II instead.

Additionally released this past week via Warner Brothers were character banners of the major players in “Deathly Hallows.” While the Malfoy’s were conspicuous in their absence, that didn’t stop some fans from minding the gap so to speak, and bringing young Draco to the party anyway. Who knew Draco could crash a portrait party as easily as he could Slughorn’s Christmas party? 😉 I’ve included the original photo below so you can see how good a job the fakester did on the manipulation so it would look like the others. Unfortunately, the poster text used at the bottom was the dead-giveaway; it is not the same as that used in the other posters.

Last but not least, we also have larger, higher quality scans of Tom as Draco in a previously reported about “Deathly Hallows” Calendar along with a scan featuring Tom from the Harry Potter: Film Wizardry Book as released by its Brazilian publisher, Saraiva. You can see those, along with the previously mentioned character portraits and scans of Tom, below.