CHUD is reporting that a new film in the Planet of the Apes franchise is in development, noting that it will be a remake of the fourth film – Conquest of the Planet of the Apes.

The site points out that after the original film aired the other night on the Fox Movie Channel, Fox’s production chief Tom Rothman came on-screen to reveal that they are “very close on a new Apes script – this one a kind of prequel story before the first story, with a return to the social schematics that mark the first one, but with an entirely contemporary setting – Earth 2009.”

As expected, nothing more is known about the film. However, it can be pointed out that this move comes just as the original series hit Blu-ray, which has reportedly been selling well.