After the release of the 1968 movie Planet of the Apes turned out to be a huge success, both critically and financially; producer Arthur P. Jacobs approached Pierre Boulle author of La Planète des singes, which had inspired the movie, and asked him to submit a treatment for a sequel. Boulle wrote the script Planet of the Men. However, this text was never filmed.
https://pota.goatley.com/scripts/planet_of_the_men.pdf
The Planet of the Men script provides examples of:
- Anyone Can Die: Lucius, Taylor, Zira, Cornelius
- Babies Ever After: Sirius, the son of Nova and Taylor.
- Betterto Die Than Be Killed: Zira and Cornelius decide to kill themselves with poison instead of reverting back to primitive animals.
- Black-and-White Insanity: For Sirius and his followers "the only good ape is a dead ape!"
- Downer Ending
- Fantastic Racism: Between the human group of Sirius and the ape group of Zaius.
- Formerly Sapient Species: During the attack of the humans; apes reverts to being simple animals without the ability to speak.
- Immediate Sequel: The story begins with the final scene from the first film - Taylor in front of the Statue of Liberty.
- Ironic Echo: The phrase of General Ursus, "The only good human is a dead human!" is used by Sirius and his group of rebellious humans as "the only good ape is a dead ape!"
- Made a Slave: All surviving apes are confined to cages; for the entertainment of humans in circus performance, as Zaius and Marcus.
- Persecution Flip
- Rebel Leader
- Time Skip: The script begins immediately after the first film, then 4 years pass, and finally, another 10 years.
- Villain Protagonist
