It has been confirmed that Brian Cox and Tom Felton have joined the cast of the upcoming movie Rise of the Apes. The Planet of the Apes prequel stars James Franco as a scientist doing genetics experiments on apes for Alzheimer research. Things go awry leading to the development of intelligence in apes and the onset of a war for supremacy. Cox will play a cruel and abusive owner of a primate sanctuary. Felton will play his son. John Lithgow and Freida Pinto also star.