Kingdom of Beasts (The Book of the War)

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Kingdom of Beasts (film)?

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Kingdom of Beasts was a 1968 film in which Darry McEwan starred as the ape-man "Hermes". Its sequels included Beyond the Kingdom of Beasts and Judgement on the Kingdom of Beasts. (PROSE: "Faction Hollywood" [+]Part of The Book of the War, Loading...{"namedep":"Faction Hollywood","1":"The Book of the War (novel)"})

A remake of the film was released in 1995; it was cowritten by Michael Brookhaven, although he was not credited. (PROSE: "Brookhaven: A Filmography" [+]Part of The Book of the War, Loading...{"namedep":"Brookhaven: A Filmography","1":"The Book of the War (novel)"}) The Book of the War described this remake as "badly-judged", as its titular animal-men were "unconvincing" and its star was a victim of the Fat. (PROSE: "The Fat" [+]Part of The Book of the War, Loading...{"namedep":"The Fat","1":"The Book of the War (novel)"})

Many of Michael Brookhaven's films concerned subjects related to the War in Heaven. (PROSE: "Michael Brookhaven" [+]Part of The Book of the War, Loading...{"namedep":"Michael Brookhaven","1":"The Book of the War (novel)"}) The alter-time realm of the Babewyn was called the "Kingdom of Beasts" by those involved in its 1782-1783 emergence. (PROSE: The Adventuress of Henrietta Street [+]Loading...["The Adventuress of Henrietta Street (novel)"])

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  • Kingdom of Beasts is a reference to the real-world 1968 film Planet of the Apes and the subsequent franchise.