New Planet of the Apes Movie Gets its Director

I am a huge fan of Tim Burtons Planet of the Apes and also the original classic films. So when it was announced that FOX's remake was dead in the water I was quite upset. Today from DeadlineHollywood however comes word that the project is still very much alive and has a director. Deadline reports that the director of The Escapist, Rupert Wyatt will direct. From CHUD comes some details on the plot ( warning some spoilers )

Caesar: Rise of the Apes is centered on genetic research. Will is a doctor trying to cure Alzheimers, a disease that afflicts his father. He's working with monkeys to create a benign virus that can get into brain tissue and restore functionality. After his research is shut down he's left with just one chimp, the child of his most promising subject, and Will raises him at home. Young Caesar is incredibly intelligent for an ape, and over time he continues to mutate and evolve, looking less like a chimp and moving on from sign language to actual speech. Eventually Caesar ends up leading an army of apes in an uprising just as a catastrophe strikes mankind

I am the definition of excited!