British actor Andy Serkis will play ape leader Caesar in the upcoming 20th Century Fox reboot/prequel Rise of the Apes, according to a post on the 20th Century Fox Twitter page. Serkis, of course, is best known for playing Smeagol/Gollum in the Lord of the Rings trilogy (a part he will supposedly return to in The Hobbit, if that ever gets made) and also played the title role in Peter Jackson's 2005 remake of King Kong. Jeez, the guy plays an ape once and he's already getting typecast.