The Gold Box spotlight deal of the day over at Amazon today is a sale on the The Planet of the Apes and Die Hard Blu-ray collections for 66% off the regular price. You can visit the main sale page for more details.

The Planet of the Apes – $27.49
Comes with the Planet of the Apes 5-Film Collection, Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes, and Tim Burton’s Planet of the Apes (each title comes in its own packaging).

The Die Hard 1-5 Collection – $33.99
Comes with all five Die Hard movies on single movie Blu-ray editions.

Rise of the Planet of the Apes was quite the success for Twentieth Century Fox, and its ending set the foundation for a new Apes franchise. At Saturday’s San Diego Comic-Con’s Hall H panel, Fox unveiled the first look at the sequel, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.

On the panel were director Matt Reeves (Cloverfield), who takes the helm for this sequel from Rupert Wyatt, stars Jason Clarke and Keri Russell, who joined Andy Serkis reprising the role of Caesar. Entertainment Weekly’s Geoff Boucher moderated.

Planet of the Apes: Cataclysm #5
Written by Corinna Bechko & Gabriel Hardman
Art by Damien Couceiro
Colors by Darrin Moore
Letters by Ed Dukeshire
Editor: Dafna Pleban
Covers by Gabriel Hardman & Charles Wilson III
Boom! Studios
Release Date: January 2, 2013
Cover Price: $3.99

Planet of the Apes: Cataclysm #5 is an interesting comic. Interesting, but not awesome. If you’re a Planet of the Apes fan, then you’re really going to like it. If not, it’s pretty much just an average book.

Writers Corinna Bechko and Gabriel Hardman turn in a fine story, but honestly, if you’re not a fan of the Planet of the Apes franchise, it’s really not going to hold your interest. This is the first issue of this comic that I’ve read, and I feel no desire to go back and read the previous issues. Maybe the next time they start a new mini-series, I’ll take a look, but this comic is too far steeped in its continuity for me to really care. Now, I’m not being harsh on the writers, this comic just wasn’t for me. If I remove that from the situation, this is a very solid comic. It’s got some solid writing, it moves the story forward, there’s some shocks and surprises and some good action. So, if you’re all ready a reader of this title, you’re going to really enjoy it.

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Hello There! This is Adam Frazier and you are listening to Skull-Face Island, the official movie podcast of Geeks of Doom! As always I’m joined by Cloud City’s Ice Cream Maker Guy, David Allen… and the Lobot to my Lando Calrissian, producer Tim Grant.

Today on the Show: We’ll discuss Ang Lee‘s latest film, Life of Pi, and boot-up the Geek-O-Matic TeleFax for all the latest news on Star Trek, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, and the future of director Quentin Tarantino‘s career. We’ll also give your our Top Five Obscure Video Game Film Adaptations!

The Blu-ray box set deal over at Amazon is Planet of the Apes: 5 Film Collection Blu-ray box set for only $22.99 (down 54% from the list price of $79.99).

This 5-disc Blu-ray set includes all five Planet Of The Apes movies — Planet Of The Apes (the original 1968 version starring Charlton Heston and those damn dirty apes), Beneath The Planet Of The Apes, Escape From The Planet Of The Apes, Conquest Of The Planet Of The Apes, and Battle For The Planet Of The Apes, along bonus features.