 came up with the whole Statue of Liberty ending, and he did a draft of the script, and they kept that part of his draft for the film. So we have Rod Serling of The Twilight Zone to thank for the great twist of The Planet of the Apes, which they were never able to top in any other movie, because you only get that twist once. What's after Earth's all along, that's it. That's as big a twist as you're ever going to get. That was a great ending with Charlton Heston, wasn't it? Yep. You blew it up!