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In 1963, Jacobs formed the feature film production company APJAC Productions, which released its first film, What a Way to Go! through 20th Century-Fox the following year.
APJAC International Productions was a movie production company founded in 1956 by Arthur P. Jacobs, who already headed his own publicity agency, The Arthur P. Jacobs Co., Inc. APJAC's first production was What a Way to Go!, directed by J. Lee Thompson.
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Jul 6, 2005 · By the time he submitted a final draft in early 1965, APJAC Productions had acquired the screen rights to Boulle’s story. For the next two years, producer Arthur P. Jacobs worked to raise enough funding for what had developed into a very expensive project.
Jacob's APJAC productions brought the budget estimate down to $5.8 million and produced a screen test starring Heston as astronaut Thomas and Edward G. Robinson as the orangutan Doctor Zaius.
Production Origins. Producer Arthur P. Jacobs bought the rights for the Pierre Boulle novel before its publication in 1963. Jacobs pitched the production to many studios, and in late 1964, the project was announced as a Warner Bros. production, with Blake Edwards attached to direct.
Jul 10, 2017 · In October 1966, “Planet” moved to Fox, as a joint venture between the studio and Jacobs’ Apjac Productions. The following week, they announced Rod Serling as screenwriter and that the film would...
