‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’ – A Fierce New Leader Rises in First Trailer
Apes have taken over Earth, and humans are on the run in the first Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes trailer.
The new chapter is set years after 2017’s War for the Planet of the Apes. Caesar successfully led his people to a utopia. This has allowed the ape society to grow in size and intelligence while humans have turned to a feral existence. They’ve been forced to live in the shadows as the balance of power shifts.
In Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes that utopia is changing, though. A tyrannical new leader has taken power, a leader who’s using Caesar’s teachings to carry out nefarious plans of domination. While he builds a new empire, a young ape goes on a journey that causes him to question the past and try to define a new future.
First Trailer
I’ve been a fan of the reboot since the first movie dropped in 2011. In part due to its beautiful VFX characters and the actors that make those characters real, full-fledged beings.
While Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes has a new team behind it, it looks to be bringing more of those elements, as well as the start of the world in the 1968 classic. Let’s hope the writing is as good.
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes Cast
The cast includes William H. Macy, Owen Teague, Freya Allen, Dichen Lachman, and Peter Macon. This movie doesn’t include Andy Serkis’ Caesar. It’s directed by Wes Ball from a script by Josh Friedman, Rick Jaffa, and Amanda Silver.
Some groups have never heard of Caesar, while others have contorted his teaching to build burgeoning empires. In this setting, one ape leader begins to enslave other groups to find human technology, while another ape, who watched his clan be taken, embarks on a journey to find freedom. A young human woman becomes key to latter’s quest, although she has plans of her own.”
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes will be released in theaters on May 24, 2024.
