Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes it actually looks like it could be a film that will breathe new life into the Planet of the Apes franchise. The next film is a continuation of the films directed by Matt Reeves, but the story is set several years after those events.
The film will be the middle ground between the Caesar trilogy and the original timeline Planet of the Apes movie. During a recent interview with Empire, the director Wes Ball (The maze runner) talked about his film and said that it is an adventure film, which will give it a different tone than the darker films of the previous trilogy. He explained that he wanted his film to have a bit of Star Wars and a younger spirit. He explained to the Empire:
“When I started working on it, I said, ‘I feel like Apes needs a little Star Wars.’ It’s all still very much grounded in reality, but it’s essentially a quest narrative. Our main character is the young and impressionable Noa [Owen Teague] – meets characters along the way and awakens when he finds himself in a place that will test him, and ultimately becomes his true self. We didn’t make fun of it, or Disneyfied it, if I may say so! But we brought a younger spirit.”
It makes sense to me and I understand what he’s saying. You can definitely see it in the trailer that was released. Speaking about the film’s setting, Ball shared:
“I wanted to take a big leap forward in time. It’s quite telling that Caesar is still a spirit in the film, but most of his living relatives are not in this picture. If the last three films were about the Stone Age, here we can see what happens when they enter the Bronze Age.”
I like what Ball is bringing to this film and I’m curious to see if he’s managed to make a great film. In the film, “Some groups have never heard of Caesar, while others have distorted his teachings to build thriving empires. In this setting, an ape leader begins to enslave other groups to find human technology, while another ape, who has seen his clan being taken, embarks on a journey to find freedom. A young human woman becomes the key to the latter’s quest, even though she has plans of her own.”
The cast includes Owen Teague (It), Freya Allen (The witcher), AND Peter Macon (The Orville). The film’s screenplay comes from Josh Friedman (War of the Worlds), Rick Jaffa AND Amanda Silver (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes), AND Patrick Aison (Prey). She is also a co-star Travis Jeffrey (Uninterrupted), Neil Sandilands (Sweetness), Sara Wisemann (One of us is lying), Ras-Samuel Welda’abzgi (The clearing), Lydia Peckham (Cowboy bebop), AND Kevin Durand.
The film will be released in theaters on May 24, 2024.
by Joey Paur
Source: Geek Tyrant
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