It has been 56 years since “Planet of the Apes,” arguably one of the greatest science fiction films of all time. To see the franchise display such promising growth and evolution almost six decades later is phenomenal and deeply heartening. That’s especially so at a time when Hollywood is enduring one of its most challenging eras. The fourth installment in the franchise reboot, “Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes,” takes place 300 years after the events of 2017’s “War For The Planet of the Apes.”

At the center of this story is a young chimpanzee named Noa, played by Owen Teague, forced to make a perilous journey after his village is destroyed and his family and community are either slaughtered or abducted by the army of Kevin Durand’s megalomaniacal Proximus Caesar.

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With just eleven days away from release and anticipation building for “Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes,” 20th Century Studios has dropped one final trailer for franchise fans to feast their eyes on before the full movie hits theaters on May 10, 2024.

Directed by “Maze Runner” filmmaker Wes Ball, the film serves as a standalone sequel to 2017’s “War for the Planet of the Apes,” which closed out the initial trilogy of films that began with “Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes” and was then proceeded by “Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes.” It’s the fourth installment in the reboot series and the tenth film overall.

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With 20th Century Studios’ “Kingdom of The Planet of The Apes” just over a month away, IMAX has released an exclusive brand new “special look” trailer for the upcoming sci-fi epic. In the latest trailer, we see humans nearly reverting to their prehistoric roots, harkening back to the original film from 1968, minus the team of time-traveling astronauts. 

Under Disney, 20th Century Studios hasn’t been releasing a vast amount of titles.

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2017’s “War For The Planet Of The Apes” marked the end of Matt Reeves’ “Planet Of The Apes” reboot trilogy (started by filmmaker director Rupert Wyatt). That series was originally conceived of by screenwriters Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver, who remained exec producers on all three films, and they are back as central players in the next installment of this series, “Kingdom Of The Planet of the Apes” which takes place nearly 300 years after the events of “War For The Planet Of The Apes.”

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Screenwriters on the project include Josh Friedman, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, and Patrick Aison, and this time, stepping in for Matt Reeves, who has gone and left to do his own “Batman” reboot trilogy, is filmmaker Wes Ball, known for the “Maze Runner” trilogy.

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Is 20th Century Studios high on their latest “Planet Of The Apes” movie or do they not want to have it vie against the upcoming Warner Bros. behemoth “Furiosa“? Either way, “Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes” moves up two weeks from its original Memorial Day weekend release to May 10.  

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The new release date now pits the fourth installment in the reboot series against the Amy Winehouse biopic “Back To Black,” Sony‘s “Horrorscope,” and an untitled film from Angel Studios.

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Oddly enough, when “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” was such a hit earlier this year, people were more excited by the prospects of different Nintendo properties making their way to the big screen than were for an actual sequel to the animated hit. In fact, perhaps the biggest comment from fans of Nintendo was about the possibility of a live-action version of “The Legend of Zelda.” Well, it appears fans will be getting exactly what they wished for. 

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The “Planet Of The Apes” trilogy reboot—two films of which were directed by Matt Reeves—was a smashing success for 20th Century Fox, the final installment of the picture, “War For The Planet Of The Apes” (2017) grossing nearly $500 million worldwide, with the second installment hitting $710 million. And Hollywood will never let a good franchise just sit idle; hence, we now have “Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes,” arriving in 2024.

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Last month, it was revealed announced that Owen Teague would star in a new “Planet Of The Apes” movie for 20th Century Studios. Now, Deadline reports that “The Witcher” star Freya Allan joins Teague in the film’s cast, and the film also has a new title: “Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes.”

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The new film begins an all-new chapter in the “Planet Of The Apes” series, picking up decades after 2017’s “War For The Planet Of The Apes.”  Peter Macon (“The Orville“) also stars in the upcoming film alongside Allan and Teague.

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While Matt Reeves was able to finish his ‘Apes’ story with 2017’s “War for the Planet of the Apes,” it appears that Disney isn’t ready to let the franchise gather dust. The studio has already announced that filmmaker Wes Ball has been brought on to work on a new sequel to the previous trilogy, but we still don’t know too much about the plot of the film, nor how it will fit with the other films.

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Though it’s been six years since Wes Ball made his directorial debut with “The Maze Runner,” the filmmaker has yet to create a feature project that doesn’t carry the YA franchise name. But with the upcoming “Planet of the Apes” reboot, along with his just-announced new project, “The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August,” it appears that Ball is well on his way to leaving the ‘Maze Runner’ past behind him.

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In December, it was announced that Wes Ball had won the job of making a new “Planet of the Apes” film for Disney/Fox. However, even though we knew the filmmaker was attached, we didn’t actually know if the film would be a reboot of the concept or an actual continuation of the series that was spearheaded, in recent years, by writer-director Matt Reeves.

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It was only a matter of time until a Fox property got the Disney treatment. And it appears that the first franchise to get a new life under the Mickey regime is none other than “Planet of the Apes.”

According to THR, Disney/Fox has made a deal with Wes Ball to direct a brand-new ‘Planet of the Apes’ film for the studio. However, it’s still unclear whether this new film will be a full-on reboot or a continuation of the critically-acclaimed series of films that were spearheaded by filmmaker Matt Reeves.

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Motion capture technology has increased so much in recent years, thanks to films like “Avatar” and the awesome ‘Apes’ trilogy, that it’s now possible to make “live-action” films featuring non-human leads and somehow not make it look silly. One of the upcoming films that are hoping to benefit from this technology is “Mouse Guard.” And if a story about medieval mice isn’t enough to garner your interest perhaps the names Idris Elba and Sonoya Mizuno might help.

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Boom Studios! “Mouse Guard” could very well be the next comic book film hit that the mainstream won’t see coming. The fantasy film features a story of medieval action, but through the perspective of mice. And to bring that to life, motion capture legend, Andy Serkis (‘Lord of the Rings’), along with Thomas Brodie-Sangster (“Game of Thrones”), has been announced as the lead of Twentieth Century Fox’s adaptation of David Peterson’s long running comic book series.

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Watch: First Trailer For 'The Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials' Brings The Heat

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Review: 'The Maze Runner' Starring Dylan O'Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Patricia Clarkson, Will Poulter And More

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Watch: First Trailer For YA Adaptation 'The Maze Runner' Starring Dylan O'Brien, Kaya Scodelario & Will Poulter

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Wes Ball Takes Over Director's Chair For 'The Maze Runner'

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