Planet of the Apes
Director Wes Ball say his and Disney ’s newPlanet of the Apesmovie is not a reboot of the late trilogy . Although Tim Burton ’s 2001Planet of the Apesre - imagining was a commercial success , it failed to impress critics and Fox ultimately elect to pass on a sequel . Instead , the studio boot the sci - fi franchiseten eld afterward with Rupert Wyatt’sRise of the Planet of the Apes . A prequel to the original 1968Apesfilmset in the present ( when human civilization was still thriving ) , the movie featured Andy Serkis in an acclaimed move - capture performance as Caesar , a genetically evolved chimpanzee who possesses human levels of news and even becomes capable of address .
A decisive and box office smash , Riseeventually gave ascent to a pair of sequel ( Dawn of the Planet of the ApesandWar for the Planet of the Apes ) that further explored Caesar ’s development into a leader of the Ape revolution and a warrior in the battle for dominance over the earth following the collapse of human culture at the very end ofRise . Directed by Matt Reeves , the latter two films bring in newfound levels of critical respect to the dealership for their rich composition about war and tribalism and , inWar , for fetch Caesar ’s story to a befittingly affecting conclusion . For that reasonableness , lover have been concerned by the reports ofDisney and Ball develop aPlanet of the Apesreboot , follow the Mouse House ’s leverage of Fox . Except , accord to Ball , that ’s not in reality chance .
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No doubt , many masses will be glad to hear Ball is n’t working on areboot of the recentPlanet of the Apestrilogyor provision to strike the reset button in some fashion . Serkis ' trilogy did a peachy line picture Caesar ’s journeying , and it would be a waste material to ignore that in favor of rehash the same plot point already covered in the last three moving picture . Back whenWarcame out , Reeves even talked about how thePlanet of the Apesseries could continue its storybeyond Caesar ’s death and explore what happens next in those movies ' post - apocalyptical setting . There ’s still plenty of clock time unaccounted for between the Apes taking over the earth ( as seen in the original 1968 film ) and whereWarleft thing , so it only makes sense for Ball to explore what come in - between those two stories . luckily , it sound like that ’s exactly what he ’s planning to do .
Ball ’s far from a alien to dystopian sci - fi fare , either . He made his name directingThe Maze Runnertrilogy and was going to helm Fox’sMouse Guardcomic book adaptation before the project was cancelled post - Disney purchase . or else , he will try his paw at another big - budget tentpole featuring non - human apparent movement seizure character in the mannequin ofPlanet of the Apes , which should play to his strengths at crafting sci - fi activeness and set pieces . With a little fortune , he will do mightily by Caesar ’s bequest along the mode .
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