The first trailer for the new Planet of the Apes film dawned onto the internet about seven or eight hours ago and it’s pretty epic. It’s not as extensive as we’d hoped but it confirms some of the key tones and styles of the film that we didn’t expect. The following contains some major spoilers for Rise of the Planet of the Apes so beware.
So, there’s been eight years of violence on the earth since ALZ 113 spread around the globe, likely killing several billion. It’s not yet post apocalyptic, according to the production team, and we can assume that both the humans area still overpowering the intelligently advanced apes (Caeser, Andy Serkis, and co are still using tribal weapons) but we can tell the tides are to turn. Caeser’s growing nation certainly have set their sights on one of the large groups of human survivors who are defiantly threatening their territory.
Serkis, Gary Oldman and Jason Clarke are the only key actors from the prequel to feature in the new teaser however Judy Greer, Keri Russell, Toby Kebbell and Kodi Smit McPhee also make up the impressive cast. The talent goes beyond the cast however. Let Me In and Cloverfield’s Matt Reeves directs and the film also has the brilliant duo of Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver writing. It’s still hugely unlikely that DOTPOTA (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes) will feature stars of ROTPOTA (Rise of the Planet of the Apes) such as James Franco, Freida Pinto, Tom Felton, Brian Cox, David Oyelowo and John Lithgow. Charlton Heston’s George Taylor from the ’68 original popping up in this spin franchise would be an interesting concept but nothings been said about it.
The only other bit of news is the new poster from Marc Webb’s superhero sequel The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Andrew Garfield, Jamie Foxx, Emma Stone, Sally Field, Paul Giamatti, Dane DeHaan, Chris Cooper and Felicity Jones all star Enjoy!
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes – July 17th 2014
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 – April 18th 2014
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