Woody Harrelson joins War of Planet of Apes and first Jungle Book trailer

Rise starred James Frano, Freida Pinto, Brian Cox, Tom Felton, John Lithgow and David Oyelowo
Dawn reinvented the cast with Gary Oldman, Toby Kebbell, Keri Russell, Kodi Smit McPhee, Judy Greer and Jason Clarke.
War of the Planet of the Apes has now signed on Woody Harrlelson as its lead villain.

The reboot trilogy’s cast has been bolstered by the signing two time Oscar nominee Woody Harrelson (No Country for Old Men, The Hunger Games, Zombieland, Cheers, Seven Psychopaths, True Detective) as a new human villain, currently being referred to as Colonel. This suggests that he will play the leader of the military forces that arrive at the end of Dawn. The other cast information we currently know is that Andy Serkis (The Lord of the Rings) will reprise his role as franchise figurehead Caesar. Its unclear if there will be a third new cast or Dawn’s main characters will return. Matt Reeves (Cloverfield) directs.

When Warner Bros and Disney both announced rivalling adaptations of The Jungle Book, it was the WB/Andy Serkis version that had far more hype. However, Disney’s version will be gaining some new fans from the surprisingly impressive first trailer. However much of the voice work isn’t shown alongside the on screen animals which makes us worry that the two will clash in the film.

Jon Favreau (Iron Man) directs while the cast includes Scarlett Johansson (Avengers Assemble, Lost in Translation), Idris Elba (Pacific Rim, Prometheus), Bill Murray (Ghost Busters, Moonrise Kingdom), Lupita Nyong’o (12 Years a Slave, The Force Awakens), Neel Sethi (Diwali), Giancarlo Esposito (Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, The Usual Suspects), Ben Kingsley (Shutter Island, Gandhi) and Christopher Walken (Catch Me If You Can, The Deer Hunter).

The Jungle Book – April 15th 2016

War of the Planet of the Apes – July 21st 2017

Planet of the Apes follow up titled War

In our mind, Planet of the Apes is one of the best franchise turnarounds of the century. The limp ’60s/’70s series crashed decades ago and the Tim Burton remake didn’t perform the miracle of a resurrection but the 2011 and its 2014 follow up have both been critically acclaimed and garnered over $1 billion between them. The title of the third film has now been unveiled. Before with had Planet! Beneath! Escape! Conquest! Battle! Rise! Dawn!. And now…

War of the Planet of the Apes

This sequel will see the apes pushing towards all out dominance on Earth. We still unsure which of the earlier films brilliant supporting cast – including Gary Oldman (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), Jason Clarke (Lawless), Keri Russell (August Rush), Kodi Smit McPhee (The Road), Toby Kebbell (Dead Man’s Shoes), James Franco (127 Hours), Freida Pinto (Slumdog Millionaire), David Oyelowo (Selma) and Brian Cox (The Bourne Supremacy) – but we can definitely expect Andy Serkis’ (The Lord of the Rings) ape revolutionary Caesar to be at the centre of the action as well as director Matt Reeves (Cloverfield, Let Me In).

War of the Planet of the Apes – July 14th 2017