The earlier movies within the revived Planet Of The Apes franchise tended to go fairly heavy on the apes, however lighter than you would possibly count on on the planet—having utilized, throughout the three movies within the reboot franchise, a reasonably gradual build-up towards going full “Charlton Heston in a leather-based loincloth.” Now, although, the primary actual trailer for the unwieldy-titled Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes is lastly right here, and, yeah, this is a world the place you may see Roddy McDoproperly wanting snug in eight kilos of simian make-up whereas driving on a horse.
Said equines are in apparent abundance, really, because the movie picks up a few years after 2017’s War For The Planet Of The Apes, now following Noa (Owen Teague), a younger chimpanzee who owns not only a horse, but in addition, apparently, a hen, the last word ape standing symbols. Meanwhile, a bunch of people—who’ve gone Nova-style feral over the past nevertheless lengthy its been—get hunted by extra militaristic apes, who are also horse-owners. (Do you assume the horses on this universe discover they’re being ridden by apes now, or is all of it the identical to them, a minimum of till the inevitable rise of the Planet Of The Horses?)
In addition to Teague, the movie additionally stars Freya Allen, Peter Macon, and Kevin Durand, who will get to offer the large “I’m the unhealthy man of this film” bit when he declares “What an exquisite day!” to his assembled followers, which is definitely fairly chill, so far as “I’m your new monkey warlord” speeches go. Arriving absolutely seven years after the final movie within the franchise, Kingdom is being directed by Maze Runner trilogy director Wes Ball, and is presently aimed toward a May 24, 2024 premiere date.
