KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES Will Be Set 300 Years After Previous Trilogy; New Plot Details Revealed
The Apes Shall Inherit The Earth…
The death of Caesar at the end of ‘WAR OF THE PLANET OF THE APES’, it seemed like the prequel trilogy was actually a self-contained new take on the franchise rather than a lead-in to the original movie.
Now with Disney in charge of the Apes franchise, it’s time for a new installment into the universe of Planet Of The Apes.
Empire online has confirmed that the films next installment, ‘KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES’ forgoes following Caesars son but takes a time jump of 300 years!
The site explains that in the generations which have passed since Caesar's time, his message of "apes together strong" has largely been lost.
Noa, however, appears to live by that creed.
"Noa has no idea who that is," Noa actor Owen Teague says of his character's relationship with Caesar.
"Part of his journey is a discovery of that legacy and its various interpretations. Noa has to make sense of what it all means."
As for the villainous Proximus Caesar, actor Kevin Durand explains, "Caesar is almost a religious figure, and Proximus has taken on the name Caesar because it was the highest position held in ape society. It was a self-proclamation that was achieved by any means necessary, to ensure that apes continue to evolve."
"So you’re seeing the influence and the evolution of what Caesar left. And, like in every morsel of human history, there’s always some type of tyrant who comes along and scares everyone into believing them."
It sounds like Noa is the true heir to the throne, with Proximus Caesar a pretender, of sorts.
According to filmmaker Wes Ball, "From the beginning we thought about this as a trilogy. We had these grand ideas of where it could ultimately go and how it could fit into the legacy of these movies. So I’m certainly talking to [the studio] right now about the next story."
"Those last three movies were about the end of something. They were about the end of this Moses story. They were about the end of humanity," the filmmaker adds. "And we thought, ‘From the ashes of those previous movies, we’re gonna grow a new tree to climb.’ This movie is very much about the beginning of something."
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