war for the planet of the apes

Exhibit The Legacy Behind WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES In The Latest Trailer

Sizing up to be a worthwhile finale for 20th Century Fox’s most recent franchise endeavor with the Apes saga, War Of The Planet Of The Apes is now amassing some notable reviews from critics while staying on its toes through its July 14 release. A new legacy-themed trailer is now online that reintroduces the story within the first two films that now culminate the the third film, directed by Matt Reeves who helmed the second installment in 2014. In War for the Planet of the Apes, the third chapter of the critically acclaimed blockbuster franchise, Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind. As the journey finally brings them face to face, Caesar and the Colonel […]

20th Century Fox’s APES Triple Feature Launches Ticket Sales

Lee B. Golden III

While some may be pining for what lies ahead with Matt Reeves’s involvement in the future of Batman, the director’s current run with Twentieth Century Fox’s latest July 14 release, War For The Planet Of The Apes. The studio is now priming tickets for a triple feature launching on July 12 in exclusive RealD 3D presentation that spans all three films: Rupert Wyatt’s 2011 action adventure, Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes, and Reeves’s Dawn (2014) and War installments. Motion capture pioneering actor Andy Serkis is central to the trilogy as Caesar, the subject of an experiment gone haywire initially meant as a cure for Alzheimer’s disease that has spawned legions of apes becoming self-aware and declaring their own liberation and independence from humans, ensuing in an all-out war to determine the longevity of either species. Comprising the human cast of the trilogy are James Franco, Frieda Pinto and […]

WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES: The End Is Nigh For Caesar’s Fight In The Official Final Trailer

Lee B. Golden III

It wouldn’t be fair if I didn’t talk about director Matt Reeves’s upcoming War for the Planet of the Apes. Not to be (or should be) outdone is Rupert Wyatt’s own intial 2011 offering rebooting the Apes saga but Reeves has done something albeit incredible with this property in the last two installments, and I’m happy that its come as far as it has. Thus we see the return of Andy Serkis as the intelligent and evolved Caesar fighting to protect a young girl in his care as he and the apes are forced once again into a deadly conflict, this time with a ruthless Colonel played by Woody Harrelson. It’s a battle to which its distant end will only be seen with an increasing bodycount as the compelling final trailer shows ahead of its July 14 release. Steve Zahn, Amiah Miller, Karin Konoval, Judy Greer and Terry Notary also […]

WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES: Matt Reeves’s Continuing Allegory On Mankind’s Destructive Devolution Wages On In The First Official Trailer

Lee B. Golden III

Folks observant of 20th Century Fox’s recent efforts to revamp the Apes franchise have been a mostly positive grouping of fans, proven thusly by fresh Rotten Tomato ratings and a box office score of well over $1.1 billion dollars among other factors. It’s obviously good news for the studio and good enough that a third be in order to cap off this latest endeavor stemming from director Matt Reeves, here and now with War For The Planet Of The Apes. SYNOPSIS: In War for the Planet of the Apes, the third chapter of the critically acclaimed blockbuster franchise, Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind. As the journey finally brings them face to face, Caesar […]