![]() What I thought was exciting, was someone once asked me whether I thought that because we know the ending of the story, does that make the story boring? You already know where it is going, so what is the point? I actually thought that was the most exciting part because when a story stops being about what happens and starts becoming how do you get from here to there, the getting from here to there is all about how and why. Where peace could have happened and it doesn't happen". I thought, when I came in and pitched the story that I wanted to tell, I said "this seems to me the moment where this could have been different. It was more that there was an opportunity here to…because you know it becomes Planet of the Apes, this was the opportunity. It's got spectacle, it's got all the things you want from a summer tent-pole movie, but it is much more weighted to character interaction and toward a kind of examination on some level of human nature, then you would get on this kind of size and scale. That is why I was particularly excited about this story because I thought that, besides the crazy fantasy that they are intelligent apes, it is really a drama. To do something that is about character and its about human nature, the idea of doing that in a blockbuster is very rare. Then when I got into genre I realised that, especially now, where to do story about the real world is a very hard thing to get a studio let you do. But I can't even say that that storytelling aside from Star Wars to Planet of the Apes or later films like Alien or The Thing, these are movies I love.īut it wasn't necessarily my desire to get into genre, until I got into genre. ![]() That story and that world were so compelling and the fantasy was terrifying but also in ways I'd only later realise, was very exciting to me. Planet of the Apes was my Star Wars before Star Wars was my Star Wars. What it is, what I have discovered and it is very exciting…and I always loved these kinds of movies. It interestingly was not and has not been my fascination. The irony is, the truth is, the last three things I've done have been, I guess have been creature orientated. So in the case of The Planet of the Apes, I was really drawn to that as a science fiction metaphor for the way that really exploring the apes, y'know, if you are going to explore their nature, you are going to explore our nature. Weirdly, to look at the apes was to look at ourselves. So there was something about looking at those apes and they were terrifying and they were thrilling, there was something kind of instinctual. I thought the way they looked was amazing, and this guy who did the make up, his name was John Chambers and he did this… I thought that that make up was, I still think that that make up was amazing. ![]() I was specifically obsessed with the apes. It is currently unknown if Serkis will return in any capacity for Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes.Matt Reeves: It's interesting because in the specific case of the Planet of the Apes, it is a world and a franchise that I was obsessed with as a kid. Rise of the Planet of the Apes and its sequels, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014) and War for the Planet of the Apes (2017), were all Oscar-nominated for Best Visual Effects. In 2001, Tim Burton helmed a remake starring Mark Wahlberg, but it was 2011's Rise of the Planet of the Apes that successfully rebooted the series, in part due to Andy Serkis and his revolutionary motion capture performance work as the chimpanzee, Caesar. The orignal movie earned nominations for Best Costume Design and Best Original Score at the 41st Oscars, and won an honorary Oscar for makeup artist John Chambers. ![]() The Planet of the Apes franchise began with the 1968 film of the same name, starring Charlton Heston, which spawned four sequels, a live-action TV spinoff, and an animated series. "With Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, we are privileged to continue the series' tradition of imaginative, thought-provoking cinema, and can't wait to share Wes' extraordinary vision for this new chapter with audiences in 2024." " Planet of the Apes is one of the most iconic and storied science fiction franchises in film history, as well as being an indelible part of our studio's legacy," 20th Century Studios president Steve Asbell said upon the announcement. ![]()
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