Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes is produced by Disney Studios extends the successful film franchise which began in 1968 with Charlton Heston leading the cast of The Planet Of The Apes. The last movie in cinemas was War for the Planet of the Apes in 2017.
Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes stars Owen Teague (It), Freya Allen (The Witcher) and Peter Macon (The Orville), and is directed by Wes Ball (The Maze Runner trilogy) and is set well after the events of War for the Planet of the Apes.
So here's everything you need to know about Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes...
Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes release date
Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes is released in movie theaters and cinemas worldwide on Friday May 10 2024.
* Previous Planet of the Apes movies are available on DIsney Plus so it's likely that Kingdom Of The Planet of The Apes will arrive on Disney+ at some point later in 2024 or 2025. We will update here once we know more.
Is there a trailer for Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes?
Yes both an official trailer and teaser have landed for Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes which shows Noa on his incredible journey. Take a look below.
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes plot
All we know of he plot of Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes so far is it is set many years (about 300) after the reign of Caesar. While humans have regressed into a feral state, when the ape leader, Proximus Caesar, perverts the teachings of Caesar to enslave other clans in search for last traces of human technologies, Noa, a common chimpanzee, embarks on a harrowing journey alongside a young human named Mae to determine the future for apes and humans alike. It's a journey that will lead him to question everything he's been taught about the past and make choices that will define a future for apes and humans alike.
Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes cast
Three main cast members of Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes are...
Owen Teague as chimp Noa
Owen starred in the TV series Bloodline plus the scary horrors It and It: Chapter Two. He’s also appeared in The Stand, Montana Story, Locke & Key and the series Mrs Fletcher.
Freya Allan as the human Mae
Freya is best known as Ciri in The Witcher. She starred in the series The Third Day, alongside Jude Law and Naomie Harris, and has had roles in the miniseries The War of the Worlds, Gunpowder Milkshake and Into the Badlands.
Peter Macon as the orang utan Dura
Peter plays Lt. Commander Bortus in the sci-fi comedy show The Orville. He starred in the US series Shameless and voices Preston Lloyd in the animation Family Guy. Peter has also appeared in SEAL Team and NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service.
Who else is starring in Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes?
Other cast in Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes includes Kevin Durand as Proximus Caesar and Travis Jeffery as Anaya. William H Macy, Dichen Lachman, Sara Wiseman, Neil Sandilands, Lydia Peckham, Eka Darkville and Ras-Samuel Welda'abzgi round out the cast.
A brief history of The Planet Of The Apes franchise
The first Planet of the Apes movie arrived in 1968. It was loosely based on the cultish 1963 sci-fi novel by French author Pierre Boulle called La Planette Des Singes (English book translation Planet of The Apes). This 1968 movie starred Charlton Heston as astronaut George Taylor and became a huge worldwide blockbuster in the late Sixties and is considered one of the classic sci-fi movies of all time. The monkey and ape make-up and costumes won many awards including Oscars. The movie followed a spaceship crew that crash-landed on a planet in the distant future where talking apes were the dominant species and humans were enslaved.
The original movie was followed swiftly by Beneath the Planet of the Apes in 1970, Escape from the Planet of the Apes the following year, Conquest of the Planet of the Apes in 1972 and Battle for the Planet of the Apes in 1973. Charlton Heston only appeared in the original movie and briefly in Beneath the Planet of the Apes but the other movies also featured original stars such as Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter and Maurice Evans as apes Cornelius, Zira and Dr Zeus. These movies spawned a TV series in 1974 and an animated series in 1975.
In 2001, the original movie was remade by director Tim Burton, starring Mark Wahlberg as Captain Leo Davidson alongside Helena Bonham Carter, Tim Roth and Michael Clarke Duncan. Charlton Heston made a cameo in the film. There were later movies too with Rise of the Planet of the Apes in 2011, starring James Franco and Andy Serkis, who played Caesar. Serkis reprised the role in 2014's Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, which also starred Gary Oldman, and the last 2017 movie War for the Planet of the Apes, with Woody Harrelson.
Behind the scenes and more about Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes
Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes is created by Disney's 20th Century Studios and filming got underway in 2022 under the direction of Wes Ball, famous for The Maze Runner trilogy.
Steve Asbell, President 20th Century Studios said, “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. 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.”
