Many years after the reign of Caesar, a young ape goes on 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.
Cast
- Owen Teague as Noa, a young chimpanzee born nearly 300 years after Caesar’s time.
- Freya Allan as Mae, a feral young woman who joins Noa on his journey while having an agenda of her own.
- Kevin Durand as Proximus Caesar, an ambitious bonobo monarch who leads a coastal clan of apes in search of human technologies.
- Peter Macon as Raka, a wise and virtuous orangutan who acts as an ally of Noa.
- William H. Macy
- Travis Jeffery as Anaya, a chimpanzee and a friend of Noa.
- Lydia Peckham as Soona, a female chimpanzee and a friend of Noa.
- Neil Sandilands as Koro, a chimp elder from Noa’s tribe.
Additionally, Eka Darville, Ras-Samuel Weld A’abzgi, Sara Wiseman,and Dichen Lachman have been cast in undisclosed roles
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Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is an upcoming American science fiction action film directed by Wes Ball from a screenplay by Josh Friedman, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, and Patrick Aison, and produced by Joe Hartwick Jr., Jaffa, Silver, and Jason Reed. It serves as the sequel to War for the Planet of the Apes (2017) and is the fourth installment in the Planet of the Apes reboot franchise. The film stars Owen Teague in the lead role alongside Freya Allan, Kevin Durand, Peter Macon, and William H. Macy.
Development on a new Planet of the Apes film began in April 2019, following Disney’s acquisition of 20th Century Fox, with Ball attached as writer and director that December. Much of the script was written during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, with casting commencing in June 2022, following the script’s completion. Teague was cast in the lead role that August, with the film’s title and additional casting revealed in the following months. Principal photography began in October 2022 in Sydney and wrapped in February 2023.
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is scheduled to be released by 20th Century Studios in the United States on May 10, 2024.
Casting
In August 2022, Owen Teague joined the cast of the film in the lead motion-capture role. The next month, Freya Allan and Peter Macon joined the cast with the announcement of the film’s title and release year, as did Eka Darville and Kevin Durand in October. Travis Jeffery, Neil Sandilands, Sara Wiseman, Lydia Peckham and Ras-Samuel Weld A’abzgi were added to the cast later that month, while William H. Macy and Dichen Lachman were cast in January and February 2023, respectively.
Release
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is scheduled to be released in the United States on May 10, 2024. It was previously set for May 24 of that year, but was rescheduled two weeks earlier to avoid competition with Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga and The Garfield Movie during Memorial Day weekend.
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