#‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’ Trailer Teases Franchise’s Latest Battle

The conflict between man and simian is renewed in the first trailer for 20th Century Studios‘ Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes.

Set for theatrical release on May 24, 2024, Wes Ball‘s film takes place many years after the end of Matt Reeves’ 2017 feature, War for the Planet of the Apes, which is the most recent movie in the enduring franchise. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes stars Owen Teague, Freya Allan, Peter Macon, Eka Darville, Kevin Durand, William H. Macy and Dichen Lachman.

After the 2017 film showed Caesar leading his kind to an oasis, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes picks up with numerous ape societies continuing to thrive, while humans have been reduced to a nearly feral existence. As one ape ruler enslaves others amid his quest for human technology, a different ape seeks freedom and hopes to work with a young human woman to achieve that goal.

Ball (the Maze Runner trilogy) directed the film from a script by Josh Friedman, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver and Patrick Aison. Ball, Jaffa, Silver, Joe Hartwick Jr. and Jason Reed are producers, while Peter Chernin and Jenno Topping serve as executive producers.

The franchise launched in 1968 with the Charlton Heston-led Planet of the Apes, loosely based on the 1963 novel from Pierre Boulle. After four sequels and a pair of television series, the franchise returned in 2001 with a Tim Burton-directed reboot before a relaunch in 2011 with Rupert Wyatt’s Rise of the Planet of the Apes, which featured Andy Serkis as Caesar.