20th Century Studios’ first teaser trailer for Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes confirms apes have now established themselves as the planet’s dominant species. The one-minute trailer provides a brief glimpse at new key characters as well as the world the apes have built after the fall of humankind.
“Director Wes Ball breathes new life into the global, epic franchise set several generations in the future following Caesar’s reign, in which apes are the dominant species living harmoniously and humans have been reduced to living in the shadows,” reads 20th Century Studios’ synopsis. “As a new tyrannical ape leader builds his empire, one young ape undertakes a harrowing journey that will cause him to question all that he has known about the past and to make choices that will define a future for apes and humans alike.”
The teaser was accompanied by a poster and a batch of stills from the 2024 release.
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes follows the franchise reboot that kicked off with 2011’s Rise of the Planet of the Apes. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes arrived in 2014, with War for the Planet of the Apes debuting in 2017.
The first film of the new chapter of the sci-fi action franchise stars Owen Teague (IT), Freya Allan (The Witcher), Kevin Durand (Locke & Key), Peter Macon (Shameless), and William H. Macy (Fargo). Josh Friedman, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, and Patrick Aison wrote the screenplay, based on characters created by Jaffa and Silver. Director Wes Ball, Joe Hartwick, Jr., Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, and Jason Reed produced, with Peter Chernin and Jenno Topping executive producing.
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes will open in theaters on May 24, 2024.
