That opens up the series to the possibility that a new director could take over and continue on with the story, much like Reeves himself did after Rupert Wyatt kickstarted the series with his “Rise of the Planet of the Apes.” Reeves’ affection for the franchise is clear, but now that the helmer has been tapped to direct “The Batman,” it’s unlikely he’ll be able to return to the franchise soon (if ever). With so much ground to cover between “War” apes and original “Apes,” the franchise could easily spin out into at least another trilogy, aided by the introduction of new characters, new conflicts, and perhaps even a new director.
“There is a huge distance to cover between here and there that is all about Caesar and future generations, and how this world has transformed into that world, and the struggle that they’ll have to go through and how we create the world that we know from that.” That’s a big gap.īack in 2014, Reeves told JoBlo about his overall vision for the future of his franchise, which would ultimately see the series meeting in the middle. “To me the idea is that the 1968 films stands as trajectory,” he said. Also of note? When Charlton Heston’s Taylor first arrives on the ape planet, he dates the current year as being 3978. Schaffner’s film, all apes have evolved enough that they both act and speak like humans, while humans have been reduced to mute slaves. And while “War” leaves the apes with a big, bright new future to explore and build, our final glimpse at them is a far cry from the advanced civilization that’s portrayed in the first franchise.
In fact, director Matt Reeves has long expressed his wish for the films to meet up with the original series of films, which first hit theaters in 1968. While “War” and the two films that preceded it were knowingly crafted as a trilogy - a point that producer Peter Chernin clarified to Den of Geek earlier this year, explaining, “We made a very conscious decision frankly, when we started thinking about this seven or eight years ago, to look at these three movies as a trilogy in a lot of ways…We’ve always looked at this as a three-part story” - that doesn’t mean there’s not plenty more to mine of the series. Some spoilers for “War for the Planet of the Apes” ahead.
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