Sci-Fi Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

[Loden Greatstorm]

I wonder what concept art Andy saw? I wish we could see it too haha.

 

[Pennywise]

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes Teased by Owen Teague – The Hollywood Reporter

Teague recently wrapped his most substantial role to date as the lead ape in Wes Ball’s Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, and the Apes casting director, Debra Zane, happened to be the one who cast him in those old photographs and home movies on Bloodline. In the sequel to Matt Reeves’ War for the Planet of the Apes(2017), Teague is reportedly playing Caesar’s (Andy Serkis) son, Cornelius, and as a longtime fan of Serkis, getting the chance to pick his brain about performance capture was a career highlight for him.

“[Andy Serkis] and I had a meeting, and he was part of why I became an actor,” Teague says. “So this was something that I’d been wanting to do my entire life, and it was literally a dream come true to get to do this job and play this character. I remember Andy being like, ‘You’ll get used to [performance capture] and you’ll stop worrying about it after the first week.’ And he was absolutely right.”

Kingdom of the Apes is also Teague’s first time as the lead of a huge studio film, and once it was pointed out to him, he struggled with a great deal of self-doubt.

“I had a bit of an existential crisis three weeks before we started shooting, and I was like, ‘I can’t do this,’” Teague recalls. “But then you just find your way back, and you realize that you know who you’re playing. I’m also not a terrible person, so I knew that people were going to enjoy working with me, at least I hoped.”

At the moment, Teague is feeling quite optimistic about his new chapter in the Apes franchise.

“This was the first time that I’ve left set and been like, ‘This is going to be awesome. We made something that’s completely amazing,’” Teague shares. “And I hope that’s true. God, I’m gonna look pretty stupid if it sucks, but I have complete confidence in everyone who’s working on that film.”

 

[Luigi]

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Awesome news. Interested in the Paramount stuff as well.

 

[Loden Greatstorm]

Maybe a teaser poster soon then.

 

[Loden Greatstorm]

 

[CB Fan]

Curious to see how this one does at the box office. I really liked War for the Planet of the Apes and it didn’t do as well as the two before it.

 

[psylockolussus]

The lack of blockbuster movies neXt year should help it. But Planet of the Apes is not something that could gross over $300 million domestically, and $800 million worldwide.

I hope the film is good though. I watched the Rise/Dawn/War in the cinemas.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Curious to see how this one does at the box office. I really liked War for the Planet of the Apes and it didn’t do as well as the two before it.

I thought War was fantastic movie, even outshining Logan in the same year which was an amazing movie in and if itself. War is Reeves' best movie for me and that's saying something.

 

[Loden Greatstorm]

Really curious to see who the new ape lead will be.

 

[psylockolussus]

I'm more curious about the critical reception of this. The director's previous films are only The Maze Runner films. I liked that film franchise, but the reviews for those films weren't really good especially compare to Rise/Dawn/War.

 

[Closerframe]

I don’t expect this to hold a candle to Dawn or War’s quality given Reeves is in a class of his own, but as long as this is better than Rise, I’ll be content.

 

[Loden Greatstorm]

 

[psylockolussus]

I'm perched!

 

[Luigi]

 

[Broseph44]

Soooooo ready for this.

 

[Sawyer]

Excited, but I’ve seen people on Twitter say this could be moved up… I’m not so sure. I think that CG could still use a bit of fine tuning.

 

[Loden Greatstorm]

 

[Pennywise]

 

[Erik Lensherr]

Wow, this looks very good. Even without Matt Reeves

 

[Loden Greatstorm]

Super pumped for this. Really enjoyed the trailer.

 

[samsnee]

Looks meh. Not Andy or Matt Reeves really hurts this. And I personally don’t like they fully talk now. I liked the sign language better with random words here and there. It made it more impactful.

 

[scarlet-witch]

Visually, this looks great. I'm excited for it, but Caesar made so much of the last trilogy that I'm slightly reserved on how this will go without him.

And Reeves for that matter.

 

[Kane52630]

 

[Kane52630]

Wes Ball is no Matt Reeves but I trust him way more than other directors. Plus you still have the writers from the last trilogy.