Who's ready for another blockbuster with an entirely too long title? We've seen the Rise, Dawn, and War for the Planet of the Apes, but now it's time to witness the Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, which after "rise" and "dawn" should surely should have been "noon"?
20th Century Studios has released a new trailer for the upcoming film in which the story appears to have come full circle.
The two-and-a-half-minute trailer opens with a world where apes are now the dominant species, and humans have been relegated to living in the shadows. Here is where we meet Proximus Caesar, the big bad leader of the ape tribe, narrating to Noa, our protagonist, about the former world the humans ruled.
Right from the onset, you get the feeling that Proximus is not your cliché generic villain. Through this monologue, we get to understand that he harbors a deep fascination with human civilization and how they used technology to advance their way of life. In his own words, "We will learn. Apes will learn. I will learn."
Humans had their time in the sun, and now it's time for the apes to rule. How Proximus goes about this, however, brings Noa to question his authority. Hunting humans does not bode well with the young chimpanzee, but Proximus seems to be having no love lost for the "primitive humans."