Will Rodman's fate in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes remains ambiguous, hinted at through subtle clues left in the film. Signs around Will's house suggest he may have succumbed to the Simian Flu outbreak, with Fema markings indicating infected individuals inside. While Will doesn't appear in the film, his presence is felt through mentions in the wider rebooted Planet of the Apes franchise and tie-in novel.

Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes may not have revealed the fate of James Franco's Will Rodman in dialogue, but it subtly confirmed the worst. 1968's landmark sci-fi Planet Of The Apes featured Charlton Heston landing on a planet dominated by sentient apes who have enslaved humanity. The franchise was rebooted in 2011 with prequel Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes, where a present-day scientist named Will (James Franco) raises an intelligent chimpanzee named Caesar (Andy Serkis). The story ends...