If (when?) 20th Century Fox chooses to continue on with its rebooted Apes franchise beyond the release of War For the Planet of the Apes, it’ll use Bad Ape as the catalyst.
As writer-director Matt Reeves (The Batman) tells Yahoo in a new interview, the introduction of Steven Kahn’s chimp, one who developed far from the confines of Caesar’s tribe, broadens the canvas for future instalments, as it hints at a global population of radically evolved chimpanzees born and raised without Caesar’s trailblazing leadership.
Flanked by Amiah Miller’s Nova, a character who helps integrate War‘s narrative with the original Planet of the Apes franchise, it is Caesar who discovers Bad Ape hiding out in the mountains. It’s a critical moment in the film’s story, particularly as the rivalry between Andy Serkis’ ape Messiah and The Colonel (Woody Harrelson) reaches a tipping point.
As writer-director Matt Reeves (The Batman) tells Yahoo in a new interview, the introduction of Steven Kahn’s chimp, one who developed far from the confines of Caesar’s tribe, broadens the canvas for future instalments, as it hints at a global population of radically evolved chimpanzees born and raised without Caesar’s trailblazing leadership.
Flanked by Amiah Miller’s Nova, a character who helps integrate War‘s narrative with the original Planet of the Apes franchise, it is Caesar who discovers Bad Ape hiding out in the mountains. It’s a critical moment in the film’s story, particularly as the rivalry between Andy Serkis’ ape Messiah and The Colonel (Woody Harrelson) reaches a tipping point.
- 7/6/2017
- by Michael Briers
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