“Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” takes place round 300 years after the occasions of “Battle for the Planet of the Apes,” which ended with Caesar discovering a brand new dwelling for the advanced apes and dying in peace. He left behind a son, Cornelius, so it is attainable that “Kingdom” may have some type of reveal that Noa is descended from Caesar. Let’s hope that Ancestry.com survived the apocalypse.
There’s nonetheless a very long time to go earlier than George Taylor, Charlton Heston’s wayward astronaut from the unique “Planet of the Apes” film, crash-lands on a wierd, ape-dominated world. That film noticed George flung ahead round 2000 years, to the tip of the fortieth century. “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” is a chance to bridge the hole between Caesar’s hoped-for ape utopia and the theocratic ape society seen within the authentic movie, which treats people as badly as people as soon as handled apes.
“Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” arrived in theaters on Might 10, 2024.