NEW YORK, United States (Reuters) — The cast of “War for the Planet of the Apes” celebrated the final film in the rebooted film series on the red carpet in New York on Monday (July 10).
The movie will hit United States cinemas on July 14, promising an action-packed conclusion to a trilogy that has garnered both critical acclaim and box office receipts.
“War for the Planet of the Apes” sees motion-capture performance specialist Andy Serkis return in his role as Caesar, leader of a super-intelligent band of apes who take on an army led by Woody Harrelson’s ruthless colonel in a post-apocalyptic setting.
The original “Planet of the Apes” spawned a five-film series that ran from 1968 to 1973. The first film, an arresting science fiction classic that starred Charlton Heston, won an Oscar for its prosthetic make-up effects and was a critical and commercial hit, but the subsequent movies struggled to replicate the original’s success.
