War for the Planet of the Apes could have easily ended the “reboot” era of the Apes franchise, with audiences being left to imagine what happened after the death of Andy Serkis’ Caesar. Instead, we’ll revisit this world next year in Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, with the story picking up roughly 300 years after Caesar’s passing. One of Kingdom’s producers and its VFX supervisor have opened up about director Wes Ball’s vision for the 2024 movie release, and it involves a simple pitch he came up with: “Apocalypto with apes.”
