Get Ready To Go Ape: First Trailer For WAR OF THE PLANET OF THE APES

2011’s Rise of the Planet of the Apes was excellent – a franchise reboot that scored on a commercial and creative level. I didn’t like Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, feeling that it tried too hard to be weighty and epic. I’m sceptical of War of the Planet of the Apes – but having caught this new trailer I suspect it might have  achieved what Dawn failed to do.

I’m impressed by the visuals contained in this trailer – and I hope the movie manages to rise up to what is being marketed. It gets extra points for having Woody Harrelson, a man who adds 25% extra enjoyment to everything he is in!

The trailer:

The synopsis:

In War for the Planet of the Apes, the third chapter of the critically acclaimed blockbuster franchise, Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel.  After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind.  As the journey finally brings them face to face, Caesar and the Colonel are pitted against each other in an epic battle that will determine the fate of both their species and the future of the planet.

War of the Planet of the Apes starring Andy Serkis, Woody Harrelson, Steve Zahn and Toby Kebbell is released in UK cinemas July 2017.