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.
“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 makeup effects and was a critical and commercial hit, but the subsequent movies struggled to replicate the original’s success.
“These is nothing special about what I do, I’m an actor playing a character and they happen to be, you know, I choose characters which mean something personal to me. And Caesar is a great character, I love the fact that he’s an ape who is almost a human in ape skin who then has to find his ape-ness.
“And then goes on a journey, evolves to be more human like. It’s very complex, it’s a complex journey. But it’s been, I love the challenge of having roles which are, which say so much about the human condition but are so removed from the human condition.”Actor Andy Serkis said.
Director Matt Reeves speaking on The End Of Trilogy being bitter sweet explained that “It is, you know, it’s been – first of all it’s been three years just on this movie alone. And five years in this world where I’ve done really nothing but work these movies with these apes.
” So it’s very bittersweet because now this chapter is over. But I look forward to moving and we’ll see. But this has been a great journey.”he said
Actor Terry Notary said”It’s very pertinent today, for today, it’s very – I feel like it’s happening to us as a human race. You know, revenge and war, and all of this, you know, really, pertinent subjects that are happening right now. It’s a good reflection on where we are as human beings.”
The movie will hit U.S. cinemas on July 14th promising an action-packed conclusion to a trilogy that has garnered both critical acclaim and box office receipts.
