With Dawn of the Planet of the Apes director Matt Reeves currently busy in development on the third movie in the rebooted series, there has been whispers that the as-yet-untitled sequel could bring the story of the apes’ conquest of humanity to a close. However, Andy Serkis has been speaking to MTV about the franchise, and has revealed that the third movie may not be the end of Caesar’s story, and that we could potentially be set for up to five films!
“It’s very, very early in where we choose to drop anchor in the next film. It could be five years after the event, it could be the night after the events of where we left Dawn, so it’s very difficult to know where the story is going right at this moment because it’s being written as we speak. I know that part of the desire for Matt to do this next movie is about continuing the enjoyment of seeing these apes evolve. So I don’t think we’re going to see a situation where we’re jumping….It might be three films, It could be four. It could be five. Who knows? But the journey will continue. It might not necessarily be summarized or completely fulfilled in this next one. The point being, eventually we know that we’re going to end up back at The Planet of the Apes, but whether it’s this film or not, I don’t know.”
The untitled Planet of the Apes sequel is set for release on July 28th 2016, with Andy Serkis set to reprise the role of Caesar.
Originally published November 22, 2014. Updated April 13, 2018.
