Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes – Trailer

Release Date: May 10th 2024

Maybe it’s because I haven’t been keeping up with the Planet of the Apes franchise very well, but this one just doesn’t get me excited.

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (what a name) is set in the distant future where essentially apes and humans have switched roles. Apes seem to control almost everything and humans have devolved to where they can’t speak. They essentially exist in small hunter/gatherer groups trying to evade the apes. First of all, losing speech just doesn’t make much sense to me. I’m sure both humans and apes would evolve different languages and manners of speaking, but for humans to lose the ability to even speak amongst each other? That’s weird.

This story seems to be about a young ape who forms some sort of relationship with a “special” human that the other apes want to capture. What’s so special about her? Well, she can speak for one thing, and also it’s amazingly the same language the apes are speaking. Impressive.

Speaking of impressive, lots of the CGI from the trailer looks pretty cool, but jeez are some of the apes faces creepy. To be fair though, I think that’s something that’s seen throughout the franchise and I’m not sure how they could avoid it while still letting characters emote in human ways.

I’m still going to Watch Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes when it comes out, but I think I might watch it when it drops to a streaming service rather than pay to see it in the theaters.

Let me know what you think about the trailer and if I’m being too hard on it!