The Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes Debuts A Dangerous Franchise First

Near the end of the trailer, we see what appears to be Noa visiting an ape city located by a beach, and anyone who knows their simians from their Caesars is familiar with one pivotal moment in “Planet of the Apes” history that takes place by the sea. It’s at a sweeping shore that, in the original film, George Taylor damns them all to hell after learning that the alien planet he’s crashed landed on is his own and apes have taken over. The world he knew is long gone, and humanity has slipped down the evolutionary chain, and there’s no going back. However, the difference between the beach we see in the trailer and the one we first trotted down is that it was known as The Forbidden Zone to ape-kind, with its secrets lost to time. 

Could this potential pre-visit to the iconic spot reveal that before this area became forbidden, it was inhabited by apes who had harnessed primitive portions of tech, giving Kevin Durand’s Proximus Caesar rule of the place? It could explain how Noa’s attackers have harnessed this different kind of arsenal and even more reason for it to eventually be forbidden when Noa presumably defeats the film’s big bad. We’ll have to wait a little while to find out. “The Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” hits the silver screen on May 24, 2024.