Director says new Planet of the Apes will continue Caesar’s legacy

Last Updated on August 2, 2021

It was just yesterday we passed along word that 20th Century Studios and director Wes Ball’s new PLANET OF THE APES movie won't be connected to the recent trilogy and would instead just go ahead and go the Tim Burton route and remake the original 1968 film starring Charlton Heston.

But no worries as today Ball took to Twitter to let us all know that the new film (thank God) WILL continue Caesar's legacy from Rupert Wyatt's RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES and Matt Reeves' DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES and WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES.

Ball tweeted:

Don’t worry. I won’t ruin the surprises, but it’s safe to say Caesar’s legacy will continue…

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We'll keep you updated. In the meantime, remember that Ball tweeted back in December:

I grew up on the original and absolutely love the previous trilogy. I would only do this if I felt I could offer something special while still honoring what’s come before. We have something that’s shaping up to be an awesome chapter to this franchise.

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The original 1968 film was based on the novel by Pierre Boulle and centered on three astronauts marooned on a futuristic planet where apes rule and humans are slaves. The stunned trio discovers that these highly intellectual simians can both walk upright and talk. They have even established a class system and a political structure. The astronauts suddenly find themselves part of a devalued species, trapped and imprisoned by the apes.

Wes Ball (THE MAZE RUNNER, MAZE RUNNER: THE SCORCH TRIALS, MAZE RUNNER: THE DEATH CURE) will write and direct the new PLANET OF THE APES with David Starke and Joe Hartwick Jr producing. Evidently, the movie will begin filming later this year for a release in 2022.