Woody Harrelson Set To Play The Villain In WAR OF THE PLANET OF THE APES

Woody Harrelson Set To Play The Villain In WAR OF THE PLANET OF THE APES

Following in the footsteps of Brian Cox and Gary Oldman, True Detective and The Hunger Games star Woody Harrelson will play the role of the human villain in Matt Reeves' highly anticipated War Of The Planet Of The Apes. Read on for more details...

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By Minty - Sep 15, 2015 09:09 AM EST
Filed Under: Fantasy
Source: THR

Woody Harrelson is set to play the main villain in Matt Reeves' highly anticipated War Of The Planet Of The Apes. The incredibly talented True Detective and No Country For Old Men actor will play a character called 'the Colonel', per THR. He is the second human character to be cast in the movie so far, joining Gabriel Chavarria, who has an untitled supporting role.

Andy Serkis is naturally set to return via motion capture as the movie's ape protagonist, 'Caesar', while the script will be written by Reeves' Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes colleague, Mark Bomback. The rebooted Planet Of The Apes franchise has been one of the most consistently brilliant series of the last half-decade, achieving widespread commercial and critical success. With Harrelson on board, that trend looks set to continue with this next installment.

War Of The Planet Of The Apes hits theatres July 14, 2017.
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DeusExSponge
DeusExSponge - 9/15/2015, 9:27 AM
Can't wait for War of the Planet of the Apes!
ICStoopedPeople
ICStoopedPeople - 9/15/2015, 9:28 AM
I've never seen Harrelson go villain mode. Drawing a blank here...
SauronsBANE
SauronsBANE - 9/15/2015, 9:29 AM
I approve of this casting.
Desr0w
Desr0w - 9/15/2015, 9:29 AM
Nice, the old good Woody, but... human villain again??? Ok...
Earthbound
Earthbound - 9/15/2015, 9:30 AM
marvelstudios
marvelstudios - 9/15/2015, 9:30 AM
Awesome actor. Awesome movie franchise. Can't wait!

Is anyone else surprised how good this reboot is?
DrKinsolving
DrKinsolving - 9/15/2015, 9:31 AM
[frick] yeah, nice, definitely excited for this
DrKinsolving
DrKinsolving - 9/15/2015, 9:31 AM
Damn, this is going to be one hell of a Planet of the Apes trilogy
Starfox
Starfox - 9/15/2015, 9:32 AM
SauronsBANE
SauronsBANE - 9/15/2015, 9:33 AM
I'm still 90% sure that the titles for the first 2 movies should've been reversed. "Dawn" should've been the first movie, and Matt Reeves' sequel would've made more sense as "Rise".
GhostDog
GhostDog - 9/15/2015, 9:33 AM

This is badass casting
batz11
batz11 - 9/15/2015, 9:35 AM
Dude is an awesome actor, saw him filming a movie in Minneapolis recently...should have stalked him...
Killuminatic
Killuminatic - 9/15/2015, 9:35 AM
Oh baby!

@Desr0w - Koba might've survived you know...
ALegendaryPanda
ALegendaryPanda - 9/15/2015, 9:37 AM
[frick] yeah! Woody Harrelson is awesome in anything! I can't wait to see how they wrap up this trilogy, Dawn of the Planet of Apes was absolutely amazing. Definitely one of my all time favorites.

Can they top themselves again with this? I sure as hell think so!
DrKinsolving
DrKinsolving - 9/15/2015, 9:40 AM
@ISeeStupidPeople

He was amazing in Out of The Furnace, there's also Natural Born Killers way back in the 90's. Woody is really versatile,

the transition he made from Cheers to Natural Born Killers was amazing
imkennypowers
imkennypowers - 9/15/2015, 9:42 AM
Such a talented, versatile actor!!
BlackPhillip
BlackPhillip - 9/15/2015, 9:42 AM
Gary Oldman was a villain in DOTPOTA? He didn't seem to me.
BlackPhillip
BlackPhillip - 9/15/2015, 9:44 AM
@Jollem

I too believe Rise was better. Both very solid movies though.
SuperCat
SuperCat - 9/15/2015, 9:44 AM
BackwardGalaxy
BackwardGalaxy - 9/15/2015, 9:45 AM
The girlfriend and I are binge-watching Cheers and have finally made it to season 11. I had seen a lot of it before, but she never had and loves it. She's not big into movies, so she's actually getting to experience Woody Harrelson the way people did originally, before he took on some of his darker roles. I personally think that's better, since it's easier to accept him as the aloof and honest-to-goodness farmboy from Indiana.
blackandyellow
blackandyellow - 9/15/2015, 9:46 AM
FOX
blackandyellow
blackandyellow - 9/15/2015, 9:49 AM
@backwardgalaxy

Show her Kingpin. It's his best role.
sKeemAn
sKeemAn - 9/15/2015, 9:49 AM
This casting just made this trilogy that much better. Awesome actor to an awesome franchise. I cant wait for WOTPA
Starfox
Starfox - 9/15/2015, 9:55 AM
I still think this is Woody's best role lol
GrilledPopcorn
GrilledPopcorn - 9/15/2015, 10:01 AM
Wait, so the 3rd movie's going to be a comedy?
LeeroyJenkins
LeeroyJenkins - 9/15/2015, 10:15 AM
Harrelson was so intimidating in Out of the Furnace
imkennypowers
imkennypowers - 9/15/2015, 10:30 AM
@GrilledPopcorn - "Wait, so the 3rd movie's going to be a comedy?"

So you haven't seen any of Woody's great serious performances like True Detective or No Country For Old Men??
imkennypowers
imkennypowers - 9/15/2015, 10:32 AM
@Gusto - "LMFAO!
Oh, my little Roy toy!"

Kingpin is one of the most underrated comedies.

Big Ern McCracken is arguably the greatest comedy villain of all-time.
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