Matt Reeves To Direct Third PLANET OF THE APES Movie

Matt Reeves To Direct Third PLANET OF THE APES Movie

20th Century Fox are clearly happy with Cloverfield director Matt Reeves' Dawn of the Planet of the Apes as the filmmaker has now signed on to both write and helm a planned third instalment of the franchise. Hit the jump for further details!

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By JoshWilding - Jan 07, 2014 04:01 PM EST
Filed Under: Sci-Fi
Source: Deadline


According to Deadline, Matt Reeves has signed up to direct a sequel to Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. 20th Century Fox and Chernin Entertainment have begun screening his cut of the movie and must be happy with what they see to make this move before the sequel to 2011's Rise of the Planet of the Apes is released. His directing deal is said to be complete, while negotiations are ongoing for him to pen the script alongside Mark Bomback. Apparently, it's "likely that Reeves will go right into the third film, a priority for the studio." Dawn of the Planet of the Apes stars Andy Serkis, Jason Clarke, Gary Oldman, Keri Russell, Toby Kebbell, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Enrique Murciano, Kirk Acevedo and Judy Greer. It's set for release on Memorial Day weekend, July 18th, 2014.

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Reasonnnn
Reasonnnn - 1/7/2014, 4:17 PM
Matt Reeves will get to do whatever original project he wants if Dawn and Planet of the Apes 3 do well financially a la Nolan with TDK trilogy leading to Inception and Interstellar.
ezio619
ezio619 - 1/7/2014, 4:20 PM
cool, out of the 8 movies that i am anticipating the most, its no 5 behind the superhero films, so technically its my most anticipted on superhero film of the year,i loved RISE, it was agreat film, matt reeves idk,i think he can pull it off even though i didnt really care for cloverfield and didnt see let me in, i have faith he can pull it off
Interestein
Interestein - 1/7/2014, 4:21 PM
Reeves is a phenomenal director, I loved every minute of LET ME IN. I loved RISE, and I'm really looking forward to DAWN. Hopefully the third will be a remake of the original, that would be sweet.
NovaCorpsFan
NovaCorpsFan - 1/7/2014, 4:31 PM
Story was shit though, batz...
TheRationalNerd
TheRationalNerd - 1/7/2014, 4:31 PM
All of this news today is *puts on shades* driving me BANANAS!!!

"Wrath of the Planet of the Apes!"

-Bring it!
NovaCorpsFan
NovaCorpsFan - 1/7/2014, 4:32 PM
If they remake the original, d'you think they'd go back to Apes makeup or stick with the mo-cap.
ATrueHero1987
ATrueHero1987 - 1/7/2014, 4:32 PM
This is great news but what about Cloverfield sequel...lol. Seriously
McNyagano
McNyagano - 1/7/2014, 4:33 PM
Was the first movie any good? I never watched it :/
TheRationalNerd
TheRationalNerd - 1/7/2014, 4:34 PM
Now all we need is a Prometheus 2 confirmation from Fox and I'm calling up my boy Bishop to get me out of this timeline! lol
TheRationalNerd
TheRationalNerd - 1/7/2014, 4:36 PM
@McNyagano

Oh man, you've got to see it! I don't joke around when it comes to spoilers but trust me it's worth it my brotha!
MrCameron
MrCameron - 1/7/2014, 4:38 PM
@ McNyagano

You haven't seen Rise???!!!!



Do yourself a favor and see it ASAP. IMO it's one of the best sci-fi films of the last 10 years.
Supermandatory
Supermandatory - 1/7/2014, 4:39 PM
I really hope the third one deals with ones who got lost in space on the mission to Mars in the first one.. Have them come back missing the events of Rise and Dawn and come back like "Where are we"? Your on The Planet of the Apes!!
MrCBM56
MrCBM56 - 1/7/2014, 4:40 PM
McNy

[frick] YEAH!!! See it ASAP
JamesMan
JamesMan - 1/7/2014, 4:42 PM
Excited as hell! Loved Rise and Dawn looks great!
TheRationalNerd
TheRationalNerd - 1/7/2014, 4:44 PM
(Spoiler Warning for McNyagano)
Supermandatory - 1/7/2014, 4:39 PM
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I really hope the third one deals with ones who got lost in space on the mission to Mars in the first one.. Have them come back missing the events of Rise and Dawn and come back like "Where are we"? Your on The Planet of the Apes!!

^^^This guy knows his movies^^^

I didn't think too many people even caught on about that brief cameo in the movie
MrCameron
MrCameron - 1/7/2014, 4:47 PM
Not sure about the idea of another remake of the original. Honestly, I'd perfer it just focus on Caesar and his journey before the events of that film.
JamesMan
JamesMan - 1/7/2014, 4:47 PM
And in other news, happy 50th to the biggest CBM actor of all time!
MrCameron
MrCameron - 1/7/2014, 4:47 PM
It's just they already tried it once and it sucked.
MrCameron
MrCameron - 1/7/2014, 4:51 PM
And CAGE BOMB!


GIFSoup

GIFSoup
MrCameron
MrCameron - 1/7/2014, 4:53 PM
I now declare this thread an official Nic Cage thread in honor of his 50th!
Supermandatory
Supermandatory - 1/7/2014, 4:55 PM
@theblacknerd

Yeah the first time I saw the movie I knew where they were going with it and I just thought it was brilliant.. I hope they throw in some more Easter eggs in Dawn for the ones miss it in the first.. This could be one of the best trilogies if they do it right.. But kinda think that's exactly the route they're taking.. Can't wait for Dawn
MrCameron
MrCameron - 1/7/2014, 4:55 PM
And here's one for me:
JamesMan
JamesMan - 1/7/2014, 4:56 PM

Hemogoblin
Hemogoblin - 1/7/2014, 4:57 PM
Great news
MrCameron
MrCameron - 1/7/2014, 5:03 PM
@ BlackJack10
JamesMan
JamesMan - 1/7/2014, 5:04 PM
This music must play on his birthday!
MrCameron
MrCameron - 1/7/2014, 5:04 PM
And here's one for Gusto:
MrCameron
MrCameron - 1/7/2014, 5:06 PM
@ JamesMan

God I f*ckin love that scene, ol' Cagey just bein' himself y'know.
TheRationalNerd
TheRationalNerd - 1/7/2014, 5:06 PM
@Supermandatory

That would be beautiful man! I don't know you may be right on track with your theory, either way I'm behind it 100% bring on the Dawn Fox!
JamesMan
JamesMan - 1/7/2014, 5:07 PM
Somebody better put these two over the top acting titans together in a movie very soon, make it happen NOW!
JamesMan
JamesMan - 1/7/2014, 5:08 PM
@NapoleonDynamite

I have the urge to go watch Face/off... [frick] it I'm going to go watch Face/off
sikwon
sikwon - 1/7/2014, 5:22 PM
The mars mission is going to pay off. Big. Time.
McNyagano
McNyagano - 1/7/2014, 5:24 PM
@Napoleon, The BlackNerd,& MrCBM

I know lol xD Thanks guys, I'll buy the blu ray this week-end and check it out, :)
NovaCorpsFan
NovaCorpsFan - 1/7/2014, 5:25 PM
batz

Yeah, the man had great screen presence.

"The only sacred human ritual takes place below the waist!"
Humby
Humby - 1/7/2014, 5:46 PM
I wonder if they'll finally call this third one "Planet of the Apes."

Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Planet of the Apes

As superficial as this desire is, I sure hope so...
SuperCat
SuperCat - 1/7/2014, 5:56 PM
TheRationalNerd
TheRationalNerd - 1/7/2014, 6:05 PM
It'll be called "Wrath of the Planet of the Apes" according to an article here on CBM posted in 2011. It was like an interviw with the director and how they saw each film setting up.

Rise features Caesars Rise to power o becoming the Ape leader
Dawn with feature Caesars loss of power to another ape
Wrath Caesar will reclaim his role but through what circumstances

That's basically how I paraphrased it.
MrCameron
MrCameron - 1/7/2014, 6:27 PM
@ BlackNerd

Could you provide the link to the article please?
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