DirectorWes Ballhas revealed an intriguing detail about the home media release of his upcomingPlanet of the Apesmovie,Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. Speaking withApe Nation, Ball has revealed that the Blu-ray and DVD will include a version of the moviemade up of “the raw dailies” and including zero VFX. Meaning fans will be able to watch the actors' leap around in motion capture suits and see their performances before the magic of CGI is added by Weta.
“I’m doing a little thing for the DVD where you can watch the movie – the entire movie – with the raw dailies. I’m working on that, where you’ll be able to watch and see both the final [cut] and the raw dailies. You can see how close they get, what they do, and how they stitch everything together. It’s amazing, and you can just sit there and enjoy it.”
Ball is incredibly enthusiastic about this raw version ofKingdom of the Planet of the Apes, and plans to also add some commentary alongside the movie’s VFX Supervisor, Erik Winquist.
“I’ll do some commentary over it with Erik [Winquist], our VFX [supervisor]. I think it’s gonna be great. For geeks like us, it’s gonna be a first. They’ve never seen this kind of thing. Some of the hardest stuff in VFX is how you get CG characters to interact with others. So we have a human girl hugging a CG ape and it’s like, ‘How do you do that?'”
This version ofKingdom of the Planet of the Apescertainly sounds exciting and should provide something special for those who long to see whatsuch a CGI-heavy movielooks like without the digital wizardry, as well as learnhow such wizardry is achieved.
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes Lands in Theaters on May 10
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Set several years after the events of War for the Planet of the Apes, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is the next installment in the Apes saga. Ape clans have taken up residence in the oasis that Caesar sought to colonize, but humans have reverted to their animalistic nature in their absence. Now battling between enslavement and freedom, outliers in the Ape clans will take sides in a newly burgeoning society.
Directed by Wes Ball (theMaze Runnertrilogy) from a screenplay written by Josh Friedman (War of the Worlds) and Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver (Avatar: The Way of Water) and Patrick Aison (Prey),Kingdom of the Planet of the Apesstars Owen Teague (IT), Freya Allan (The Witcher), Kevin Durand (Locke & Key), Peter Macon (Shameless), and William H. Macy (Fargo) andpicks up hundreds of yearsafter the most recent trilogy helmed by director Matt Reeves.
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’ Box Office Forecast Doesn’t Monkey Around, Predicts Huge Opening Weekend
If the predictions hold up, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes will begin its reign with a big opening weekend in domestic theaters.
You can check out the official synopsis forKingdom of the Planet of the Apesbelow.
“Set several generations in the future following Caesar’s reign, in which apes are the dominant species living harmoniously and humans have been reduced to living in the shadows. As a new tyrannical ape leader builds his empire, one young ape undertakes a harrowing journey that will cause him to question all that he has known about the past and to make choices that will define a future for apes and humans alike.”
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apesis scheduled to be released by 20th Century Studios in the United States on June 20, 2025.
