ThePlanet of the Apesfranchise is known for is its incredibly realistic VFX work and revolutionary mo-cap performances.
The special effects crafted in the previous Caesar trilogy are eerily impressive and hold up perfectly even today.
I think the studio is very happy that we did the movie responsibly.
And that’s just the nature of the box office going down.
Were not going to spend as much on these movies.
Can you do this?
‘Maze Runner’ was a great training ground for that.
I had to do those movies for a very little money, you know, considerably.
It was good practice.
Where they took that technology and ran with it on this one.
CG water, CG apes, there’s almost no real water in the movie.
It’s nearly all CG, which is crazy.
Any VFX person will tell you that’s their nightmare.
We’ve kind of gotten fire.
You won’t even recognize it.
But that’s pretty fantastic."
Regarding thePlanet of the Apesmovies, its impossible not to think about Andy Serkis Caesar.
I wasn’t interested in making a Part 4.
That last trilogy was kind of perfect the way it was.
And to somehow tack onto it, it felt cheap.
It felt like it wouldn’t work.
In fact, he’s a crucial aspect of why those last three movies worked.
And hopefully, in the future film."
While Caesar isnt the lead this time, that honor goes to Owen Teagues Noa.
And he becomes a little more like Caesar as he gains confidence through the story.
And so we had to play with the levels.
And he stood up to the challenge."
InKingdom, Noas tribe is called the Eagle Clan due to their peoples bonds with their bird allies.
And it’s like, ‘Oh, how would an ape do that?’
I can’t do dogs.
It didn’t feel right, you know, man’s best friend.
And then I had other ideas and eventually arrived at, ‘Oh, yes.
And as soon as that picture popped into my mind, ‘Woah, that’s cool!'"
Caesar was an ape that was raised by humans.
He became very vertical.
Their ability to speak is to have signage or hand talk and have syllables.
They are syllabic but can only do a couple or three words at a time.
They’re still a little staccato in the way they deliver their speech."
And so, I wanted to three-dimensionalize it from the start.
I imagined that Raka had broken his jaw when he was younger, and it healed on its own.
So I would split my mouth just to think about that.
You know, three-dimensionalized, grounded it in particular physical realities."
He was obsessed with Rome.
He thinks he can do better.
A bit of a narcissist."
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They would experiment on us, this idea of humans and apes living this peaceful coexistence."
So, he fears humans and what human nature is capable of.
And some of it actually let its way into the actual movie.
And yeah, it’s pretty cool because it’s like a love but also a hate.
It’s a very thin line."
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apeshits theaters on Friday, May 10.
