Wes Ball’s 2024Apesmovie debuted in theaters in May and arrived onHuluin the U.S. andDisney+internationally on August 2.

This film was a departure from the last threePlanet of the Apesadventures.

His absence in the film is largely due to how the last movie in the epicsci-fifranchise ended.

Caesar, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

He ensures the safety of his family and community and imparts the pillars of survival for generations to come.

And that is exactly whereKingdompicks up.

Still, because of his importance to ape society, his presence will be felt moving forward.

Andy Serkis as Caesar with his eyes closed in the sunlight in War for the Planet of the Apes

Caesar and Maurice in War for the Planet of the Apes sitting on a rock next to a tree

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A funeral pyre with the symbol of Caesar on a rock in Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

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