Wes Ball is ready to rumble with his upcoming release, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. After the reboot trilogy with Andy Serkis’ Ceasar in the lead came to an end, Ball took on the reigns with new characters and a new story but set in the same (or at least similar) world. This time, instead of Ceasar, we have Noa, a young chimpanzee hunter at the heart of the story, played by Owen Teague.
The movie will be out in theaters this weekend, but it already has a lot of positive responses from critics and industry veterans like Serkis and Matt Reeves. The latter served as the director of Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2011) and War of the Planet of the Apes (2017). The reboot series was a huge hit among audiences, and the upcoming movie is also likened to have a similar, if not better, response.
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes Releases an Extended Trailer
Recently, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes released an extended trailer. The trailer went on for more than seven minutes and showed three characters – Noa, Soona, and Anaya hunting for eagle eggs. Released via Fandando, the trailer gives us a detailed insight into what is to come in the story.
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But that might prove to be the thing that dooms this movie, just like it happened with Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice.
Sometimes, a trailer of a movie, which is released to get audiences hyped for a movie, does more harm than good. If there is not enough mystery in the trailer, and it essentially gives away the whole story of the movie, instead of getting fans excited, it dulls the fans who were once hyped about watching a movie. And that is exactly what fans’ fear might happen with Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes.
With the almost eight-minute long trailer, the movie has given away quite a lot about the movie. The veil of mystery is slowly being taken off rather than maintaining the thrill of what it to come. And that does not bode well for a movie that many are excited to watch. With only a couple more days until the movie is released, this is not the right time to essentially give away the story of Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes.
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes Might Be Making The Same Mistake as BVS
Before Zack Snyder‘s 2016 movie, Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice was released, Warner Bros. and the director released the trailer for it, which many fans believe is what ruined it for the fans. The trailer clearly showed Batman and Superman teaming after their fight, revealed Gal Gadot‘s Wonder Woman, and even gave away the fact that the main antagonist for the movie would be Doomsday. On a Reddit thread about which movie trailers spoiled their movie the worst? user sib2972 said:
“I didn’t watch the trailer and had no idea Doomsday was in it. When Lex says Doomsday and we see him for the first time I went nuts. If they kept that a secret and just let people be surprised by it, it would’ve helped the movie so much”
Another user, Timmah73 added:
“Showing Wonder Woman’s surprise entrance to block Doomsday’s laser eyes was a two-pronged WTF, spoiling the moment where she comes in to save Batman as well as showing everyone ‘Oh BTW Doomsday is in this,’ so clearly they will be teaming up to fight it.”
BVS had three trailers released before the movie premiered, and each movie kept revealing more details. It felt like there was nothing more to guess, and fans already knew where the movie was getting to before they even showed it. Hopefully, the upcoming 20th Century movie will fare better in that regard.
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes will be released in theaters on May 10, 2024.
Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice is available for streaming on Max.
