The Apes Have Shotguns (And The Earth) In New "Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes" Stills

  • 10 April 2014

Let’s just slip into geek out mode for a few minutes with these ten new Dawn of the Planet of the Apes stills released by Empire Magazine and USA Today, among others. The stills reveal nearly the entire cast of Dawn characters, some really cool CGI and the biggest news of all – it looks like the formerly mild-mannered and lovable Caesar is now wielding a shotgun.

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"The small group of humans are struggling to come back from devastation, and the apes are fighting for survival," says director Matt Reeves for USA Today. "The big question is, can they co-exist?"

"We all know it doesn't become Planet of Humans and Apes," says Reeves. "It becomes Planet of the Apes. But this is that one moment of time where there is hope for humans."

Watch Matt Reeves and Keri Russell discuss survival in Dawn at Comic-Con.


"Terry was supposed to report back to me to see if Judy would be able to express herself in a simian way," says Reeves. "He called me afterwards and said that Judy was going to make a great ape. And she is."

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Caesar is 100% done.