"Matt Shakman is leaping from one universe to another. The director of last year's The Fantastic Four: First Steps is reportedly tapped to helm the next installment in the Planet of the Apes franchise. The film may stand alone and might even reboot the existing series, which includes the most recent Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes in 2024."
"Shakman will team up again, per Deadline, with screenwriter Josh Friedman, whose body of work includes both Marvel's Fantastic Four and Kingdom. Story details are unknown at this point, though the movie will reportedly "return" to the planet where "apes are the superior species." (Sorry, wait, doesn't that mean Earth?)"
"Deadline's sources suggest the movie will not continue the modern Planet of the Apes series that began with Rise of the Planet of the Apes in 2011. The next film will be a new story that Shakman and Friedman are currently cooking up."
"While it's upsetting that Disney is apparently abandoning the timeline of the acclaimed Planet of the Apes series-which might be the greatest sci-fi film series of all time, if we're talking pure batting average-it's just a good thing that more Apes movies are coming at all. It's a series that is too good and, by all accounts, too successful to wither in Disney's vast IP vault."
Matt Shakman, director of The Fantastic Four: First Steps, is reportedly tapped to helm the next Planet of the Apes installment. The film may stand alone and could reboot the existing series, which includes Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes released in 2024. Shakman will work again with screenwriter Josh Friedman, known for writing both Fantastic Four and Kingdom. Story details are not yet available, but the movie is expected to return to the planet where apes are the superior species. Sources indicate it will not continue the modern series that began with Rise of the Planet of the Apes in 2011, instead presenting a new story currently being developed by Shakman and Friedman.
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