Director Wes Ball breathes new life into the global epic franchise set several generations in the future after Caesar’s reign, in which apes are the dominant species living in harmony and humans have been reduced to living in the shadows. As a tyrannical new ape leader builds his empire, a young ape embarks on a harrowing journey that will have him questioning everything he knew about the past and making decisions that will define the future for both apes and humans.

“Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” is directed by Wes Ball (the “Maze Runner” trilogy) and stars Owen Teague (“IT”), Freya Allan (“The Witcher”), Kevin Durand (“Locke & Key” ), Peter Macon (“Shameless”) and William H. Macy (“Fargo”). The screenplay is by Josh Friedman (“War of the Worlds”), Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver (“Avatar: The Way of Water”) and Patrick Aison (“Prey”), based on characters created by Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver . and producers are Wes Ball, Joe Hartwick, Jr., p.g.a. (“The Maze Runner”), Rick Jaffa, p.g.a., Amanda Silver, p.g.a., Jason Reed, p.g.a. (“Mulan”), with Peter Chernin (“Planet of the Apes” trilogy) and Jenno Topping (“Ford v. Ferrari”) as executive producers.