I’m standing in a prisoner of war camp in Richmond, Canada. But this place is not holding any regular prisoners. No, these inmates are apes. POWs from the War for the Planet of the Apes!
It’s cold and wet and misty out, early January of 2016, and in fact there aren’t any apes around -- just actors and performers in motion capture suits. And we’re not really in the mountains, but rather in an empty lot that’s surrounded by giant green screens which will be filled in with the Sierra landscape in post. It’s day 54 of 96 of production of this third modern Planet of the Apes movie, which once again stars Andy Serkis as Caesar, leader of the simian forces who are facing an increasingly dangerous threat from a desperate humankind. Matt Reeves, who directed the last film, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, is back once again to tell Caesar’s story.
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It’s cold and wet and misty out, early January of 2016, and in fact there aren’t any apes around -- just actors and performers in motion capture suits. And we’re not really in the mountains, but rather in an empty lot that’s surrounded by giant green screens which will be filled in with the Sierra landscape in post. It’s day 54 of 96 of production of this third modern Planet of the Apes movie, which once again stars Andy Serkis as Caesar, leader of the simian forces who are facing an increasingly dangerous threat from a desperate humankind. Matt Reeves, who directed the last film, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, is back once again to tell Caesar’s story.
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