Planet of the Apes Reboot in the Works from The Fantastic Four: First Steps Director Matt Shakman

A caller Planet of the Apes movie is successful the works from The Fantastic Four: First Steps manager Matt Shakman. The movie is expected to beryllium yet different reboot of the franchise, arsenic Deadline reports that Shakman is processing an archetypal communicative abstracted from the past film, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes.

Shakman is moving connected the communicative with writer Josh Friedman, who penned the publication for Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. Plot details are being kept nether wraps, and it's presently unclear erstwhile the movie mightiness beryllium released.

The erstwhile movie was released successful May 2024 and received beardown reviews successful summation to a coagulated container bureau performance. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes was expected to kickstart a caller trilogy, and 20th Century Studios Boss Steve Asbell stated successful October 2024 that a sequel was successful the works with a 2027 merchandise date.

It seems similar each of that has been thrown retired the model or, astatine the precise least, shelved for the clip being. It's besides chartless if this absorption is the effect of Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes manager Wes Ball moving connected to helm The Legend of Zelda movie for Sony. Ball whitethorn beryllium much funny successful the Nintendo sandbox, and arsenic a result, won't person the clip to bash much Apes movies.

It's besides unclear however this mightiness interaction aboriginal Fantastic Four films, with the superhero squad acceptable to look successful Avengers: Doomsday and Secret Wars. Another Fantastic Four whitethorn may beryllium further off, and springiness Shakman clip to play with the apes earlier going backmost to Marvel. It's besides imaginable that Shakman passes the baton to different director, but it whitethorn beryllium years earlier we find retired what Marvel has planned post-Secret Wars.

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