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A new \u2018Planet of the Apes\u2019 movie is in development at 20th Century Studios, with Matt Shakman<\/a> set to direct the next chapter in the long-running sci-fi franchise. Shakman, who directed \u2018The Fantastic Four: First Steps\u2019 for Disney and Marvel, will work with screenwriter Josh Friedman on the new film. Plot details have not been revealed yet, but the project will return to the world of intelligent apes and the conflict between humans and primates.<\/p>\n

Matt Shakman to direct new \u2018Planet of the Apes\u2019 movie<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n

Deadline first reported the news of the new \u2018Planet of the Apes\u2019 movie. Shakman will also produce the film with Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver. Scott Aversano is overseeing the project for 20th Century Studios. Friedman wrote the screenplay for \u2018Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes\u2019, the most recent film in the franchise. He also worked with Shakman on \u2018The Fantastic Four: First Steps\u2019. His other credits at 20th Century Studios include \u2018Avatar: The Way of Water\u2019 and \u2018Avatar: Fire and Ash\u2019.\u2018Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes\u2019 earned almost USD 400 million worldwide on a budget of USD 160 million. The modern \u2018Planet of the Apes\u2019 franchise has delivered four films over 15 years and crossed USD 2 billion at the global box office.Shakman\u2019s recent work includes several major titles across film and television. He directed Marvel\u2019s \u2018WandaVision\u2019, the studio\u2019s first major streaming series. His credits also include pilots for \u2018Monarch: Legacy of Monsters\u2019, \u2018The Consultant\u2019, \u2018Welcome to Chippendales\u2019 and \u2018The Great\u2019, starring Elle Fanning and Nicholas Hoult.<\/p>\n

\u2018Planet of the Apes\u2019 franchise continues after \u2018Kingdom\u2019<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n

The new movie follows the success of \u2018Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes\u2019, which expanded the modern franchise after earlier films built around the rise of Caesar and the growing power of the apes. Shakman has also directed episodes of \u2018It\u2019s Always Sunny in Philadelphia\u2019, \u2018Succession\u2019 and \u2018Game of Thrones\u2019. He directed the pilot and final episode of the upcoming Siegfried and Roy series \u2018Wild Things\u2019, starring Jude Law and Andrew Garfield.The studio has not announced the cast, release date, or story details for the new \u2018Planet of the Apes\u2019 movie.<\/div>\n


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A new \u2018Planet of the Apes\u2019 movie is in development at 20th Century Studios, with Matt Shakman set to direct the next chapter in the long-running sci-fi franchise. Shakman, who directed \u2018The Fantastic Four: First Steps\u2019 for Disney and Marvel, will work with screenwriter Josh Friedman on the new film. Plot details have not been…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17164,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17163\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}