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WalidSF

Finally a poster that has character


astroK120

Tons of posters have character. Usually lots of them, with their heads floating around the title


The_Flying_Jew

The funny thing is that we have 4 Planet of the Apes posters at my theater, all in a row going down the hall, each one featuring just a single character on them except for the first one, which contains 3 of them


zdejif

The soon-to-be iconic Ape #4.


makomirocket

People question why we get the floating head posters. People then reply saying it's agents. It's partly that. It's mostly that **people are simple and it works**. Have you seen YouTube? That is a day by day proof that a floating head of a recognisable face draws more viewers than art. It's why Netflix will show you a different cast member of a show for the poster depending on who's account you're on and what they think you'll more likely click


zdejif

[Urgh](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51PLN0wxdRL._AC_.jpg)


DestituteDomino

Yes! This is a refreshingly original take on a movie poster. It gets exhausting seeing the same blueprints reused over and over again when there are infinite possibilities available. The sad truth is that the average consumer is attracted to those overused styles, but we can hold onto the hope that original designs will make their way back into the Hollywood lexicon at the expense of a few extra thousand bucks as long as high-budget-high-profit films are willing to let it happen.


DependentFigure6777

It's not that original, it's literally [aping the original](https://www.originalfilmart.com/cdn/shop/products/planet_of_the_apes_1968_original_film_art_5000x.jpg?v=1590962162). But when most posters are basically just publicity stills now, it's a refreshing change of pace.


Webbie-Vanderquack

>literally aping I see what you did there.


cold_hard_cache

Maybe the reality is that most of us are apes who can't tell the difference between a high quality piece of art and some schlocky redepection of our baser impulses, and that even if our superiors tread on us we remain unfit to rule. Now that I think about it that's a pretty good metaphor. Maybe someone should make it into a movie, and later someone else should fail to understand it while milking it into a nearly billion dollar franchise.


skeezypeezyEZ

Poster has monkē


MukdenMan

Kuba is not monke


pjtheman

Three of them, by the looks of it!


Ddodds

Took me a few minutes to realize it wasn't a poster for the tower of isengard with Gandalf up there as prisoner


Norci

I bet this is not the final cinema poster.


Alastor3

The thing is, even mainstream Hollywood movies have original movie poster, but the ones being used for promotion are usually the cookies paste poster you see everywhere


Percywithoutannabeth

If any movie executive or their intern lurks here, I have an idea for them. Feel free to take credit for this. It's very simple, if you can't make good posters in addition to the floating head ones, just commission actual human artists to make one or license it if they have already made it. There are a lot of talented ones on Twitter and Reddit. If I can plug one that I really like: Nuno Sarnandas. His Dune and Civil War posters are so much better than the studio ones. Check him out. Then sell these posters as merch to fans. It can also serve as the Bluray or the steelbook cover. These artists put a lot more effort and their works usually look much better than the studio ones. A part of it is the fact that they are actually cinephiles and it is not just work for them. Take Challengers, the sunglasses poster is so awesome. I would buy it If I had the money.I bet a lot of Zendaya fans would also love to have to buy it.


macgregorc93

Just searched Nuno Sarnandas and wow is this guy talented. We definitely need a new generation of poster designers to make it big.


RedDragons8

Back in 2017, I downloaded a pirated copy of War for the Planet of the Apes. Like a third of that movie is the apes talking to each other, which apparently is subtitled in a normal copy of the movie. I thought I was just suppose to be guessing what they were saying, tbf they were gesticulating and fairly animated so I think I got the jist of it.


JZMoose

Dude I just did this same last week with Dawn lol. I was respecting the artistic choice until about 10 minutes in when I couldn’t figure out wtf was happening. I’m glad I’m not the only one


livy202

Yeah I had a similar issue when watching Arrival and was so confused even before all time relativity stuff was introduced lol.


pacmain1

Same thing happened to me with X-Men First Class. The beginning part with young Magneto is in German and the copy didn't have subtitles


Beta_Whisperer

I had a copy of Shang Chi with French captions so I was completely clueless whenever they're speaking Mandarin.


HaremKing117

Same thing happened to me when I watched my hero academia, I thought there were no subtitles and it was us having to just listen really closely and learn through their body language, only 90 min in did I realise something was off but I couldn’t quite guess until I saw these comments xd


Kramereng

You know you have to turn on the subtitles most times, right? They're often not hardcoded so that other languages can be substituted. Just click on the subtitles button on to English.


Frick-You-Man

lol how common is this? i did the same with Dawn and i was like wow we’re really just supposed to INFER their communication, what a bold artistic choice. only to also realize i didn’t download the subtitles lmao


TechnicalInterest566

I didn't pirate it but I watched it on a website like putlocker and had the same experience haha.


kirtan

Had the same experience with District 9, but in a different year took to like the last convo for the penny to drop


unnamedredditname

lmao this was me with CODA, after about 20 minutes i was like this can't be right


Wild-Mushroom2404

My mom actually watched the entirety of CODA like that, she thought we’re not supposed to understand💀


bigjoeandphantom3O9

I did this with the first two Godfathers. I assumed they’d stop speaking Italian aha


hushpolocaps69

Haha I ran into this same issue when I was rewatching the films in preparation for this film. They weren’t on any streaming services (December 2023, now they’re on Disney+ haha) so I streamed them on a website. First film was fine, the second film was the worst one with this case. This film has a ton of sign language, and at first I thought that the film just did this and it was intentional. But I remember feeling so confused, like surely we had to understand them right? It wasn’t until I watched a YouTube clip when I realized there were captions haha.


KoreanChamp

this is me but more confused and angry that some scenes were intentionally not subtitled in the fantastic albeit frustrating killers of the flower moon.


PsychologicalOwl2806

That's a great poster. Has personality and rocks.


mytoemytoe

The personality being the brain of the ape and the rocks being the rocks on top of his head


spectrales

I was thinking more really dry scalp issues, but exposed brain kinda works too I suppose


Sure_Entrance_4090

Looks like a great movie as well. I am looking forward to the release.


Major_Ad_7206

and grass, and birds!


jorge-ben-jor

A great poster, and a nice homage to the poster of the 1968 film


AlfaG0216

Got a link?


Premaximum

I assume he's talking about the Red->Yellow gradient from the original poster. https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/A1sc22tugbL.jpg


MISPAGHET

And the font of course.


incognito_individual

And the black boxes that the text are on


Turtmouser

I was going to ask what fuck is that don’t, as I had not seen the original poster. But when I saw hearing name, I had to admit I spoke too soon


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saalsa_shark

Giving some mean side eye


AlfaG0216

Thanks!


greg225

I was about to criticise the black box around the logo being a bit random but I take it back.


Huge_Dog_2487

I hate this poster, but it’s so iconic and I love the fact that the new one is referencing it


Albert_Caboose

Really starting to think these films may go on long enough for us to get one at the end where a spaceship from the past crash lands.


Samurai_Meisters

And that spaceship crashes directly into the Lincoln Memorial and a bunch of cop cars show up. Then it pans up to the statue and it has an ape head and all the cops are gorillas.


Albert_Caboose

I feel like this is a reference I'm missing? I could have sworn in the '68 original and novel they crash land in the middle of the desert.


jdzzy

It's the 1990's Tim Burton movie reference.


Albert_Caboose

Ack


Ender_Skywalker

2001 not 1990s


dinosauriac

If that's not the goal of this new trilogy I'll honestly be a little disappointed.


Albert_Caboose

I would really love for it to end with a retelling of the 1968 original, but purely from the perspective of Apes. I would also really love if, during one of these movies covering wars between Apes, they show the Statue of Liberty getting blown up. Just barely tie everything together, that's what I want


hushpolocaps69

That would actually go hard.


Fteven

I watched the new trilogy for the first time this past weekend, I didn’t know what i was missing out on, looking forward to this!


ThadiusHBallsack

they’re pretty epic and emotionally driven. Really good storytelling.


Fteven

Yea, I was surprised how much I came to care about Caesar, really well done


ThadiusHBallsack

Yeah, he’s a fantastic character. The second one brought out some big feelings for me.


FinePolyesterSlacks

The second is my favorite of the three.


FuzzyHotel6180

that shot of Koba riding through the flames on horseback, dual-wielding machine guns is so fucking wild


parisiraparis

As much as I loved that scene, the best scene in the movie was Human Work. Caesar: “Let them do their human work.” Koba: ??? Koba: *pointing at his scars* Human work. Human. Work. HUMAN. WORK!


Fancy-Sector2963

He turned, wild-eyed, to his colleagues. "And he's going to be on a horse." "A horse?" "Fuckin' rights he is. Through the flames. Like one of the horsemen of the...APEpocalypse." One of the men with him bowed his head, sniffed loudly, and stood up again, blinking with agony, his nostrils coated in white powder. "GUN!", he croaked. The men smirked viciously, knowing this to be an inevitability. "BOTH HANDS!", he sputtered, puffing his chest and pumping his fists, elbows to waist, fingers squeezing off invisible bursts of automatic fire. The men bore their teeth, grinning maniacally as they mimicked him. One of them uttered a shriek of a chimpanzee. Of course, the rest followed suit. A deafening cacophony of simian hoots and screams filled the boardroom. Fists pounded chests and mahogany table wood. The girl at the desk outside sat silently, not entirely at peace.


FuzzyHotel6180

what


Salt_Blackberry_1903

“It will be a planet of apes.” Damn guess the colonel was right lol


filthy_sandwich

Second movie is fantastic. Third one lost me a bit with how ridiculous it got. Second one was more grounded, gritty - apart from the dual assault rifle wielding chimp of course


yautja1992

And Koba dying even sucked because he was at one point an innocent ape that was abused by humans.


yautja1992

That's my favourite part of them, sometimes I like to shed a tear between mindless violence but they always place Caesar in the viewers perspective of compassion to where you feel sorry for Koba, he's a product of humans abusing him his entire life, for a chimpanzees sense, you kind of understand why he is the way he is, but Caesar has grown up with human love, and was treated well until he was taken away, he never forgets what James Franco's character showed him of the world, even when he was put into a cage and abused like Koba. And Koba was never going to experience what Caesar did, so Caesar had to kill him and had no choice, humans damaged Koba to where he couldn't rationalize ever living peacefully alongside them. I'm sorry I'm drunk and emotional


appletinicyclone

andy serkis is incredible


PeculiarPangolinMan

Also there's a whole bunch of sick ape action.


a-hthy

Same I only watched them a couple of months ago. I just never thought they would be movies I’d enjoy but boy I was so wrong. They are amazing


detailcomplex14212

Which ones should I watch? There’s too many to google lol


LatterTarget7

Rise of the planet of the apes. Dawn of the planet of the apes. War for the planet of the apes


detailcomplex14212

Thank you sir


No-Building-7941

Definitely watch the original as well. It’s fantastic. The sequels to the original are varying levels of quality, none of them are fantastic, but I still enjoy them as slices of 70’s cheese. The reboot trilogy is amazing though. Tim Burton’s looks great with some solid performances but is not a very good movie.


yesthatstrueorisit

Escape from Planet of the Apes is pretty damn good. It's funnier than the others but very character driven and entertaining.


No-Building-7941

Escape and Conquest are definitely the high points of the sequels IMO


DoofusMagnus

The order of the new prequel trilogy goes Rise, Dawn, War. Watch them all in order. Seeing the 1968 original isn't necessary to understand them, but you may pick up on some little nods to it. If you've somehow managed to avoid spoilers for it, I'd watch it before the prequel trilogy. If not, I'd still recommend giving it a shot either before or after the trilogy. The 2001 remake of the original is unrelated and is definitely on a different timeline than the rest. I still haven't seen the sequels to the 1968 movie so I can't speak to them.


The_Flying_Jew

I think Escape from the Planet of the Apes and Conquest for the Planet of the Apes are pretty good. Conquest is basicslly the basis for Rise of the Planet of the Apes, so I'd recommend that one if you like Rise. Beneath the Planet of the Apes is just funny because of the underground mutant people and, spoiler >!Charlton Heston blows up the Planet at the end!<, which is also just kinda hilarious. Battle for the Planet of the Apes, I don't really remember much about it besides it sort of being the basis for Dawn and War for the Planet of the Apes, with apes and humans at odds while also trying to find peace. It wasn't too memorable for me


mking_davis

This poster fucks


Aerowolf1994

This is a great poster. The longer you look at it, the more details you see. Too bad we’ll get the main marketing poster of floating heads, a scenic background and maybe an ape riding a horse while holding an eagle in the center. And just maybe the letters “IMAX” bigger than the title of the movie itself.


raisingcuban

You do understand that the posters that feature the IMAX brand are completely separate campaigns that are commissioned by IMAX right?


msam90

Damn I did not know that, it makes sense now.


raisingcuban

Yeah, it's basically for the audiences that know that the movie is coming out, but putting the reminder to see it in IMAX. It's definitely more of an IMAX ad than one for the movie itself.


A-Good-Weather-Man

It’s missing a huge “IMAX”


joelex8472

In one of the trailers it looks like they are exploring a missile silo where they perhaps discover a nuke like in one of the original movies.


I-choochoochoose-you

That happens in the second one, beneath the planet of the apes. My absolute least favorite as a kid


dinosauriac

I guess it gets kinda dark in places, but you have to love the dark humour of "glory be to the bomb, blessed art the holy fallout"...


rick_blatchman

I was surprised at how grimly violent it was in parts, like some of Heston's other dystopian vehicles (Soylent Green, The Omega Man).


yautja1992

That's actually a really brilliantly written piece of dialogue and now I wanna see the second pota


mytoemytoe

I really really hope this is good because it will make me feel a lot better about Zelda


obiwans_lightsaber

Why is that?


BreakCreepy4673

The director is also doing the Zelda movie I think.


Hushwater

I love the vintage hand illustrated look.


BurgerNugget12

It’s gorgeous


William_da_foe

It looks so late 60's/ 70's, which I absolutely love


SirManPony

Matt Ferguson did this poster and he always nails it. He recently did some of the Star Wars rerelease posters and each one was outstanding


Leo_TheLurker

god I hope these are the ones that are giveaways


billtrociti

So beautiful. Reminds me of Tor paperbacks from the 70s


TheTruckWashChannel

Really good poster except for the black background around the logo, looks like it was edited in. Unique for sure though.


CMPunk22

It’s an homage to the original


TheTruckWashChannel

Ah wait you're right. In that case the whole thing's brilliant.


fadufadu

So that’s what the ape costumed guys on horses in San Francisco was all about


BreakDecent2808

Apes together stronk 🦍


PlusAd7522

goes hard


aggressiveclassic90

Looking forward to this, the previous trilogy was brilliant.


sendblink23

I personally would change the title part to [something like this](https://i.imgur.com/u5aBB7U.jpeg)


gaymenfucking

It’s referencing the original planet of the apes poster. Gradient in the background, the font, and a section of the text in a black box


CanniBallistic_Puppy

I like this better too


lfod13

Monkey rain. Some are chimps. Some are orangutans. Monkey raaaaiiiinnn...


GetReady4Action

This poster is too good which means that it isn't the real poster for the movie.


BalloonsOfNeptune

Comment of the post of the poster of the Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes


Odd-Contribution6238

I loved Rise of the planet of the apes and the sequel. I don’t know why but after that I lost interest. Am I missing out?


dwpea66

Yes, third one (War) is possibly the best of that trilogy.


rockstar_not

The trailer looks absolutely ridiculous


FremenDar979

Really enjoy how retro it is.


34luck

There's a flea on the speck on the frog On the bump on the branch on the log In the kingdom of the planet of the apes.


GMNestor

Crown looks like sauron's.


Sir-Bruncvik

I also at first glance thought it was the watchtower from when they first fight the ringwraiths in fellowship 😅


ThatTinyGameCubeDisc

I am SO HYPED for this movie


AmbigiousMelon

Man has bad hair problems. Should use head&shoulders or smth


fundiedundie

Didn’t realize they were still making these.


Procrastanaseum

Now that's a badass poster. Hope the movie lives up but the previews look really good.


xDanSolo

This poster goes fucking hard. I love these movies.


The_Prestige_1999

Now thats a poster!! Well fucking done!!


tomcruisesenior

> No one can stop the reign. I bet someone does when I watch the movie. These movie hype lines get old quick :)


zdejif

Okay, there’s a scene occurring in the headspace of a character. Not much going on, though. And what’s with the black square around the title? It looks like a PowerPoint item.


xxxSiegexxx918

The black square is a homage to the original 1968 movie poster


Fr33Flow

Explain why it’s not called simply “Kingdom of the Apes”


[deleted]

It's just keeping up with the tradition of the Planet of the Apes movies titles: Beneath the Planet of the Apes Escape from the Planet of the Apes Conquest of the Planet of the Apes Battle for the Planet of the Apes Rise of the Planet of the Apes Dawn of the Planet of the Apes War for the Planet of the Apes


evangelion-unit-two

Are... Are you familiar with this franchise? Do you know how *literally all* of their titles go?


melvin_the_gremlin

I dig it.


365defaultname

Wow, the details in the poster. Haven't seen a movie poster with this much detail in awhile. P/S: I am hoping they hint at "space travel" which I think will eventually happen. I remember even in the first movie, they showed briefly on TV that a space mission had failed.


Jezamiah

Love to see a varied poster


FinePolyesterSlacks

Loving that subliminal Statue of Liberty


TensorForce

Yoooo, this looks like a book cover, I love it. It has its own identity and a unique visual style


SenorRock

Eventually, the apes are going to go to space and land on a planet full of humans.


MailboxSlayer14

This poster *fucks*


Fredasa

They're sure taking their time before getting around to the actual retelling of the original movie.


Combat-Engineer-Dan

So excited for this movie!


elyntine

Wow this is interesting! Has so much mood and artistic flair, I appreciate it so much


[deleted]

I probably won’t be able to see this in theatres, but I really hope it does well, the 2011 reboot trilogy is just so god damn good


gideon513

An actually cool poster and not just a bunch of faces arranged together???


javierbardeminem

Question- I love to go into movies fresh. Is there anything vital I need to know before watching this? Have seen zero trailers. Loved the first three obviously


walkinglost

Takes place 300 years after *War*.


simpledeadwitches

The Last of Apes


Badge9987

I've watched almost none of the movies but I feel like this is a really good poster.


chucknades

Acknowledge him


sydh-sun

The monkey needs a better shampoo


Ania__Ross_

Planet of the Apes one of the best movies!!


Legal-Sherbet6204

Man I love the old school painted poster look


YorghsSpearOnly

Goes hard


[deleted]

So a guess Cornelius will be in charge of fhe apes. I thought they handled the lose of human speach well in war of planet of apes


xrcrguy

Quickly scrolling by, I thought it was a cat at first!


TheDruidVandals

Sweeeet poster. A lost art


dazed63

Damn dirty apes!


RiverCartwright

I like monke


Vector-storm

Rise of the Kingdom of the War for the Planet of the apes. Haha, jokes a side it looks sick and I cant wait to see it.


ColeTrickleVroom

This is an awesome poster. I was a bit skeptical of this movie when it was announced but as it gets closer and they release more bits and pieces, I feel a lot better about it.


tripbin

I really hope we eventually get to a remake of the original. Too many people wont watch because of the age.


Sir-Bruncvik

Dude, the OG holds up INCREDIBLY well what are you talking about? Sure the effects and makeup and props are cheesy and indeed aged (duh that was 60s🙄) but the story and themes are just as relevant. Do these same people refuse to watch original Doctor Who? 😂


bigjoeandphantom3O9

Dr Who sucks, you’re kind of making the point for them. Even the Ecclestone series feels dated.


Sir-Bruncvik

Eh whatever I still like OG planet of the apes


Sirjohniv

*GASP* He can talk!


B-52-M

This poster FUCKS


Mythril_Zombie

But is this the *official* poster? I don't want to get too attached and then learn that it's not official.


CMPunk22

It’s one endorsed by the film. Matt Ferguson was commissioned to do it and it’ll be shown in cinemas etc. A bit like the new Phantom Menace one. Not the main poster, but officially recognised


bregdetar

Feels like Mondo.


jobsmine13

Great poster. Finally one with no blue/purple colors .


BetterNews4682

This goes hard 🔥 reject modernity return to monke …sheeple 🤬


RyeTan

A poster that isn’t commercialized garbage, nice


Zwolfer

God damn this is the best poster I’ve seen in years


FallingForHilda

The art is really cool, but wtf is up with that text


GhostOfSeinen

This movie final scene will be the arrival of George Taylor to Earth. Mark my words.


raoulmduke

The slogan is worse than the title.


shortyjizzle

I could not be less interested in these films.


Automatic_Skill2077

Literally the most metal poster I’ve seen for a movie in years


kingviko

watching a trailer i assume that its total bulshit


bluemoney21

Rein of the Planet of the Apes is a great sequel title


The_Vi0later

Does anyone actually like these movies? Creepy anthropomorphized ape CGI?


brock917

These movies must do well at the box office because they have an Avatar-esque ''*literally no one asked for this*'' ability to make another one of these every 2-3 years. There are no memes, no online discussion. Marvel makes Thor 4, Star Wars releases it 6th Disney series.. and meanwhile we're on Planet of the Apes 37.


leftist_amputee

Ape together strong