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'War for the Planet of the Apes' Comic Con: How the reboot series succeeded

Hollywood loves its reboots recently, but some haven't succeeded. The 'Apes' series, by contrast, has become a box office success, and 2014's 'Dawn of the Planet of the Apes,' was particularly well-received by critics.

Comic Con in New York recently included a sneak peek at the upcoming movie 鈥淲ar for the Planet of the Apes,鈥� the third film in a movie series that is based on the classic science fiction movie 鈥淧lanet of the Apes鈥� and may be a success story in the age of Hollywood reboots.聽

The film, which will be released next summer,聽features the return of Andy Serkis as the ape Caesar, who performs as the character using motion capture technology.

鈥淲ar鈥� also stars Judy Greer, Woody Harrelson, and Steve Zahn. (See trailer above.)

The movie鈥檚 director, Matt Reeves, that Mr. Serkis 鈥渄eserves an Academy Award.鈥澛�

Serkis also starred as the creature Gollum in the acclaimed 鈥淟ord of the Rings鈥� fantasy trilogy, as King Kong in the 2005 remake of the same name, and in last year鈥檚 鈥淪tar Wars: The Force Awakens鈥� as Supreme Leader Snoke, using motion capture technology for all those films.聽

Moviegoers saw his face onscreen in the 2015 movie 鈥淎vengers: Age of Ultron.鈥澛�

The 鈥淎pes鈥� series is a prequel to the classic science fiction film 鈥淧lanet of the Apes,鈥� showing how apes took over Earth.聽

While new riffs on old stories are incredibly popular in Hollywood, moviegoers may be staying away if they don鈥檛 see a reason to see the movies in theaters: recent films like a remake of 鈥淕hostbusters鈥� and 鈥淭arzan,鈥� as well as a new 鈥淭eenage Mutant Ninja Turtles鈥� movie and an 鈥淎lice in Wonderland鈥� sequel, all struggled this summer.

Yet the 鈥淎pes鈥� series has been doing well. 2014鈥檚 鈥淒awn of the Planet of the Apes鈥� became one of the hits of the summer, as did the first film in the rebooted series, the 2011 movie 鈥淩ise of the Planet of the Apes.鈥� 鈥淒awn鈥� grossed even more domestically than 鈥淩ise,鈥� seeming to indicate an increasing appetite for the movies.

Critics were intrigued particularly by 鈥淒awn.鈥� Monitor film critic Peter Rainer gave 鈥淒awn鈥� a B+, writing that the film is 鈥渁 thinking person鈥檚 fantasy film 鈥� What鈥檚 striking about this new film is that it lays out the message-mongering in such a way that you can enjoy the movie equally well on a purely action level. Andy Serkis, who plays the worldly-wise Caesar, is extraordinary, as always; so is Toby Kebbell as Koba, Caesar鈥檚 human-hating rival.鈥�

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