There's 'a lot of story to tell' in the Apes franchise before Charlton Heston original
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes director Wes Ball says the franchise has 'a long road ahead' of it, and plans are already in place for more sequels.
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00:00 I wanted to ask, because obviously the question that's always in my mind is,
00:03 how close are we getting to the original Planet of the Apes?
00:05 I wondered for you, if you can talk about it, how close do you think we are to that?
00:09 I don't think we're close. I think we've got a long road ahead of us.
00:12 You're right. It's just 2,000 years that that range or something like that, close to that.
00:17 So we've got a long time before that thing happens.
00:21 We've got a lot of story to tell before that.
00:23 We still got to blow up the Statue of Liberty.
00:25 We still got to erase almost all signs of humanity.
00:27 You know, we've got to get apes to decide to erase all concept,
00:31 all knowledge of what humans were for some reason, right?
00:33 There's so much great stuff to explore, I think,
00:36 before we even get to that Charlton Heston coming down from space.
00:39 Obviously, we know there's spaces is crucial and important in all this.
00:42 And, you know, there's plenty of things for us that we've got in our minds,
00:45 what we can do there.
00:46 But yeah, looking forward to it.
00:48 And actually, obviously, this film at the end really sets it up for more going on.
00:53 So I wondered, are there plans for sequels? Do you know what you're doing?
00:56 Yeah, we hope so.
00:57 You know, if the movie is successful and audiences seem to kind of appreciate it and like it,
01:00 we've got ideas for where we want to go with this thing.
01:03 We've been talking about it for years now, this movie,
01:06 and where ultimately we want to go and setting up things subtly
01:09 that we think we could pay off in the future movies.
01:11 And, you know, there's plenty of stuff to do there.
01:13 So we're excited and hopeful that we can continue on,
01:17 you know, with this series and, you know,
01:20 contribute something to this crazy franchise that's lasted for so long.
01:26 You know?
01:26 Yeah.
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