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'''''War for the Planet of the Apes''''' is a 2017 American [[science fiction action film]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=War for the Planet of the Apes |url=https://www.20thcenturystudios.com/movies/war-for-the-planet-of-the-apes |access-date=24 February 2021 |website=[[20th Century Fox|Fox Movies]] |language=en-US |archive-date=March 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305042755/https://www.20thcenturystudios.com/movies/war-for-the-planet-of-the-apes |url-status=live }}</ref> directed by [[Matt Reeves]], who co-wrote it with [[Mark Bomback]]. The sequel to ''[[Dawn of the Planet of the Apes]]'' (2014), it is the third installment in the [[Planet of the Apes#Reboot film series|''Planet of the Apes'' reboot franchisefilm series]] and the ninth film overall.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Could There Be Another 'Planet of the Apes' Movie? |url=https://geeks.media/could-there-be-another-planet-of-the-apes-movie |access-date=28 June 2019 |website=geeks.media |archive-date=March 31, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200331202849/https://vocal.media/geeks/could-there-be-another-planet-of-the-apes-movie |url-status=live }}</ref> It stars [[Andy Serkis]] as [[Caesar (Planet of the Apes)|Caesar]], alongside [[Woody Harrelson]] and [[Steve Zahn]]. The film takes place two years after the events of ''Dawn'' and follows the conflict between apes and humans as it has escalated into full war, while Caesar sets out to avenge those he has lost.

Two years following the battleBattle inof San Francisco,{{efn|As depicted in ''[[Dawn of the Planet of the Apes]]'' (2014)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://heavy.com/movies/2017/07/war-for-the-planet-of-apes-how-many-years-before-original-timeline-is-set-year/|title='War for the Planet of the Apes': What Year Does the Original Take Place?|last=Morrow|first=Brendan|work=[[Heavy.com|Heavy]]|date=13 July 2017|access-date=24 June 2018|archive-date=April 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402010531/https://heavy.com/movies/2017/07/war-for-the-planet-of-apes-how-many-years-before-original-timeline-is-set-year/|url-status=live}}</ref>}} thea U.S. Army battalion known as "Alpha-Omega" human militia,(AΩ) aided by apes derogatorily called "donkeys" including a gorilla named Red, searches for Caesar's ape colony. TheA colonyplatoon repelsof Alpha Omegas assault an ape outpost, but the apes repel the attack onand theirkill outpostall bybut afour militiahumans platoon.and Caesara ordersdonkey thegorilla apesnamed toRed. Caesar releasereleases the humancaptured survivorshumans as a peacekeeping gesture., However,but Red escapes after beatingattacking Winter. Caesar's young son Blue Eyes and Rocket return from a scouting expedition to report they have found an oasis whichthat could serve as a safer home. LaterThat night, the militia's Colonel of AΩ leads a team to infiltrate the colony and kills Cornelia and Blue Eyes, mistaking himthe latter for Caesar. Cornelius, Caesar's younger son, manages to survive the attack by hiding while the Colonel escapes.

Caesar, followed by Rocket, Maurice, and Luca, decide to serve as decoys while the tribe journeys to the oasis. In an abandoned village, Caesar kills a militiamanhuman in self-defense and finds his mute daughter, whom Maurice befriendstakes byguardianship of, giving her a rag doll. They encounter Winter, now working for the militiaAΩ after giving away their hideouthideout—he had faked the attack by Red and let him escape—and confront him. He reveals that the Colonel's forces are heading north to meet up with otherthe rest of the military. forces,Caesar andaccidentally beforekills Winter canin alertretribution thefor soldiershis wife and son, Caesarand killsto prevent him from alerting the soldiers. AlongAs theirthey way,follow the groupColonel, soonCaesar's group discovers several dead soldiers who have been executed by their own troops.; Aa fatally wounded survivor is revealed to be mute, just like the girl. Caesar's group chases someone who has stolen one of their horses and discovers the thief is another intelligent ape, Bad Ape, who matured in isolation. He guides them to a former weapons depot-turned quarantine facility in the mountains that serves as the militia's base for the militia. A human patrol kills Luca, and an enraged Caesar tells Maurice, Rocket, Bad Ape, and the mute girl to turn back. Caesar goesattempts to infiltrate the facilitybase butand discovers his tribe has been captured and is forced tointo buildlabor a wallthere, before he is caught by Red. Caesar deduces that the militia isare barricadingusing the apes to barricade the facility in order to fend off otherthe humanincoming military forces, which intend to attack rather than reinforce the militia.

The Colonel reveals that the Simian Flu virus has mutated, causing infected humans to mentally devolve into primitive animals, depriving them of their intelligence. After killing his infected son, he ordered his own troops to kill any carriers before they could infect others. This led to a conflict with his superiors, who werebelieved stillthe searchingdisease forcould astill cure.be cured; as Caesar issuspected, torturedthe andmilitary keptis starvingcoming to forceforcibly relieve the tribeColonel of his command. The Colonel has ordered Caesar to workbe tortured, starving him, and leaving him exposed to the cold. The mute girl, named Nova by Maurice, sneaks into the facility to feed Caesar. Rocket allows himself to be captured to prevent Nova from being seen so he and Caesar can formulate a plan to escape. The Colonel later confiscates the doll Nova left for Caesar, but the other apes escape via an underground tunnel.

HostileThe military forces arrivearrives and attackattacks the facility, and the apes are caught in the crossfire. CaesarDuring escapesthe captivitychaos, andCaesar sneaks into the Colonel's cabinquarters to kill him., Heonly findsto thefind now-mutethat Colonelhe succumbinghas tobeen theinfected effects ofby the mutated virus after handling Nova's doll. Caesar refuses to kill the Colonel himself, soinstead heallowing allows the Colonelhim to takekill his own life insteadhimself. TheCaesar escaping apes are caught in the crossfire between the militia and the military. Caesarthen attempts to destroy a fuel tank to take out the militia from behind with grenades, but he is critically shotwounded by Preacher, one of the militiamensoldiers he setreleased freeearlier. At the sight of the apes being gunned down and killed, Red has a change of heart and kills Preacher before being executed. Caesar blows the fuel tank and escapes the facility, causing an avalanche. Caesar,that buries Novaboth armies, and theflees apes scaleup the trees to escape beforewith the avalancherest buriesof the facilityapes and the human soldiersNova.

The apes and Nova resume their journey to the oasis. As they arrive, Maurice discovers Caesar's wound and promises that Cornelius will know who his father was and what he did for the apes. With his colony safe in their new home, Caesar peacefully succumbs to his wounds and passes away.

* [[Andy Serkis]] as [[Caesar (Planet of the Apes)|Caesar]], a [[chimpanzee]] who is leader to a tribe of enhanced [[great ape|ape]]s<ref name="Greer" />

* [[Steve Zahn]] as Bad Ape, a chimpanzee who manages to fleefled from the [[Sierra Safari Zoo]] after seeing his family and acquaintances being blamed for the simianSimian flu and killed by the soldiers<ref name="ZahnCast">{{cite web | first1=Jeff | last1=Sneider | url=https://www.thewrap.com/steve-zahn-to-play-new-ape-in-next-planet-of-the-apes-movie/ | title=Steve Zahn to Play New Ape in Next 'Planet of the Apes' Movie | date=12 October 2015 | access-date=13 October 2015 | publisher=[[TheWrap]] | archive-date=November 8, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108135856/https://www.thewrap.com/steve-zahn-to-play-new-ape-in-next-planet-of-the-apes-movie/ | url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Bad Ape Interview">{{cite web | first1=Angie | last1=Han | url=https://www.slashfilm.com/war-for-the-planet-of-the-apes-steve-zahn-interview/ | title=War for the Planet of the Apes: Steve Zahn Interview | date=26 December 2016 | access-date=30 December 2016 | website=[[Slashfilm]].com | archive-date=August 4, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804002458/https://www.slashfilm.com/war-for-the-planet-of-the-apes-steve-zahn-interview/ | url-status=live}}</ref>

* [[Michael Adamthwaite]] as Luca, a [[western lowlandmountain gorilla]] and chief commander of the guards in Caesar's tribe

* [[Ty Olsson]] as Red, a [[western lowland gorilla]] who was a follower of Koba, and now works for the ColonelAΩ as a "donkey"

* [[Sara Canning]] as Lake, Blue Eyes' young chimpanzee wife<ref name="CanningCast">{{cite web | url=https://deadline.com/2015/10/war-for-the-planet-of-the-apes-adds-sara-canning-as-ape-1201594607/ | title=Sara Canning To Monkey Around In 'War For The Planet Of The Apes' | author=Ross A. Lincoln | website=Deadline Hollywood | access-date=27 October 2015 | date=26 October 2015 | archive-date=October 28, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151028004535/http://deadline.com/2015/10/war-for-the-planet-of-the-apes-adds-sara-canning-as-ape-1201594607/ | url-status=live}}</ref>

* [[Aleks Paunovic]] as Winter, an albino western lowland gorilla in Caesar's tribe, who later joins forces with the ColonelAΩ<ref name="PaunovicCast">{{cite web | url=https://deadline.com/2015/10/war-for-the-planet-of-the-apes-adds-aleks-paunovic-as-ape-1201591583/ | title=Aleks Paunovic To Make 'War for the Planet of the Apes'; Newcomer Zachary Haven Joins 'Bastards' | website=Deadline Hollywood | date=22 October 2015 | access-date=23 October 2015 | author=Ross A. Lincoln}}</ref>

After seeing his cut of ''Dawn'', [[20th Century Fox]] and [[Chernin Entertainment]] signed [[Matt Reeves]] to return as director for a third installment of the reboot series. In January 2014, the studio announced the third film, with Reeves returning to direct and co-write along with Bomback, and Peter Chernin, Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver serving as producers.<ref name="Apes3Announcement">{{cite web |last=Fleming |first=Mike |url=https://deadline.com/2014/01/planet-of-the-apes-3-matt-reeves-director/ |title=Matt Reeves To Direct 'Planet Of The Apes 3' |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=7 January 2014 |access-date=18 October 2015 |archive-date=August 11, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811214520/http://www.deadline.com/2014/01/planet-of-the-apes-3-matt-reeves-director/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/ERCboxoffice/statuses/423247836466401281 |title=Twitter / ERCboxoffice: The damn dirty apes will return yet again, as UNTITLED PLANET OF THE APES (not the official title) stakes out 7/29/16. |publisher=Twitter.com |date=14 January 2014 |access-date=11 June 2014 |archive-date=March 15, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315221049/https://twitter.com/ercboxoffice/statuses/423247836466401281 |url-status=live }}</ref> During an interview in mid-November 2014 with [[MTV]], Andy Serkis said they did not know the next film's setting. "...It could be five years after the event. It could be the night after the events of where we left ''Dawn''."<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite news | first1=Kevin | last1=P. Sullivan | url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2004268/andy-serkis-planet-of-the-apes-trilogy/ | title=Current 'Planet Of The Apes' Series Might Not Be Just A Trilogy | publisher=[[MTV News]] | date=20 November 2014 | access-date=22 November 2014 | archive-date=July 30, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160730223110/http://www.mtv.com/news/2004268/andy-serkis-planet-of-the-apes-trilogy/ | url-status=livedead }}</ref> In May 2015, the title was first given as ''War of the Planet of the Apes''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://collider.com/new-planet-of-the-apes-movie-title-revealed/ | title=New Planet of the Apes Movie Title Revealed | author=Matt Goldberg | work=Collider | date=May 14, 2015 | access-date=14 May 2015 | archive-date=May 16, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150516091202/http://collider.com/new-planet-of-the-apes-movie-title-revealed/ | url-status=live }}</ref> By October 2015, it had been retitled as ''War for the Planet of the Apes''.<ref name="ZahnCast" /> When director Reeves and screenwriter Bomback came on board to helm ''Dawn'', the film already had a release date, which led to an accelerated production schedule. However, with the third installment, Fox wanted to give the duo plenty of time to write and make the film. Taking advantage of this, the two bonded with each other more than before.<ref name="EW">{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/movies/2017/04/28/war-for-the-planet-of-the-apes-matt-reeves-influences/|title=War for the Planet of the Apes director reveals films that influenced the sequel|author=Darren Franich|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=28 April 2017|access-date=1 May 2017}}</ref>

The film was initially set forto abe released on July 15, 2016 release. However, in January 2015, Fox postponed the film's release date to about a year later on July 14, 2017.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://deadline.com/2015/01/gambit-assassins-creed-planet-of-the-apes-release-dates-1201341760/ | title=Fox Pushes 'Apes' Sequel By A Year; 'X-Men' Spinoff, 'Assassin's Creed' Set For 2016 | website=Deadline Hollywood | date=5 January 2015 | access-date=21 September 2015 | first1=Erik | last1=Pedersen | archive-date=April 7, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407213308/https://deadline.com/2015/01/gambit-assassins-creed-planet-of-the-apes-release-dates-1201341760/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="officialsite" />

| rowspan="3" | <ref>{{cite webnews|url=http://filmmusiccritics.org/2018/02/ifmca-award-nominations-2017/|title=IFMCA Award Nominations 2017|newspaper=Ifmca: International Film Music Critics Association |publisher=[[International Film Music Critics Association]]|date=8 February 2018|access-date=24 June 2018|archive-date=February 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180209063908/http://filmmusiccritics.org/2018/02/ifmca-award-nominations-2017/|url-status=live}}</ref><br><ref>{{cite web|url=http://filmmusiccritics.org/2018/02/ifmca-award-winners-2017/|title=IFMCA Award Winners 2017|publisher=[[International Film Music Critics Association]]|date=22 February 2018|access-date=24 June 2018|archive-date=April 24, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424005336/http://filmmusiccritics.org/2018/02/ifmca-award-winners-2017/|url-status=live}}</ref>

According to screenwriter Rick Jaffa, a version of the spaceship from the 1968 ''Planet of the Apes'' under the name ''[[Icarus (Planet of the Apes)|Icarus]]'' was in ''[[Rise of the Planet of the Apes]]'' (2011) as a deliberate hint to a possible sequel readapting the events of the original film, something the end of ''War'' also implies, featuring a younger version of the character Nova.<ref>{{cite web |website=IGN |url=http://movies.ign.com/articles/116/1161176p3.html |last=Collura |first=Scott |title=Visit the Planet of the Apes |date=14 April 2011 |access-date=16 April 2011 |archive-date=August 20, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110820121155/http://movies.ign.com/articles/116/1161176p3.html |url-status=live }}</ref> During an interview of Andy Serkis with [[MTV]] in mid-November 2014, Serkis talked about possible sequels: "It might be three films, It could be four. It could be five. Who knows? The journey will continue."<ref>{{cite news|last1=P. Sullivan|first1=Kevin|title=Current 'Planet Of The Apes' Series Might Not Be Just A Trilogy|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2004268/andy-serkis-planet-of-the-apes-trilogy/|access-date=22 November 2014|publisher=mtv.com|date=20 November 2014|archive-date=July 30, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160730223110/http://www.mtv.com/news/2004268/andy-serkis-planet-of-the-apes-trilogy/|url-status=livedead}}</ref> By October 2016, it was reported that a fourth ''Planet of the Apes'' film was being discussed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/war-for-the-planet-of-the-apes-sequels/|title='War for the Planet of the Apes' Director Matt Reeves "Absolutely" Has Ideas About Where the Story Goes Next|last=Han|first=Angie|work=SlashFilm.com|date=11 October 2016|access-date=13 August 2017|archive-date=April 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407213334/https://www.slashfilm.com/war-for-the-planet-of-the-apes-sequels/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Owen|first=Luke|title=Planet of the Apes 4 already being developed|url=http://www.flickeringmyth.com/2016/10/planet-of-the-apes-4-already-being-developed/|access-date=13 October 2016|work=Flickering Myth|date=12 October 2016}}</ref>