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Two years following the Battle of 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>}} a U.S. Army battalion known as "Alpha-Omega" (AΩ) aided by apes derogatorily called "donkeys", searches for Caesar's ape colony. A platoon of Alpha Omegas assault an ape outpost, but the apes repel the attack withand kill all but four humans and a donkey gorilla named Red being killed. Caesar releases the captured humans as a peacekeeping gesture, but Red escapes after attacking 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. That night, the Colonel of AΩ leads a team to infiltrate the colony and kills Cornelia and Blue Eyes, mistaking the 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 human in self-defense and finds his mute daughter, whom Maurice befriendstakes byguardianship of, giving her a rag doll. They encounter Winter, now working for AΩ after giving away their hideout—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 the rest of the military. Caesar accidentally kills Winter in retribution for his wife and son, and to prevent him from alerting the soldiers. As they follow the Colonel, Caesar and his's group discoverdiscovers several dead soldiers who have been executed by their own troops; a 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 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 attempts to infiltrate the base, butand discovers his tribe has been captured and is being forced tointo buildlabor a wallthere, before he is caught by Red. Caesar deduces that the militia isare using the apes to barricadingbarricade the facility in defenseorder ofto fend off the incoming military forces, which intendsintend 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 believebelieved the disease cancould still be cured; as Caesar suspected, the military is coming to forcibly relieve the Colonel of his command. The Colonel tortureshas ordered Caesar to be tortured, starving him, and leaving him exposed to the cold. The mute girl, named Nova by Maurice, sneaks into the facility to feed a starving 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.

The military arrives and attacks the facility, and the apes are caught in the crossfire. During the chaos, Caesar sneaks into the Colonel's quarters to kill him, only to find that he has been infected by the virus after handling Nova's doll. Caesar refuses to kill the Colonel, instead allowing him to kill himself. Caesar then attempts to destroy a fuel tank, but is critically wounded by Preacher, one of the soldiers he released earlier. At the sight of the apes being killed, Red has a change of heart and kills Preacher before being executed. Caesar blows the fuel tank, causing an avalanche that buries both armies, and flees up the trees with the rest of the apes and Nova.

* [[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" />

* [[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 Alpha-OmegaAΩ as a "donkey"

* [[Aleks Paunovic]] as Winter, an albino western lowland gorilla in Caesar's tribe, who later joins forces with Alpha-OmegaAΩ<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>

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>