Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes Release Date Moves Up Two Weeks

Disney moves up the release date of Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes by two weeks as the flick will now open May 10 instead of May 24.

The move follows Sony moving up the Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire release date and WB moving up the Godzilla x Kong release date.

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes moving up two weeks also moves it away from WB’s Furiosa and Sony’s The Garfield Movie both of which are getting released that May 24 Memorial Day weekend.

What is Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes about?

Director Wes Ball breathes new life into the global, epic, franchise set several generations in the future following Caesar’s reign, in which apes are the dominant species living harmoniously and humans have been reduced to living in the shadows.

As a new tyrannical ape leader builds his empire, one young ape undertakes a harrowing journey that will cause him to question all that he has known about the past and to make choices that will define a future for apes and humans alike.

“Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” is directed by Wes Ball (the “Maze Runner” trilogy) and stars Owen Teague (“IT”), Freya Allan (“The Witcher”), Kevin Durand (Locke & Key”), Peter Macon (“Shameless”), and William H. Macy (“Fargo”).

The screenplay is by Josh Friedman (“War of the Worlds”) and Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver (“Avatar: The Way of Water”) and Patrick Aison (“Prey”), based on characters created by Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver, and the producers are Wes Ball, Joe Hartwick, Jr. (“The Maze Runner”), Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, Jason Reed (“Mulan”), with Peter Chernin (the “Planet of the Apes” trilogy) and Jenno Topping (“Ford v. Ferrari”) serving as executive producers.

Watch the trailer: