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‘Planet of the Apes’ Timeline Explained, From the 1968 Original to ‘Kingdom’
Ahead of the May 8 release of 'Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes,' brush up on where (and when) 'Planet of the Apes' has gone.
Their overnight-celebrity status, including a Hollywood glow-up and a suite at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, quickly sours after authorities discover that they once experimented on humans, forcing them on the run just as Zira prepares to give birth to their son Milo. Image Credit: ©20thCentFox/Courtesy Everett Collection Set in 2003, gorilla general Aldo (Claude Akins) stages a coup to overthrow Caesar (McDowell), just as humanity’s dregs mount a final attack to regain control of the planet. Image Credit: 20th Century Fox Licensing/Merchandising / Everett Collection Two years later, Caesar’s colony of apes are detained in prison camp by a homicidal military colonel (Woody Harrelson) inspired by iconic Vietnam War films (a callback to the franchise’s politically-minded roots), who fears both his dissenting superiors and a mutant strain of Simian Flu that reduces humans to primitive animals.
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