The first teaser trailer for Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes arrived back in April along with our exclusive peek at the work Weta Digital is doing on the Simian superstars. Now the full theatrical trailer, which showcases more of the impressive primate CG work, is online and can be watched below.
Set in a near-future San Francisco, Rise finds driven scientist Will Rodman (James Franco) hard at work on what he hopes will be an effective cure for Alzheimer’s and other debilitating brain conditions. Working in the lab with chimps and other primates as his latest test subjects, Will thinks he’s hit upon something revolutionary – a new serum that not only reverses the disease’s effects, but actually boosts brain power. But just as the same approach led to trouble in Deep Blue Sea, it's going to cause issues here.
Unfortunately for Will, his main test subject, a bright chimp named Caesar (played via performance capture by Andy Serkis) starts thinking a little too much about how he and his fellow primates have been treated. He’s shipped off to a “sanctuary” where he and his friends are mistreated by cruel owner Brian Cox, and starts to spur a simmering simian uprising.
There’s a plenty of new footage to be found in the trailer – take a look and let us know your thoughts.
brightcove.createExperiences();Directed by Rupert Wyatt, Rise of the Planet of the Apes is out on August 12.