kingdom of the planet of the apes is one of this summer’s big box office hits, and with its release in just a few weeks, it means it’s time to up your promotional game. We have many of trailers and posters, and there are standing-room-only moviegoers in theaters, but apparently that’s not enough. 20th Century has decided we need to see something “real” apes out there, reigning over humans like they do in the movie.
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Earlier in the week, a group of apes (that is, people dressed to look like apes) on horses were seen in west San Francisco. Bluff Picnic Area. They didn’t speak a word to anyone or do anything other than seem quite intimidating, so much so, in fact, that SF Gate He claims that the cyclists had almost fallen when they saw them. A similar event took place in The Angelswhere another group of saddled apes appeared on Venice Beach, people-watching as they strolled along the beach.
So far, the apes have only appeared in those two locations, but it’s San Francisco that has the most importance to the franchise. Both get up and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes are set in the city, and the first has a great scene near its end, where Caesar and the other apes storm the Golden Gate Bridge. The whole sequence was pretty cool back in 2011 and interestingly, the apes seen in San Francisco were said to be heading towards the Fort Point National Historic Site at the base of the bridge. In sunrise, Koba, Caesar’s lieutenant, finds an armory inside Fort Point, which becomes the central location for that It is the great setting of the film to close the second act. It’s just total carnage with some incredibly ridiculous visuals, like Koba. dual wield machine guns as he rode a horse and charged through the fire.
Like the previous films, kingdom of the planet of the apes appears to be set in or around San Francisco, as a trailer shows apes hanging around the remains of the Golden Gate Bridge. Having actors appear in the parallel real world is pretty cool if you remember these movies well enough. And if not, well, you’ll probably remember the sight of three guys riding horses dressed as monkeys for quite some time.
kingdom of the planet of the apes hits theaters on May 10. Ahead of their release, io9 reviews all three reboot films, starting with Raise.
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