The conflict for mastery of the Earth between the surviving members of the human race and the intelligence-enhanced apes reaches a crescendo in Director Matt Reeves’s new sci-fi action drama, War for the Planet of the Apes.
Reeves’s film is the third chapter of the critically acclaimed reboot of the classic sci-fi franchise that includes Rupert Wyatt’s Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) and Reeves’s Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014). The story continues the saga of a super-intelligent chimpanzee named Caesar, who leads a colony of equally improved apes who are forced into a struggle with an army of humans led by a ruthless colonel. As the tensions rise, both sides are headed for an epic battle that will finally determine which species will rule the Earth.
Following the DGA membership screening in Los Angeles on July 23, Reeves sat down with Director Drew Goddard (Cabin in the Woods) to discuss the making of War for the Planet of the Apes and the challenges of directing a film with so many complex visual elements.
In addition to War for the Planet of the Apes and its prequel, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Reeves’s credits include the features Let Me In, Cloverfield and The Pallbearer; the pilot episodes of the series Conviction and Felicity; and episodes of the series Miracles, Gideon's Crossing, Homicide: Life on the Street and Relativity. Reeves has been a DGA member since 1996.
You can listen to Reeves's Q&A by clicking the podcast episode embedded below. You can find all DGA podcast episodes here.