A new Planet of the Apes movie is officially happening, but its premise is worrying

Brian VanHooker is a Pop Culture Writer specializing in Celebrity Interviews and In-Depth Oral Histories in the areas of Comedy, TV, Film, Cartoons, Comic Books, 80s/90s Nostalgia, Fatherhood, Retro Games and Food (especially Pizza). He was the Senior Features Writer at Cracked and a Staff Writer at MEL. He has written for Inverse, Inside Hook, Maxim, Men's Health, Fatherly, SFGate and more. He's the co-creator of the comic book/cartoon Barnum & Elwood and The Tramp, an award-winning comedy pilot starring John O’Hurley. He also hosts a TMNT interview podcast called Turtle Tracks and was once called a “Good Guy” by Mr. T. It's also a bit ironic that the Fantastic Four director will heading this movie After finding success with The Fantastic Four: First Steps, director Matt Shakman and writer Josh Friedman will be heading up the next Planet of the Apes movie, according to a report from Deadline. While Shakman will be a newcomer to the franchise, Friedman previously wrote 2024’s Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, which built upon Matt Reeves’ reboot trilogy from the 2010s. While the details about this new movie are unclear, my hope is that it at least takes place in the same universe

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