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War for the Planet of the Apes

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Directed by Matt Reeves
Produced by Peter Chernin, Dylan Clark, Rick Jaffa, and Amanda Silver
Written by Matt Reeves and Mark Bomback Based on characters created by Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver Based on the novel La Planète des Singes by Pierre Boulle
With: Andy Serkis, Woody Harrelson, Steve Zahn, Karin Konoval, Amiah Miller, Terry Notary, Ty Olsson, Michael Adamthwaite, Toby Kebbell, Gabriel Chavarria, Judy Greer, Sara Canning, Devyn Dalton, Aleks Paunovic, Alessandro Juliani, and Max Lloyd-Jones
Cinematography: Michael Seresin
Editing: Stan Salfas and William Hoy
Music: Michael Giacchino
Runtime: 140 min
Release Date: 14 July 2017
Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1
Color: Color
Twitter Capsule:
Better than Rise but can't a hold candle to Dawn; plays like a bloated chapter rather than an epic culmination.