Image: Lea Suzuki/San Francisco Chronicle (Other)
Kingom
of
the
Planet
of
the
Apes
is
one
of
this
summer’s
big
blockbusters,
and
with
its
release
in
a
few
weeks,
that
means
its
time
to
up
its
promo
game.
We’ve
gotten
plenty
of
trailers
and
posters,
and
there
are
standees
in
theaters,
but
that’s
apparently
not
enough.
20th
Century
has
decided
that
we
need
to
see
some
“real” apes
out
there,
reigning
over
humans
as
they
do
in
the
film.
Earlier in the week, a group of apes—as in, people dressed to look like apes—on horseback were spotted in San Francisco’s West Bluff Picnic Area. They didn’t speak a word to anyone or do anything but look pretty intimidating—so much, in fact, that SFGate claims cyclists had nearly fallen over upon seeing them. A similar event took place in Los Angeles, wherein another set of saddleld up apes showed up on Venice Beach, staring people down while they strolled around the beach.
Thus
far,
the
apes
have
only
showed
up
in
those
two
spots,
but
it’s
San
Francisco
that
has
the
most
significance
to
the
franchise.
Both
Rise
and
Dawn
of
the
Planet
of
the
Apes
are
set
in
the
city,
and
the
former
has
a
big
set
piece
near
its
end,
wherein
Caesar
and
the
other
apes
storm
the
Golden
Gate
Bridge.
The
entire
sequence
was
pretty
great
back
in
2011,
and
funnily
enough,
the
apes
spotted
in
San
Francisco
were
said
to
be
toward
the
Fort
Point
National
Historic
Site
at
the
base
of
the
bridge.
In
Dawn,
Caesar’s
lieutenant
Koba
finds
an
armory
within
Fort
Point,
which
becomes
the
central
location
for
that
movie’s
big
setpiece
to
close
out
act
two.
It’s
just
all-out
carnage
with
some
incredibly
ridiculous
visuals,
like
Koba
dual-wielding
machine
guns
while
riding
on
horseback
and
charging
through
fire.
Like the earlier movies, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes appears to be set in or around San Francisco, since one trailer shows apes hanging around at the remains of the Golden Gate Bridge. Having actors show up at the real world parallel is pretty cool if you remember these movies fairly well. And if you don’t, well, you’re probably going to remember the sight of three dudes riding horses dressed as apes for quite a while.
Image: Charles Russo/SFGATE (Other)
Kingdom
of
the
Planet
of
the
Apes
comes
to
theaters
on
May
10.
Ahead
of
its
release,
io9's
looking
back
at
the
three
reboot
films,
starting
with
Rise.
[via San Francisco Chronicle]
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