Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes’ Trailer Gives A Big Boost To Those Time Travel Theories

Based on the movie’s trailer, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes may finally feature time travel, a popular franchise theory. In 2011, theaters released a soft reboot and prequel to the Planet of the Apes film series, showing how the world got to where it is in the original films. Thus far, the movies haven’t connected back to the original franchise, but that’s expected to change with Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. While Disney and 20th Century have remained tight-lipped about the characters and plot of Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, the synopsis and new trailer provide some insights into its narrative direction.

The synopsis provided for Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes reveals that the apes will look for hidden technology made by humans, not specifying what the technology does. This bolstered popular online theories about the newest franchise installation using time travel – an element that appears repeatedly in the original movies. While nothing corroborated the theories at first, the Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes trailer released on November 2 ties back to the original Planet of the Apes and boosts the possibility that the time travel theories are correct.

Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes’ Trailer Teases The Story’s Human Technology

The trailer for Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes includes multiple visual hints at the human-technology the apes look for. Apes find an underground facility that looks like an abandoned scientific laboratory. The apes throw a torch down a cavern in the facility, revealing a hollow cavity that looks like it could be used for a space shuttle launch. A couple of shots later, Noa finds an observatory in the underground facility with a large telescope pointed toward the sky. Combining these elements, the preview seemingly references the Planet of the Apes spaceship nicknamed the Icarus which carries the humans in the 1968 movie.

How Kingdom’s Human Technology Points Toward Time & Space Travel

The most obvious interpretation of the Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes trailer is that the apes are searching for space travel technology. The underground facility that they explore seems like it’s set up for astronomy. Given the fact that ape society works very similarly to human society, they may hope to find life on another planet. They could also look for a planet with more resources. However, there’s one massive flaw in this interpretation. Humans wouldn’t likely hide space travel since it was accessible to multiple nations before the ape takeover. The biggest way to get around that is if they’re looking for a very technologically advanced spaceship.

Alternatively, they could search for a theoretical technology closely related to astronomy – time machines. Theoretical physics and astronomy are heavily interlinked subjects, centering on many of the same scientific principles. Moreover, wormholes are the most popular idea for time travel used in sci-fi movies. With the rising tension between ape communities and dwindling resources, Noa and his comrades may think time travel would allow them to correct mistakes. In that case, it would be reasonable for them to search an astronomy laboratory to find time travel technology in Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes.

Kingdom Introducing Time Travel Would Restore A Planet Of The Apes Tradition

Since the prequels have moved on from Caesar as their protagonist, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes to can start incorporating themes and storylines from the original Planet of the Apes movies. Time travel is the simplest choice with the widest audience appeal. The ending of Planet of the Apes (1968) reveals Captain Taylor and the other passengers of the Icarus aren’t on another planet. They traveled into the future, landing on Earth after apes took over the planet. The later movies of the original Planet of the Apes pentalogy also show the apes traveling back in time to the 1970s when the original Caesar led the ape uprising.

Even Tim Burton’s 2001 reboot of Planet of the Apes, which was a massive failure with both fans and film critics, incorporated time travel with Davidson traveling to the year 5021 via an electromagnetic storm. Ultimately, incorporating time travel into Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes would tie the entire franchise together. Moreover, it offers a world in which the prequel reboot directly ties into the original Planet of the Apes. All they would need to do is introduce different timelines as well.