Prepare for Primate War With First Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Trailer - Wired

This is not the Caesar you remember from Rise of the Planet of the Apes. This one has now risen – and he’s the one you need to speak to if you want to avoid a primate war.

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes takes place 10 years after the events in 2011′s Rise of the Planet of the Apes and the human survivors of the virus unleashed in the last movie have united and have been living in tentative peace with the genetically evolved apes lead by Caesar (Andy Serkis). But that calm doesn’t seem poised to last for long in the first trailer for Dawn, where he has become the leader of the ape uprising and now the humans are begging, “I need to speak to Caesar!” – even if he looks more primed to fight than talk.

There’s not much more than a few mood shots in this first tease for Dawn — which hits theaters July 11, 2014 and stars Keri Russell, Gary Oldman, and Jason Clarke — but it’s awfully tense. It also offers a nice payoff in the final seconds when Caesar seemingly orders his attack. Check it out in all its atmospheric glory above.