Havoc on the Planet of the Apes

***Havoc on the Planet of the Apes*** is a 2019 American adult computer-animated science fiction film based on the *Planet of the Apes* reboot series, produced by 20th Century Fox Animation, Glass Ball Productions and Chernin Entertainment. The first *Planet of the Apes* film to be entirely animated, the film is directed by Alexander Bates in his directorial debut, from a screenplay by Bates, Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver, and stars the voices of Patrick Stewart, Scarlett Johansson, Jake Johnson, Alan Tudyk, Catherine Keener, Sam Elliott, Neil Patrick Harris, Dan Fogler, Seth Rogen and Christopher Mintz-Plasse, with Andy Serkis reprising his role as Caesar.

The film was released in the United States on May 17, 2019, by 20th Century Fox. The film received mixed reviews praising the characters, direction, animation, humor, and performances, but criticism was on the confusing plot with some saying the franchise has run its course. However, the film was a huge box office bomb as it grossed only $108 million worldwide against its production budget of $200 million, making it the lowest-grossing installment in the series and for a film by 20th Century Fox Animation.

## Cast

### Apes

* Patrick Stewart as Erik, a common chimpanzee who is the leader and king of an ape tribe that split from Caesar's tribe after Koba's usurpation and the subsequent fallout.
* Alan Tudyk as Leaf, a common chimpanzee and a former follower of Koba who wants revenge on the humans.
* Catherine Keener as Lavender, a common chimpanzee who is the queen of Erik's tribe and Erik's mate.
* Sam Elliott as Abe, a Western lowland gorilla who is a member of Erik's tribe.
* Neil Patrick Harris as Lulu, a common chimpanzee who is an insultant and member of Erik's tribe.
* Alexander Bates as Carniolus, a Bornean orangutan who is an elder of Erik's tribe.
	+ Bates also voices Shill, a common chimpanzee in Erik's tribe.
* Jason Liles as Virgil, a common chimpanzee who is Leaf's follower.
* Christopher Gordon as Cloud, a common chimpanzee who is one of Leaf's followers. Gordon previously played Koba in *Rise*.
* Sara Canning as Luna, Shill's wife. Canning previously played Lake in *War*.
* Andy Serkis as Caesar, a common chimpanzee who is the leader and king of the main evolved ape tribe; he appears in *Havoc* via flashbacks.
* Toby Kebbell as Koba, a bonobo who had previously waged war against the humans in *Dawn*; he appears in *Havoc* via flashbacks.
* Karin Konoval as Maurice, a Bornean orangutan and Caesar's friend and advisor; he appears in *Havoc* via flashbacks.
* Terry Notary as Rocket, a common chimpanzee and one of Caesar's friends; he appears in *Havoc* via flashbacks.
* Michael Adamthwaite as Luca, a Western lowland gorilla in Caesar's tribe; he appears in *Havoc* via flashbacks.
* Judy Greer as Cornelia, Caesar's wife; she appears in *Havoc* via flashbacks.
* Max Lloyd-Jones as Blue Eyes, Caesar and Cornelia's oldest son; he appears in *Havoc* via flashbacks.
* Devyn Dalton as Cornelius, Caesar and Cornelia's youngest son, and Blue Eyes' younger brother; he appears in *Havoc* via flashbacks.
* Mackenzie Davis as Tinker, Rocket's wife; she appears in *Havoc* via flashbacks.

### Humans

* Scarlett Johansson as Lisa Schaffner, a former veterinarian who wants to befriend and protect the apes rather than kill them, despite her boss's orders. Her surname, Schaffner, is a reference to Franklin J. Schaffner, the director of the original 1968 *Planet of the Apes* film.
* Jake Johnson as David Coleman, Lisa's mean-spirited boss who has a strong hatred for apes and wants to destroy all the apes.
* Dan Fogler as Hardy Larson, a human survivor who is Lisa's boyfriend.
* Seth Rogen as Henry Thompson, one of David's dumb-founded soldiers.
* Christopher Mintz-Plasse as Aaron Lee, one of David's soldiers who is Henry's best friend.
* Clancy Brown as a human soldier.
* Brent Spiner as Alexander Gordon, one of David’s most important managers.

### ADR Voice Cast

* Steve Apostolina
* Ryan Bartley
* Daniel Booko
* Jennifer Cain
* Vic Chao
* June Christopher
* Niall Cunningham
* Vicki Davis
* Richard Epcar
* Jeffrey Todd Fischer
* Johnny Gidcomb
* Danielle Hartnett
* Andrew Kishino
* Lex Lang
* Donna Lynn Leavy
* Susan Leslie
* Piotr Michael
* David Michie
* Douglas Murray
* Heidi Brook Myers
* Matt Nolan
* Paul Pape
* Devika Parikh
* Chrystee Pharris
* Juan Pope
* Al Rodrigo
* Justin Shenkarow
* Dennis Singletary
* Jason Grant Smith
* Kelly Stables
* James Arnold Taylor
* Matthew Wolf

## Production

### Development

Glass Ball Productions chairman Clive Nakayashiki expressed surprise that there weren't any previous attempts to animate a *Planet of the Apes* film. At the 2016 CinemaCon in April, 20th Century Fox chairman Rupert Murdoch and Glass Ball president Athena Christaniakis announced that the animated *Planet of the Apes* film had a July 12, 2019 release, and would be produced by Glass Ball and Chernin Entertainment, with Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver writing a treatment for the film. Murdoch said that it would "co-exist" with the *Planet of the Apes* reboot films, though Fox soon stated that the film would "exist independently of the projects in the *Planet of the Apes* reboot universe". In January 2017, Fox moved the film's release date to May 17, 2019.

### Animation

The film's animation was provided in-house by Fox Animation in Century City and Weta Digital in New Zealand. All of the ape characters are created with a mixture of motion-capture and CGI key-frame animation in this film, as with the *Planet of the Apes* reboot films.

### Music

The film's score was composed by Michael Giacchino, who composed the score for *Dawn of the Planet of the Apes* and *War for the Planet of the Apes*.

## Release

*Havoc on the Planet of the Apes* was released on May 17, 2019 by 20th Century Fox. It was previously set for July 12, 2019. The film was rated PG-13 by the MPAA for "strong bloody violence and language", making this film the first computer-animated film by 20th Century Fox Animation to be rated PG-13.

### Marketing

A teaser trailer was released on September 14, 2018 and was shown in front of *The Predator*. The first official trailer was released on December 13, 2018 and was shown before *Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.* The second official trailer was released on February 21, 2019, before *How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World.* The final trailer was released on April 4, 2019.

### Home media

*Havoc on the Planet of the Apes* was released on digital by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment on September 10, 2019, and on Blu-ray, Ultra HD Blu-ray, and DVD on September 24.

## Reception

### Box office

*Havoc of the Planet of the Apes* grossed $52.7 million in North America and $56.1 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $108.8 million. With a production budget of $200 million, the film needed to gross $500 million to break-even. Due to the poor global opening, Deadline Hollywood estimated the film would lose the studio $120–140 million.

In the United States and Canada, *Havoc of the Planet of the Apes* was released alongside *John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum*, *A Dog's Journey* and *The Sun Is Also a Star*, and was initially projected to gross $50–60 million from 4,021 theaters in its opening weekend, with the studio expecting a $45-million debut. However, after making $12.2 million on its first day (including $4 million from Thursday night previews, the lowest *Planet of the Apes*), projections were lowered to $26 million. It ended up debuting to $24.1 million, finishing fourth. It was the lowest total of the franchise by $30 million and the first time a *Planet of the Apes* film did not top the box office the week of its release.  In its second weekend, the film fell 66.1% to $8.1 million, finishing fifth.

### Critical response

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 63% based on 204 reviews, with an average rating of 5.8/10. On Metacritic, the film holds an average weighted score of 56 out of 100, indicating "mixed of average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B-" on an A+ to F scale

## Cancelled sequels

In April 2019, following the acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney, Fox announced that future *Planet of the Apes* films are in development which include sequels to *Havoc*. Glass Ball has also expressed interest in making more animated *Planet of the Apes* films. However, after the film flopped in its opening weekend, plans for any more animated installments were cancelled.

## Transcripts

### Main

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### Trailers

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