Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes Ending: What Noa & Soona Saw In The Telescope Gets Intriguing Explanation From Director

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Warning: Contains SPOILERS for Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes!

Summary Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes' ending is shrouded in mystery as the audience never discovers what exists beyond the telescope.

Director Wes Ball intentionally kept it a mystery to preserve audience imaginations.

Ball implied that the characters may be looking to the future by staring into space.

The Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes ending defies explanation, but director Wes Ball is still offering an explanation of his own. Set years after Caesar's death, Kingdom follows a new ape protagonist, Noa (Owen Teague). As Noa meets a sentient human, Mae (Freya Allan), he has to work to revive his clan and discover the secrets behind this strange intelligent human. The movie ends with Noa and another ape, Soona (Lydia Peckham), looking through a telescope and discovering a mystery before the movie cuts to black.

While Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes' characters know what lies beyond the telescope, the audience is left in the dark. In an interview with USA Today, Ball explained that he intentionally hid the truth to force the audience to imagine something awe-inspiring. While he jokes about the apes looking at Elon Musk on Mars, he implies that the apes could be looking forward. Check out his full quote below:

"I figured there is nothing I could show you that would be stronger than what the audience's imagination would conjure up. Sure, it might turn some people off, but some people will like it. I have ideas of what they're looking at... Right, they're looking at (SpaceX founder) Elon Musk flying around on his Falcon 9 rocket. But I'll just say this. Space obviously is a key idea in all of these movies. So, maybe it's them looking to the future?"

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Source: USA Today