Why Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes Doesn't Reveal Specific Timeline Date Explained By Wes Ball

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Summary Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes never reveals its place in the timeline.

Director Wes Ball intended for audiences to decide for themselves when the story takes place.

Kingdom is set long after Caesar's death, and his story has devolved into legend.

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes never needed any set place in the timeline, according to director Wes Ball. Taking place generations after Caesar's death in the original Planet of the Apes reboot movies, Kingdom follows Owen Teague's Noa as he meets a sentient human in Freya Allen's Mae. Noa has to avenge his clan, while also trying to build a better future for apes and humans alike. Though it is confirmed that it is set long after Caesar, the exact year is never shown in the movie.

While it hardly impacts the Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes characters, the lack of any set date can be somewhat confusing. That effect is exactly what Ball wanted. In an interview with TechRadar, Ball revealed that the writers intended for the audience to interpret the time jump for themselves. Still, he notes that Caesar's time has become the realm of "myth and legend". Check out his full quote below:

“We never really put a date on it to be honest, which was a brilliant move on our writers’ part. I think it's good for people to have their own interpretation of what [that time jump] is. It's long enough that Caesar’s legacy has been lost, and that the landscape around the apes has slowly collapsed into nature. It’s enough time for myth and legend to have taken over.”

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Source: TechRadar