Summary of Premiere n°551: Planet of the Apes by Wes Ball, Civil War, Viggo Mortensen, The Fall Guy…

The New Kingdom is on the cover, its actors and creators tell us the rest of the “post-Caesar” saga.

During the takeover of Fox by Disney, the saga The Planet of the Apes quickly asserted itself as one of the studio's priorities, in the same way as'Avatar or that films derived from comics X-Men, Dead Pool Or Fantastic Four.

Wes Ball (The labyrinth) succeeds Matt Reeves to relaunch the saga this year with The New Kingdom, which will take place approximately 300 years after the story of Caesar (Andy Serkis). Accompanied by co-writers Amanda Silver And Rick Jaffaas well as actors Owen Teague And Kevin Durandthey deliver in First all the secrets of the revival of the saga.

The editorial team also offers you two focuses on two Hollywood films which should create an event this spring: Civil Warby Alex Garland, immersed in the heart of a conflict in modern America, and The Fall Guyaction comedy with Emily Blunt and Ryan Gosling designed as a love letter to the profession of stuntman.

First has also put together several portraits of personalities to follow this month of April. For example, N’Cuti Gatwaone of the revelations of the hit Netflix series Sex Educationwho has been chosen to play the new Doctor Who. Luana Barjamia young actress who crossed paths with Céline Sciamma or Tolédano-Nakache, signs her second film as a director, a dive into the heart of Kossovo in the mid-2000s entitled Our world. John Magaroexcellent in LaRoyby Shane Atkinson, and Benjamin Voisin just as convincing in comedy The Coubertin Spiritare also in the spotlight.

Before diving back into the classic The invasion of the desecrators (Philip Kaufman's version, with Donald Sutherland and Jeff Goldblum, released in 4K), meeting with two talented directors: Viggo Mortensen And Nicolas Philibert. The unforgettable Aragorn of Lord of the Rings returns with his second production, a beautiful western entitled Till the end of the worldand the acclaimed filmmaker for On the Adament continues his exciting journey in psychiatry with The Typewriter and other sources of hassle.

As for reviews, in addition to all the films mentioned above, you can read our opinions on Hopeless, Borgo, Riddle of Fire, Back to Black, Amal – a free spirit, Challengers, A Young Shaman, Bushman, And A little something extraall offered on the big screen or even Road House, Scoop And The idea of ​​being with you, which are available for streaming. In series, zoom on four French projects that are worth the detour: Machine, Fiasco, Terminal And Cork.

Finally, this month, it's Noah Abitasuperb heroine of First affairwhich lends itself to the game of “film that…”.

Good reading !

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Here is the editorial of this issue 551:

The monkey saints

Proximus César sits on the cover of this issue while in American theaters, King Kong destroys everything in its path. Hollywood seems to be fascinated by primates again. For a simple reason: monkeys are like us, but they are not us. A brilliant starting point for all kinds of stories, whether pure entertainment, docus or philosophical dystopias. But what the public loves these days are the stories of chaos, when our furry cousins ​​become agents of destruction and spectacular sales arguments.

Last year, IMAX theaters brought in more than a billion dollars around the world, boosted mainly by Oppenheimer, Nolan's film which retraced the creation of the atomic bomb, the same A-bomb which gave birth… to Godzilla. And it is precisely this nuclear metaphor-creature that is fighting today with the giant ape in Godzilla x Kong: The New Kingdom. The triumph of the film therefore has a little ironic taste. When we know that the director of this new Godzilla promised a buddy movie influenced by The lethal Weaponwe find ourselves very far from the mental biopic of Nolan or the fable of The Planet of the Apes. And since a good editorial would be nothing without a quote from Eastwood, we suddenly think back to what Clint said about It's going to hitin which he responded to an orangutan: “For this project, I just wanted to have fun and act like a monkey. »

Gaël Golhen, editor-in-chief

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