At a New York Comic-Con panel today, actor Andy Serkis mentioned that War of the Planet of the Apes will be accompanied by its own video game. Serkis will also be performing motion capture for the title. It is coming to consoles and releases around the same time as the movie does.
Not much information was shared at the panel, and Serkis himself remained very tight-lipped in a post panel interview with Gamespot. However, he did divulge some information about the game to them, including that it is coming to consoles.
“I don’t think it’s ever been done before,” Serkis said. “We created it at the Imaginarium, which is my studio. Without giving too much away about it, it’s not like a first-person shooter. It feels like an interactive movie. And that’s all I can say other than that it will be coming out around the same time as the movie.”
“It’s a companion piece, it’s not based on the characters from this movie,” Serkis added.
War of the Planet of the Apes opens in theaters on July 14, 2017. It stars Serkis, alongside Judy Greer (Ant-Man), Woody Harrelson (Zombieland), and Steve Zahn (Dallas Buyers Club). The film is helmed by Matt Reeves, who previously directed Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and Cloverfield.
