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Dawn of the Planet of the Apes short films fill the 10-year gap since Rise

Three short films have surfaced that bridge the 10-year gap between Rise and DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES. 20th Century Fox collaborated with VICE's Motherboard to make the shorts that ultimately promote a documentary on a real-life “Monkey Island” in Liberia. And before you ask, no, there won't be any monkey butlers.

The movies are filled with fear and depression, so if you have been having a great day, the rain is about to pour on your parade. Cue the foreboding sense of doom!

Spread of Simian Flu: Before the Dawn of the Apes (Year 1)Amidst a widespread viral outbreak known as the 'Simian Flu,' a mother is quarantined after testing positive for the virus, leaving her husband and daughter to fend for themselves.

Struggling to Survive: Before the Dawn of the Apes (Year 5) Five years after the Simian Flu all but wiped out humanity, an orphaned teenage girl survives by bartering things she has stolen from dead people's homes.

Story of the Gun: Before the Dawn of the Apes (Year 10) – The journey of a shotgun through the hands of several ill-fated owners as the 'Simian Flu' ravages the world around them.

When Lab Tested Apes Take Over (Documentary) – It all culminates in ISLAND OF THE APES, a documentary film about a series of six islands now solely populated by former lab-tested chimpanzees who survived disease and two civil wars. Now that's why they call it "Monkey Island".

While I watched all of these, I asked myself the same question over and over again; how long will it take for another Apes TV series to come forward? You know it’s going to happen. A lot happened between the time of Rise and Dawn; a viral outbreak began to spread across the human population and the Apes basically won. I wouldn’t mind a TV series milking that for all its worth, would you?

The stage is set for DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES opening on Friday, July 11, 2014.

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Graham McMorrow