Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes director Wes Ball is already set to direct The Legend of Zelda movie, but has now added another video game adaptation to his already busy schedule.
Per The Hollywood Reporter, Ball has been tapped to direct a feature adaptation of Reikon’s Ruiner, a cyberpunk shooter video game, for Universal Pictures. Michael Arlen Ross, known for the horror film Oracle, is set to pen the screenplay. Ball, Dmitri M. Johnson, Mike Goldberg, and Joe Hartwick Jr. are set to produce, while Timothy I. Stevenson, Dan Jevons, Marek Roefler, Magdalena Tomkowicz, and Jakub Stylinski will serve as executive producers. Ruiner“is set in the year 2091 in the cyber metropolis Rengkok, and follows a wired psychopath who fights against a corrupt system to uncover the truth and retrieve his kidnapped brother.”Ruiner is described as a twin-stick shooter and was released on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Linux, and Microsoft Windows.
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Ball is already set to direct a live-action adaptation of The Legend of Zelda, one of Nintendo’s most iconic video game properties. The most recent Nintendo feature adaptation, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, was a tremendous box office success which ignited interest in a Nintendo cinematic universe. The film brought in an astounding $1.36 billion worldwide, which made it the second highest-grossing film of 2023. The Legend of Zelda adaptation is still in the early stages of production, so there have been no casting announcements yet, nor is there an official release window for the film.
Wes Ball Still Plans to Helm More Planet of the Apes Movies
Ball is fresh off directing Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, a revival of the franchise that picks up the story hundreds of years after the events of Matt Reeves’ War for the Planet of the Apes. The film centered around Noa, an ape belonging to the Eagle Clan, who sets off on a journey to liberate his clan after their village was destroyed at the hands of a powerful ape leader, Proximus Caesar. The film stars Owen Teague, Freya Allan, Kevin Durand, Peter Macon, William H. Macy, and Eka Darville.
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Ball has previously stated that Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes was just the first film in a planned trilogy, which bodes well for potentially two more sequels. Despite the critical and box office success of the movie, a sequel hasn’t been officially announced. Whether the announcement has been delayed due to Ball’s loaded schedule remains unclear, but it appears that Ball is choosing to focus on both The Legend of Zelda and Ruiner before entering back into the world of Planet of the Apes.
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is now streaming on Disney+.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Generations after the reign of Caesar, the apes have established numerous clans and live in a structured society while humans have been reduced to feral survivors. A young chimpanzee named Noa embarks on a journey that challenges everything he knows about his world. As Noa navigates through the complexities of ape politics and human interactions, he confronts Proximus Caesar, a tyrannical leader who seeks to exploit ancient human technology for power. The film explores Noa’s internal struggle and the external conflicts that arise as he makes choices that will shape the future of both apes and humans.
- Release Date
- May 10, 2024
- Cast
- Kevin Durand , Freya Allan , Peter Macon , Owen Teague , Eka Darville , Sara Wiseman , Neil Sandilands
- Writers
- Patrick Aison , Josh Friedman , Rick Jaffa , Amanda Silver
- Runtime
- 145 Minutes
- Main Genre
- Sci-Fi
- Studio(s)
- 20th Century , Chernin Entertainment , Oddball Entertainment , Shinbone Productions
- Distributor(s)
- 20th Century
