PREVIEW - Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Figures from NECA

Check out these two new photos of the action figures from NECA for Matt Reeves and 20th Century Fox's DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES movie coming this years.

There's no specific release date for these figures but just as well they still look awesome. I'm also surprised that they actually scored this license. Good times for NECA.

Here's another photo featuring the Orangutans working for Caesar...

“Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” will open July 2014 nationwide in the Philippines from 20th Century Fox to be distributed by Warner Bros.

The First Official Poster and Teaser Trailer for Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Took me awhile but here now is the first official poster AND teaser trailer for 20th Century Fox's "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes". 

Here's the entire poster followed by the trailer.

The film stars Andy Serkis, Jason Clarke, Gary Oldman and Keri Russell. It's directed by Matt Reeves.

First Look at Caesar from Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

SDCC 2013 also debuted the first teaser trailer for the film DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES from 20th Century Fox. In fact, here's our first look at Caesar (Andy Serkis) and his new simian council.

According to reports and posts I've encountered online, the story picks up decades after the ending of DAWN and humans are slowly dying out thanks to the virus that James Franco's character inadvertently created. Yes, the same drug that gave Caesar and the rest of his posse their intelligence. 

Bleedingcool's Brendon Connelly also liveblogs that the king primate will now have a family of his own with a wife and a teenage son. Plus he's also the leader of around 2,000 or so apes. Wonder if the gorillas and the orangutans will still be there. 

We don't have to wait much for this film as this comes out next year. 

New Release Dates for X-Men First Class 2 and Thor 2

Thor 2 now has an official release date of November 8, 2013 with the same cast returning (i.e. Chris Hemsworth, Anthony Hopkins and Natalie Portman). There's also a new director, Alan Taylor (Game of Thrones) and a new villain (Mads Mikkelsen).

Meanwhile Matthew Vaughn will be returning to Marvel's merry mutants with X-Men First Class 2. I'm assuming this would still be released by 20th Century Fox. The bad news? The sequel to the surprise hit from last year has a release date of July 18, 2014.

Other movies that are currently in the funnel include:

Planet of the Apes 2 more appropriately named Dawn of the Planet of the Apes  (May 23, 2014). The movie will still feature Andy Serkis as Caesar with director Rupert Wyatt. The writer for the film? Scott Z the same guy who gave us Contagion.