Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is a 2014 American
science fiction film directed by
Matt Reeves and written by
Mark Bomback,
Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver. It stars
Andy Serkis,
Jason Clarke,
Gary Oldman,
Keri Russell,
Toby Kebbell,
Kodi Smit-McPhee,
Kirk Acevedo, and
Judy Greer. It is the sequel to the 2011 film
Rise of the Planet of the Apes, which began
20th Century Fox's reboot of the original
Planet of the Apes series.
Dawn is set ten years after the events of
Rise, and follows a group of people in
San Francisco who struggle to stay alive in the aftermath of a plague that is wiping out humanity, while Caesar tries to maintain dominance over his community of intelligent apes.