Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Presents this moving short films inspired by the ten years between The Rise and The Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.
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, leavin her husband and daughter to fend for themselves.
Directed by Isaiah Seret
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 batering things she has stolen from dead people's homes.
Directed by: Daniel Thron
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 th world around them.
Directed by: "thirtytwo"
Also, check out the trailer for Motherboard's upcoming documentary, where the crew goes to Liberia to discover 'Monkey Island', a place inhabited by chimpanzees that were subjects to lab testing.
This documentary is a Motherboard production, made possible by 20th Century Fox's Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.
A growing nation of genetically evolved apes led by Caesar is threatened by a band of human survivors of the devastating virus unleashed a decade earlier. They reach a fragile peace, but it proves short-lived, as both sides are brought to the brink of a war that will determine who will emerge as Earth's dominant species.
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is set to release July 11, 2014 in the U.S.
Distributed by 20th Century Fox.
Directed by: Matt Reeves
Starring:
Humans
Jason Clarke - Malcolm
Gary Oldman - Dreyfus
Keri Russell - Ellie
Kodi Smit-McPhee - Alexander
Jocko Sims - Werner
Kirk Acevedo - Carver
Kevin Rankin - McVeigh
Apes
Andy Serkis - Caesar
Judy Greer - Cornelia
Terry Notary - Rocket
Karin Konoval - Maurice
Toby Kebbell - Koba
Doc Shaw - Ash
Nick Thurston - River