DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES - Poster Art and Prequel Shorts

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A few new pieces of poster art have surfaced for Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. The poster above was created by Janee Meadows, and it's filled with a variety of characters making up an ape skull. The first poster below was created by UK artist Matt Needle, and it puts the spotlight on the ape leader Caesar. That's followed by posters from Mainger, Zombie Yeti, and Orlando Arocena. I really like these because they aren't the tradition-style pieces of crap that we're used to seeing in movie poster art.

I've also included three prequel short films that were created for the movie that focus on the 10 years between the first movie and this sequel. Each short was made by a different director, and they follow the progression of the "simian flu" virus that ends up killing most of the human population. 

The Matt Reeves-directed sequel stars Andy Serkis, Jason Clarke, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Gary Oldman, Keri Russell, Toby Kebbell, Enrique Murciano, Kirk Acevedo, and Judy Greer. It's set to hit theaters on July 11th, 2014.  

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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. Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes presents this moving short film directed by Isaiah Seret in a series inspired by the ten years between The Rise and The Dawn of the Planet of the Apes http://www.dawnofapes.com/.

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.

The journey of a shotgun through the hands of several ill-fated owners as the 'Simian Flu' ravages the world around them.