- Many years after the reign of Caesar, a young ape goes on a journey that will lead him to question everything he's been taught about the past and make choices that will define a future for apes and humans alike.
- The new Apes movie is set many years after the conclusion of 2017's War for the Planet of the Apes. Many apes societies have grown from when the Moses-like Caesar brought his people to an oasis, while humans have been reduced to a feral-like existence. Some ape groups have never heard of Caesar, while others have contorted his teaching to build burgeoning empires. In this setting, one ape leader begins to enslave other groups to find human technology, while another ape, who watched his clan be taken, embarks on a journey to find freedom. A young human woman becomes key to the latter's quest, although she has plans of her own.
- Set several generations in the future following Caesar's reign, in which apes are the dominant species living harmoniously and humans have been reduced to living in the shadows. As a new tyrannical ape leader builds his empire, one young ape undertakes a harrowing journey that will cause him to question all that he has known about the past and to make choices that will define a future for apes and humans alike.—Pedro Borges
- Many generations after Caesar's death, the apes have established numerous clans, while humans have become feral. Noa, a chimpanzee of a falconry ape-clan led by his father Koro, prepares for a coming of age ceremony by collecting eagle eggs with his friends Anaya and Soona. However, a human scavenger follows Noa home and inadvertently cracks his egg during a scuffle before fleeing. While searching for a replacement egg, Noa encounters a raider tribe of warlike apes. As he hides from them, the apes follow Noa's horse to track down his clan. Upon returning home, Noa finds his village burning, with the raider leader Sylva killing Koro before knocking Noa unconscious.
Noa awakens, discovering his family and clan have been abducted. He buries his father and sets out to rescue his clan. On his journey, he is joined by an orangutan named Raka, who tells Noa about Caesar's teachings. The two apes notice they are being followed by the human scavenger from earlier. Raka offers her food and a blanket, naming her Nova. When the trio encounters a group of feral humans, Sylva's raiders suddenly attack them. Noa and Raka rescue Nova, who, to their surprise, can speak. She reveals that her real name is Mae and that the raiders took his clan to a beachfront settlement located outside an old human vault.
While on their way to the settlement, they are ambushed by Sylva while attempting to cross a bridge. In the ensuing fight, Raka saves Mae from drowning but Sylva severs the rope he was holding onto and the river washes him away. Noa and Mae are captured and taken to the apes' coastal camp. There, Noa reunites with his clan and is introduced to the self-proclaimed ape king, Proximus Caesar. Proximus has enslaved Noa's clan, using their labor to attempt to open the vault and access the human technology locked inside. Proximus invites Noa to dinner along with Mae and Trevathan, a human who has allied himself with the apes, teaching Proximus about the old human world. Proximus believes that Noa knows how to open the vault and warns him that Mae only has her own interests in mind.
Noa confronts Mae, demanding the truth in exchange for his help. Mae discloses knowledge of a hidden vault entry, and a mysterious book capable of restoring speech to humanity. Noa agrees to help her gain access to the vault, hoping to destroy Proximus' settlement and lead his clan back home. Noa, Mae, Soona, and Anaya secretly plant explosives around the sea levee that surrounds the vault and settlement. Trevathan interrupts and plans to warn Proximus, but Mae kills him. As the group enters the secret entrance, the vault is revealed to be a military bunker, housing a stockpile of weapons, with Mae's book being a deciphering key for a satellite. Meanwhile, the apes discover old picture books depicting humans as the once-dominant species and apes in cages at the zoo, leading them to grow suspicious of Mae.
As they make their way out of the bunker, the group is confronted by Proximus and his tribe, who threatens to kill Soona, but is stopped when Mae uses a gun to shoot the ape holding Soona. Proximus agrees to let Mae leave if she tells them where the other weapons are. Mae refuses and triggers the explosives, flooding the bunker while the apes are still inside. As the apes climb to higher ground, Noa is pursued by Sylva. Eventually, Noa traps Sylva, causing him to drown. When Noa and his clan escape the bunker, he is attacked by Proximus. Proximus demands that Noa kneel before him, but Noa leads his clan in summoning their eagles to attack Proximus, resulting in him falling off the cliff.
As Noa's clan returns to rebuild their home, Mae bids farewell to Noa. She explains that humans deserve another chance since they were once the dominant species, but Noa questions if apes and humans can coexist peacefully. Mae travels to a human settlement at a satellite base, delivering the decipher key to enable the humans to reactivate the satellites and successfully contact other humans worldwide. Meanwhile, Noa and Soona look through a telescope at something in the sky.
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