“So I think we’ve always in some ways tried to two things with the films,” he added.
War for the Planet of the Apes hits UK cinemas 14 July.
“Part of it, inevitably, we wanted to lead towards a place where the first original Planet of the Apes movie started,” Chernin told Den of Geek.
The new trilogy of Planet of the Apes prequels comes to a conclusion with the end of Caesar’s story and War for the Planet of the Apes. The final trailer for the film teases the idea that this last chapter also heralds the end of mankind itself, as two rival species go head-to-head in an all-out battle for survival.