The movie's director, Ava Duvivay, is also producing.

War for the Planet of the Apes, the sequel to the 2014 Academy Award-winning sci-fi action-adventure, will be directed by the Oscar-winning Ava Duvivay (American Beauty) and will be produced by Oscar nominee and director Ava Duvivay, the Hollywood Reporter reports.

The film marks a bold and ambitious move away from the highly successful and critically lauded original