Relive the Events That Led to "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" in This New Trailer

Relive the events that led to “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” in this new trailer.

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At the end of 2011’s Rise of the Planet of the Apes, it was hinted that a deadly virus was about to be unleashed upon humanity. Now in the sequel, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, the effects of that virus have all but destroyed humanity, leaving the highly-intelligent apes from the first movie as the planet’s dominant species.

If you need to refresh your memory about the first movie, and find out more about what happened to Earth in between these two films, 20th Century Fox has released a new Dawn trailer to do just that. In this video, we see the real world reaction to this virus, and how humanity crumbled as a result. There isn’t much real footage from the movie used; instead, this video uses news pieces to set the mood. And it all totally works.

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes will be released on July 11.

[via 20th Century Fox]

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