Veteran actor Michael Adamthwaite discusses his role as Luca in War for the Planet of the Apes Still dragging its damn dirty knuckles in theaters worldwide is director Matt Reeves‘ third entry in the revamped Planet of the Apes franchise War for the Planet of the Apes. The breathtaking, beautifully orchestrated and intelligent science fiction future-shocker once more stars physical actor Andy Serkis as the hyper-sentient Chimpanzee leader Caesar, still ruling over his tribe/family of assorted simians, but living life on the run from bloodthirsty humans who, after the events of the 2nd film, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, still see the apes as aggressive killers.