Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes has signaled a new era for the sci-fi franchise, but 1 new character has all the makings of an old beloved villain.

Like its predecessors, Kingdom probes big ideas about human (and ape) nature, especially once the young Noa witnesses the violence and ambition of Proximus Caesar’s prison camp. But where ...

Many generations after the fall of the ape leader Caesar, the apes have formed into clans and have begun warring among themselves. Noa (Owen Teague), a young ape of the Eagle Clan, must go on a ...

Soona (played by Lydia Peckham, left) and Noa (played by Owen Teague) in "Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes." (20th Century Studios) ...