'Dawn of the Planet of the Apes' Release Date, Cast & News Update: Trailer Released! Is it a Hit or a Miss?

New director, new direction.

"Dawn of the Planet of the Apes", helmed by Matt Reeves, places the human population against a bleak backdrop, in their struggle to survive amidst the ominous threat posed by the growing power of the new breed of apes.

Caesar, the simian revolutionary leader in "Rise of the Planet of the Apes", comes back with a new vengeance and new look. In the trailer that 20^th Century Fox just released, the Alpha ape is no longer barefaced. He sports a mean face paint, with a single line of red pigment slashing straight down the middle of his forehead and ending on top of his nostrils, conveying a more aggressive and dominant character.

Caesar has risen. Will humans bow to his authority? 

Watch the trailer below:

According to the Daily Mail, Andy Serkis reprises his role as the genetically-tweaked chimpanzee and leader of the ape civilization. He is joined by Gary Oldman, who plays Dreyfus, the "leader of the human resistance," A.V. Club reported. Jason Clarke and Keri Russell also star in the sequel.

Wired said that the new movie is set 10 years after the setting of "Rise of the Planet of the Apes", which was released in 2011. It can be recalled that the last movie ended with a humanity-killing virus making its way around the globe through a series of human infections.

The sequel, thus, takes up where its predecessor ended, showing a united group of human survivors living peacefully alongside Caesar's band of genetically evolved apes. However, Wire revealed, the harmony is short-lived. And, as the trailer hints, both parties are respectively trying to leverage their survival through more aggressive strategies.

The trailer is relatively short at 1 minute and 30 seconds - but that's precisely why they call it a "teaser." Judging by the looks of the clip, it appears the upcoming science fiction flick is one worth watching out for. Do you agree?

"Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" will be in movie theaters on July 11, 2014.