Marvel Studios’ The Fantastic Four: First Steps director Matt Shakman has been tapped by 20th Century Studios to helm a new instalment of the long-running Planet of the Apes franchise. Josh Friedman, who co-wrote First Steps as well as Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, reunites with Shakman to write the new script.

The new feature will reportedly not, however, be a sequel to Kingdom, itself a continuation of the 2011 trilogy that focused on the rise of the ape leader known as Caesar. While the film will be returning to a planet where apes are the superior species ruling all, exact plot details are being kept under wraps. Rather, this will be a new original story developed by Shakman and Friedman.

Veteran Apes film producers Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver return to co-write the project with Friedman, with Shakman also producing.

Based on the sci-fi novel by Pierre Boulle, the first Planet of the Apes film was released in 1968, followed by four theatrical sequels and two television series. A remake, directed by Tim Burton, was released in 2001, while the 2011 reboot Rise of the Planet of the Apes was followed by two sequels: 2014’s Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and 2017’s War for the Planet of the Apes.

Friedman is known for co-writing Avatar: The Way of Water and Avatar: Fire and Ash. Matt Shakman rose to prominence for his work on WandaVision, and helmed the pilot for Apple’s Monarch: Legacy of Monsters.