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Production has officially started on the upcoming "War of the Planet of the Apes". Director Matt Reeves announced on Twitter on Saturday, October 17 the beginning of filming on the new installment of "Planet of the Apes" movie series.

Matt shared the first photo taken on the filming set. The picture showed a silhouette of two actors on a lonely beach. One person stood while gesturing another person on horseback. The director captioned it, "#It has begun. @ApesMovies."

#It has begun. @ApesMovies pic.twitter.com/6AZVzWfJXW

— Matt Reeves (@mattreevesLA) October 17, 2015

Fellow filmmakers responded to Matt's posting on Twitter. "Ant-Man" director Peyton Reed wrote, "This excites me," to which Matt replied, "Ha! Thank you, sir!" "Finding Nemo" director Andrew Stanton posted, "YEEEEEEEESSSSSS!!!!! #bewarethebeastman." Matt then replied, "Ha! How are you, sir??"

Matt retweeted some fan postings. A fan wrote, "@mattreevesLA @ApesMovies WAR is coming! Can't wait to see you and @andyserkis knock it out of the park again!" The director then replied, "Andy is peerless."

Matt also confirmed that Michael Giacchino would return to compose scores for "War of the Planet of the Apes".

of course! :) https://t.co/v3ooymf05P

— Matt Reeves (@mattreevesLA) October 17, 2015

Starring Andy Serkis, Gabriel Chavarria, Steve Zahn, Amiah Miller and Woody Harrelson, "War of the Planet of the Apes" is scheduled to hit U.S. theaters on July 14, 2017. Andy will reprise his role as the apes leader Caesar.