But before Disneys follow-up hits theaters, a new film will be competing to become king of the jungle.

Mainly, his take is going to be a little darker and a lot scarier.

Ours is for a slightly older audience, Serkis toldVulture.

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Its a PG-13, more a kind ofApesmovie, a slightly darker take, closer to Rudyard Kiplings.

Kids are so sophisticated, and that is why ourJungle Bookis quite dark.

Serkis is making his directorial debut withJungle Book,and hes leaning heavily on state-of-the-art performance-capture technology.

SerkisJungle Bookis slated for release on Oct. 19, 2018.