Last week, the Internet exploded like a last TIE Fighter upon the release of the teaser trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. In our analysis of this first footage, we asked (as did the entire universe) who was narrating the trailer. It sounded a lot like Benedict Cumberbatch, who is not part of the cast of the film, but it was more likely to be Andy Serkis, who is a confirmed castmember, although we still don’t know what The Hobbit actor’s role is within the Star Wars universe.

Today, the morning TV news program Good Morning America stated that they’ve confirmed that the narration in the trailer is actually Andy Serkis, although they did not reveal their sources (several websites have also confirmed with their own unnamed sources). Furthermore, the site Jedi News has some details on what Serkis will be doing in the new film.

First it was announced that Benedict Cumberbatch would be playing the role of Shere Khan in Warner Brothers’ adaptation of The Jungle Book, titled Jungle Book: Origins, being directed by Lord of the Rings star Andy Serkis.

But instead of waiting a bit to announce the next single actor joining the movie, it was decided to go ahead and announce the rest of the cast all at once. Joining Cumberbatch is Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Naomie Harris, Tom Hollander, Eddie Marsan, Rohan Chand, and Peter Mullan.

Now that Disney and director Jon Favreau’s upcoming live-action/CG hybrid take on The Jungle Book has put together a pretty impressive cast, Warner Brothers and director Andy Serkis have started to cast their competing take on the Rudyard Kipling tale, which is titled Jungle Book: Origins.

Much like Disney’s first announcement was that Idris Elba would be playing the tiger villain Shere Khan, WB’s first official casting announcement is that Benedict Cumberbatch will be playing Khan in their version.

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Director: Matt Reeves
Screenwriters: Mark Bomback, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver
Cast: Andy Serkis, Jason Clarke, Gary Oldman, Keri Russell, Toby Kebbell, Judy Greer, Kodi Smit-McPhee
20th Century Fox
Rated PG-13 | 130 Minutes
Release Date: July 11, 2014

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is to Rise of the Planet of the Apes what The Empire Strikes Back is to Star Wars. An incredible, awe-inspiring epic; a monumental achievement in genre filmmaking and one of the year’s very best films.

Directed by Matt Reeves (Cloverfield, Let Me In), the film begins with a montage of news reports showing the collapse of human civilization in the wake of the ALZ-113 virus. Ten years after the “Simian Flu” epidemic, Caesar (Andy Serkis) governs a growing nation of genetically enhanced apes in the Muir Woods. With his wife Cornelia (Judy Greer) and son River (Nick Thurston), Caesar has established a thriving community for his species – one free of human interference.

20th Century Fox has released the final trailer for their upcoming Rise of the Planet of the Apes sequel, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.

The movie will be released next month on July 11th, and stars Andy Serkis, Jason Clarke, Gary Oldman, Keri Russell, Toby Kebbell, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Judy Greer, Enrique Murciano, and Kirk Acevedo. It is directed by Matt Reeves.

You can watch the new trailer below now, and you can check out previous trailers and previews right here if you’ve not seen them all.