Heat Vision Home Movies Movie News And 'First Steps' co-writer Josh Friedman is on writing duties. Matt Shakman and Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes Gilbert Flores/Variety/Getty Images; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection Logo text 20 th Century Studios is returning to Planet of the Apes . Matt Shakman , who directed Marvel Studios’ The Fantastic Four : First Steps , has been tapped to helm a new installment of the long-running sci-fi property, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Josh Friedman, who co-wrote First Steps as well as Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes , will write the new script. In a twist worthy of an astronaut seeing the Statue of Liberty on a seashore, the new feature project will not be a sequel to Kingdom , which made $397.3 million worldwide and is generally considered a success. Kingdom was a continuation of the trilogy produced starting in 2011 that rebooted the franchise and focused on the rise of the ape leader known as Caesar.…