Rise of the Planet of the Apes director Rupert Wyatt has signed on to an adaptation of Marisha Pessl’s upcoming novel Night Film.
Sony’s adaptation of the ’80s TV drama The Equalizer is looking for a new director now that Rise of the Planet of the Apes helmer Rupert Wyatt has left the project.
Lawless and Zero Dark Thirty star Jason Clarke has signed on to play the human lead in Fox’s Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.
Following the departure of director Rupert Wyatt from the sequel to Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Matt Reeves (Cloverfield reportedly leads a Fox shortlist of potential replacements that includes Guillermo del Toro, Rian Johnson and Juan Carlos Fresnadillo.
Rise of the Planet of the Apes director Rupert Wyatt is reportedly leaving the Fox sequel because he’s uncomfortable with the announced May 2014 release date.
Fox has hired Contagion screenwriter Scott Z. Burns to rewrite the script for the sequel to Rise of the Planet of the Apes, which again will be directed by Rupert Wyatt.
Universal Pictures has won the bidding war for Agent 13, a pulp-infused sci-fi pitch based on a series of novels and comics from the 1980s. Oscar winner Charlize Theron is attached to star, with Rise of the Planet of the Apes’ Rupert Wyatt set to direct.
Charlize Theron and Rise of the Planet of the Apes director Rupert Wyatt have attached themselves to the wildly popular Agent 13 script written by T.S. Nowlin.
Twentieth Century Fox has premiered eight new images and an international trailer for the Rupert Wyatt-directed prequel to Planet of the Apes. The movie, which stars James Franco, Andy Serkis, Freida Pinto and John Lithgow, opens on Aug. 5.
The latest trailer for Rise of the Planet of the Apes is filled with ape-fueled mayhem and beautiful effects work from WETA.
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