Deadline Hollywood reports that 20th Century Fox has hired writer/director Rupert Wyatt to direct their untitled prequel to Planet of The Apes. Wyatt is someone not expected since the rumored hopefuls were names like Katheryn Bigelow and Robert Rodriguez. I'm sure this could be a way to allow the studio to keep creative control over the project. Basically calling the shots to the relative unknown director. We've seen what happens when Fox executives put their creative stranglehold on directors with films like Alien 3 and Wolverine. Let's hope the director is able to make "his" movie rather than a Fox executive's movie.
Many people have praised Wyatt's film The Escapist. He is currently working on Birdsong which stars Brian Cox, Micheal Fassbender (Inglourious Basterds, Fish Tank) and Patty Considine (Hot Fuzz, Dead Man's Shoes).
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