20th Century Fox has come up with a short list to replace Rupert Wyatt as the director of Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes, and Deadline have spilled the beans - according to them, the directors currently being looked at are Matt Reeves, J Blakeson, Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, Juan Antonio Bayona and Jeff Nichols. - And, you can add two very exciting names to that list: the site just updated their article and added Guillermo del Toro and Rian Johnson to the mix too.
Apparently Reeves is "top of the list". The
Cloverfield director just today stepped away from Warner Bros. planned remake of
The Twilight Zone citing schedule conflicts, perhaps that's because the
Apes sequel is now on that schedule? I don't need to list Del Toro's credentials to you guys, and of course Johnson has
Looper coming out soon. Fresnadillo helmed
28 Weeks Later and the Clive Owen horror flick
Intruders, Blakeson directed
The Disappearance of Alice Creed and
The Decent 2, Bayona -
The Orphanage and this year's
The Impossible, and Jeff Nichols brought us the very impressive
Take Shelter. So, out of these guys, who would you like to see get the gig and why? Sound off below.
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