DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (Director Update)

• DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES

Caesar will return 

Matt Reeves

Well it is official as Deadline reports that Rupert Wyatt has indeed left the sequel to his hit Rise of the Planet of the Apes because he didn't feel he could deliver the film he wanted by the studio's previously announced May 23, 2014 release date.

Which is shame, we were really looking forward to see how he would take this story further, and complete his vision of the franchise.

Meanwhile, Cloverfield and Let Me In director Matt Reeves has parted ways with Warner Bros.' feature film version of The Twilight Zone, and is now said to be on the short list of contenders to helm Fox's sequel Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.

In addition to Reeves, the short list of potential Apes 2 directors is said to include "The Disappearance Of Alice Creed helmer J Blakeson, 28 Weeks Later helmer Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, Take Shelter and Mud director Jeff Nichols, Pacific Rim helmer Guillermo del Toro, The Impossible helmer Juan Antonio Bayona and Looper helmer Rian Johnson (however, Johnson’s reps deny he is in the hunt)."