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Anthony Mackie, Aiysha Hart to Lead Saudi-Backed Period Epic ‘Desert Warrior’ From Rupert Wyatt
Saudi Arabia is stretching its filmmaking arms into Hollywood once more. Having already come aboard to finance the Gerard Butler action-thriller Kandahar, MBC Studios, the production arm of the Saudi government-controlled regional broadcasting giant MBC, is now set to produce the historical epic Desert Warrior from Rupert Wyatt (Rise of the Planet of the Apes, […]
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‘Halo’ Director Rupert Wyatt Exits Showtime TV Series
Director Rupert Wyatt has exited Showtime's live-action take on 'Halo.'
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‘The Big Short’s’ Charles Randolph and Rupert Wyatt Team for Sci-Fi Thriller Series (Exclusive)
Gaumont and Ivanhoe Pictures will co-produce 'Red Rush.'
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‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes’ Director Rupert Wyatt to Helm ‘Exorcist’ Pilot for Fox
Wyatt will also exec produce the remake, which is a modern take on William Peter Blatty's book.
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Doug Liman Near Deal to Direct Channing Tatum’s ‘Gambit’
Rupert Wyatt recently exited the project centered on the card-throwing mutant.
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High Anxiety on Hollywood Mega-Movies: How ‘Gambit’ Lost Its Director
Rupert Wyatt, his star rising after a successful 'Planet of the Apes' reboot, has fallen out of films at almost every studio (an 'Apes' sequel at Fox, 'The Equalizer' at Sony) as the pressure of working in today's Hollywood takes its toll: "Studios don't necessarily want an auteur who's going to try and reinvent the franchise."
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‘The Gambler’ Director Rupert Wyatt Signs With UTA (Exclusive)
Wyatt also helmed 2011's 'Rise of the Planet of the Apes.'
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‘The Gambler’: What the Critics Are Saying
Mark Wahlberg, John Goodman, Brie Larson, Michael Kenneth Williams and Jessica Lange star in a remake of the 1974 crime drama
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Mark Wahlberg Notes ‘The Gambler’s’ Stance: Gaming Addiction Isn’t a Disease
"Mark's character almost looks for a way to get clobbered. … It's almost like Wahlberg wants it to all go to shit"
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Rupert Wyatt to Direct Crime Thriller ‘Night Film’ (Exclusive)
Chernin Entertainment has picked up rights to Marisha Pessl's upcoming noir novel.
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‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes’ Director in Talks to Helm ‘The Equalizer’
Denzel Washington is starring in Sony's big-screen take on the 1980s TV show.
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