'Cloverfield' Director Matt Reeves Takes Over 'Planet Of The Apes'

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"Cloverfield" helmer [url="http://www.mtv.com/movies/person/52349/personmain.jhtml"]Matthew Reeves[/url] will direct the follow up to "Rise of the Planet of the Apes," the lovingly titled "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes."

Reeves was considered the front-runner for the past few weeks, ever since he abruptly dropped out of Warner Bros.' planned "Twilight Zone" remake/reboot, right around the same time "Rise" director Rupert Wyatt announced he was stepping away from the franchise, presumably to direct something with fewer talking apes.

[url="http://www.deadline.com/2012/10/matt-reeves-in-deal-to-direct-dawn-of-the-planet-of-the-apes/"]Deadline[/url] ran the exclusive today announcing Reeves' deal with Fox. The director's name had previously appeared on a shortlist that also included J Blakeson, Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, Jeff Nichols, Juan Antonio Bayona, Rian Johnson (ha!), and Guillermo del Toro (HA!).

"Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" is still scheduled for a May 23, 2014 release date, so somebody better get Andy Serkis in a lycra unitard NOW!

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