Rupert Wyatt Drops Out Of Fox’s 'X-Men' Spin-Off ‘Gambit’ Starring Channing Tatum

Is the 20th Century Fox studio changing back to what it was before it even has time to catch on? To loosely paraphrase “Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes” director Matt Reeves in all the interviews he did last years including ours and this good podcast chat, he was pretty wary of Fox when approached to make the ‘Apes’ film because they didn’t have a filmmmaker-friendly reputation (totally true, just look at tentpoles through the aughts). But much to his surprise, not only did they accept his new pitch for ‘Dawn,’ they supported him wholeheartedly throughout.

But are things reverting back to their old ways at the studio? First you had reports of massive studio interference this year with “Fantastic Four,” and now some more unfortunate news in the world of Fox’s super hero universe. Deadline reports that director Rupert Wyatt (who did “The Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes” movie ironically enough), has dropped out of the “X-Men” spin-off “Gambit” set to star Channing Tatum. The movie was...