‘Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes’ Director Rupert Wyatt Signs With 42

EXCLUSIVE: LA and London-based management and production company 42 has signed British writer, director and producer Rupert Wyatt for management.

Wyatt is best known for directing 20th Century Fox’s critical and commercial hit Rise of the Planet of the Apes, starring Andy Serkis. He will continue to be represented by UTA.

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Wyatt made his directorial debut in 2008 with crime-thriller The Escapist, starring Brian Cox, Damian Lewis, Dominic Cooper and Joseph Fiennes. The Sundance premiere achieved multiple BIFA nominations. He also helmed Paramount Pictures’ The Gambler, starring Mark Wahlberg, Brie Larson, John Goodman, and Jessica Lange; and Captive State for Focus Features, with John Goodman and Vera Farmiga.

Most recently, he co-wrote and directed historical drama Desert Warrior, MBC Studios’ largest ever feature film, which stars Anthony Mackie, Aiysha Hart, and Sir Ben Kingsley. The movie is due to launch next year.

In TV, Wyatt was pilot director and executive producer of Fox Television’s The Exorcist, starring Ben Daniels and Geena Davis; and Apple TV+’s The Mosquito Coast, starring Justin Theroux. He also directed the pilot episode of AMC’s Turn, starring Jamie Bell.

Beyond his work behind the camera, Wyatt founded the New York, London, and LA film collective Picture Farm, which has produced projects including 2001 documentary Dark Days and the 2014 thriller Fishing Without Nets, both of which received the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival.

He has also written and developed screenplays for 20th Century Fox, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros, Universal Studios and Sony Pictures Entertainment.

42’s management division includes Josh Varney, Cathy King, Kate Buckley, Peter Dealbert, and Simon Beresford. Clients include Jesse Armstrong, Julian Fellowes, Ralph Fiennes, Nicholas Hoult, Charlie Brooker, Lynne Ramsay, Krysty Wilson-Cairns, Darius Marder, and Abi Morgan.

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