[News has only just broke](http://www.empireonline.com/people/doug-liman/director-doug-liman-leaves-gambit-justice-league-dark/
) that the X-Men spin-off Gambit has once again lost another director – now we’re hearing what that film’s former helmer is up to next. British filmmaker Rupert Wyatt is set to direct the science-fiction movie Captive State, according to Variety.
The film boasts an original script, of all things, written by Wyatt and his wife Erica Beeney. Details are still fairly scarce on the project, but the word is cameras will start rolling sometime in 2017.
Wyatt, of course, was attached to direct the Channing Tatum-starring mutant solo movie for some time, but dropped out last year. Doug Liman then came on board, but he has now dropped out as well.
The British director made his name with the well-received prequel Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes, and since made 2014 remake The Gambler, alongside various television projects, including a small-screen adaptation of The Exorcist.