With Drew Goddard signing on to direct “The Sinister Six” for Sony, the “Cabin in the Woods” filmmaker has pulled out of “The Martian,” a sci-fi movie set up at 20th Century Fox that Matt Damon is being eyed to star in, multiple individuals familiar with the project told TheWrap.
A representative for 20th Century Fox had no comment.
With Goddard focused on “Sinister Six” and Netflix’s “Daredevil” series, Fox was unwilling to wait for his schedule to clear, according to insiders who insist that the studio remains excited about the project and wants to move quickly to find a new director who its top choice Damon would be willing to work with.