The search for a director has been a major problem for the Gambit production for a shockingly long time now.
Given that we don’t have somebody listening in on the various Gambit production meetings, we can’t say why Rupert Wyatt and Doug Liman decided to leave the film… but it certainly doesn’t paint a pretty picture, does it?
First it took a surprisingly long time for the movie to even find a director, and then just a few months after hiring Rupert Wyatt, he quit the project over creative differences.
And while Fox hired Doug Liman to direct the film shortly thereafter, the most recent news about the project is that Liman has left to go make DC’s Dark Justice instead.