Ant-Man director calls it quits

[MatterEaterLad]

Ant-Man director, Edgar Wright, steps away, cites creative differences.

 

 

 

[Jiminy_Cricket-migration]

Whoaaaa !!!!

 

I wish Marvel took a hard line with Ang Lee.

[Logan510]

Maybe the director realized how dumb this movie is actually going to be.

[mrmyst]

Maybe the director realized how dumb this movie is actually going to be.

 

[Jiminy_Cricket-migration]

He's been working on this movie since 2006. That's an awful long time to figure that out. Maybe this is for the best then.

[thunsicker]

I'm guessing he wanted it more comedic than Sony/Marvel wanted it.

[NewEnglandGothic]

Never a good sign on a production.

[Logan510]

I'm guessing he wanted it more comedic than Sony/Marvel wanted it.

 

I have no way to prove this, but my gut tells me the reverse is probably true.

[yoddler]

I got a baaaad feeling about this.

[Heresy]

I've liked a lot of his other stuff but always thought he was kind of a weird choice for this movie.

[Prince Namor]

Maybe he was trying to direct it like a Scott Pilgrim movie, and Marvel's just not that hip.

I say, go make another Scott Pilgrim movie, that was awesome!

 

[The Kaptain]

Maybe the director realized how dumb this movie is actually going to be.

 

How dumb could it be?

 

[Juswuh]

Looks as if Marvel treat their cinematic personnel in the same way they do the people who produce the comics, as basically interchangeable. Incidentally there are one or two real misandrist bigots in that Mary Sue comment thread.

[joe_collector]

I have no way to prove this, but my gut tells me the reverse is probably true.

 

Exactly. The stars (and their agencies) run Hollywood, and Paul Rudd is not exactly known for his action roles.

[joe_collector]

Did anyone else hear that?

 

It was the sound of Avengers 181 crashing to Earth.

[nearmint]

misandrist

 

Had to consult Webster on that one.

[Bosco685]

Never a good sign on a production.

 

Now this is sad news.

 

[Logan510]

Maybe the director realized how dumb this movie is actually going to be.

 

How dumb could it be?

 

 

Look at the cast. If that group isn't setting it up to be a yuk fest I don't know what else it could be?

[Logan510]

I have no way to prove this, but my gut tells me the reverse is probably true.

 

Exactly. The stars (and their agencies) run Hollywood, and Paul Rudd is not exactly known for his action roles.

 

I love him as an actor. But I doubt that his involvement means anything other than a chuckle fest.

[Broke as a Joke]

Ant-Man was easily the riskiest movie Marvel had on the agenda. I felt humor was possibly the only way to make this work cinematically.

 

Now who knows which way they go. First chink in the mighty Marvel armor??