Why Edgar Wright Didnt Direct AntMan

Why Edgar Wright Didn’t Direct Ant-Man

Edgar Wright was attached to direct Ant-Man for Marvel Studios for nearly eight years; here’s what is known about why he left the movie.

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Here’s why director Edgar Wright decided to leave Marvel Studios’ Ant-Man. The smallest hero in the Marvel Cinematic Universe made his debut in 2015, with Paul Rudd starring as Scott Lang in the solo movie. When the movie was released in theaters, it became a moderate box office success but is widely loved among a contingent of fans. Ant-Man ultimately was directed by Peyton Reed, and he’s returned to direct Ant-Man and The Wasp and will be back for Ant-Man 3 as well.

However, Ant-Man was originally scheduled to have Edgar Wright behind the camera. Marvel Studios hired Wright, known for Shaun of the Dead at the time, to write and direct Ant-Man back in 2006. Wright continued developing the movie for years as the MCU began to take off, but it wasn’t his focus, as he made three other movies following Ant-Man’s announcement. Once the MCU movie did become a priority, Wright shot test footage in 2012 and put the finishing touches on the latest draft of the script in 2014 so filming could begin.

Wright’s time directing Ant-Man came to an end in May 2014, though, when a joint statement was released announcing his exit from the film. The official reason given at the time was due to “differences in their vision of the film.” The key difference in the vision for the film became its connectivity to the larger MCU story. After the success of The Avengers in 2012, Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige required multiple rewrites on Ant-Man that pushed it closer to the MCU. Feige even had a draft of the script done without Wright or Cornish’s involvement, but Wright was not a fan of the new screenplay. It wasn’t long after that his exit from Ant-Man was announced.

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The decision for Wright and Marvel to part ways on Ant-Man somewhat boiled down to control versus collaboration. Wright is a brilliant filmmaker who came from independent movies where his vision could be brought to life without much pushback. He had success with that approach and figured Marvel hired him to bring his voice and style to Ant-Man, so he wasn’t interested in changing too much. However, Marvel Studios had built a model of success where multiple people are involved in creating the story of a movie. Wright has opened up about the experience a bit in the years since, noting that he “wanted to make a Marvel movie but I don’t think they really wanted to make an Edgar Wright movie.”

Even though Ant-Man isn’t Wright’s movie, the movie does still has plenty of his DNA. Marvel rewrote the script following his exit, with Rudd and Adam McKay contributing to the rewrites, but Wright still received a story by and an executive producer credit on the final product. The timing of Wright’s departure also came just weeks before production was scheduled to begin, so Marvel Studios didn’t have time to overhaul the movie too much. Of course, it’s unclear just how true to his original pitch Ant-Man stayed, as Wright has no plans of watching the movie at this point.

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