Edgar Wright leaves ‘Ant-Man’ shocking Marvel fans
Marvel was rocked on Friday as director Edgar Wright surprised the pop culture world by dropping out of the 2015 Ant-Man film.
Noting “differences in their vision of the film,” Marvel confirmed the news and the Internet is buzzing over the news. Collider notes that “This is a surprising and unfortunate turn of events as Wright wasn’t just the director on Ant-Man, but a co-writer on the script with Joe Cornish.”
Deadline says the “split was ‘amicable'” while Comic Book Movie writes “news broke that Edgar Wright was leaving Ant-Man, Patrick Wilson, who’s rumored to play a younger Hank Pym in the film, tweeted that the “big news” was coming. Now that it’s out, Wilson has further commented that: “Yes yes… this big news was Edgar’s departure and now not knowing the fate of the film. Big to ME anyway.” Also, BuzzFeed claims that Ant-Man co-writer Joe Cornish has NOT been approached as Wright’s replacement, despite popular belief.”
Paul Rudd stars with Michael Douglas, Patrick Wilson, Matt Gerald and Evangeline Lilly, Ant-Man will arrive in theaters July 31, 2015.
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Here’s Marvel’s official word on Wright’s departure from Ant-Man:
Marvel and Edgar Wright jointly announced today that the studio and director have parted ways on ANT-MAN due to differences in their vision of the film. The decision to move on is amicable and does not impact the release date on July 17, 2015. A new director will be announced shortly.
