Why did Edgar Wright walk away from Ant-Man, his eight year passion project?
We went looking for clues… Why would he leave now?
We had a look through the history of the project hoping for some answers… Wrights Big Talk Productions cohort Nira Park was also attached to produce.
The same cannot be said for Wrights long-gestatingAnt-Man.
In terms of high concept and character, it intrigued me, the directorwas quoted in IGN.
The last thing I want to do is take a stab at cram too much in and fail.
But at this stage, we cant rule much out.
Ant-Manis in a bit of a holding pattern,Wright told IGN.
Were figuring things out with the script and we havent initiated casting.
We still have quite a bit to do.
I expect Ill have more to say about it in a few months.
Meanwhile, the cogs had slowly began to turn for Wrights passion project.
and that he had fun discussing the tiny hero with cool, young director Edgar Wright.
Its more like me and Kevin [Feige saying], Lets make a really good script.
We [Wright and Feige] discussed whether he would be inThe Avengers, the directortold Cinema Blend.
Joe Cornish claimed this script was handed in by April,Superhero Hype reported.
In October of the same year, Marvel announced the release date forAnt-Manas November 6, 2015.
So everything seemed to be going swimmingly then, and a few months passed before any other news arrived.
Things had moved forward slowly with appropriately tiny steps, but they had indeed moved forward.
The film was scripted, the studio happy to wait and plot compromises had been made.
For all intents and purposes,Ant-Manwas finally good to go.
I like to make it standalone because I think the premise of it needs time.
He went on to add that I thinkIron Manreally works because its a relatively simple universe; its relatable.
A few weeks later, the films release date was pushed by until July 2015. Who knows at this point.
No one seemed to flare up about this publically, though.
Everyone involved seemed jubilant when Paul Rudd and Michael Douglas casting was announced in the past few months.
Casting has continued throughout 2014, and Wright wasmerrily tweetingAnt-Man cartoon pictures under the caption homework back in January.
Its hard to say.
Could LA be too much for the Brit director?
Was it one rewrite too many for Wright?
Has Wright received an offer he cant refuse for another project?
Has Paul Rudd been wearing Sex Panther on set?
But we really must stress that we dont know.
At this point everything is rumour and we will let you know when we hear anything else official.
Will Joe Cornish step up to direct or will Marvel call in someone new?
Hopefully well find out soon.
