Jesus Carbomb
From Water into Guinness
Probably saw Quicksilver in DoFP and just gave up.
Shit was that good.
Shit was that good.
Hollywood Reporter: Edgar Wright just left Ant-Man
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Good Job Bob
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The problem is that the movie was supposed to be shooting right now. Unless they scrap the project and rebuild it completely, I don't see how things could possibly work out.
Considering the amount of pre-production that presumably has already been done, it seems more likely that they're going to ram in another director to shoot the film that he already prepped.
Also, there must be a reason that he left (or was fired) at the 11th hour. God knows what's going on here.
Parallax
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Which was bullshit to begin with. Heres hoping for a larger pym role.
Zen_Arcade
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Who gives a shit about people who think the movies have too many jokes in them? As if there aren't jokes in comic books every week. It's a goofy medium with a lot of smart ass colorful characters. Not to mention that out of everyone who has written and directed Marvel movies so far, Wright is the best comedy writer, so they jokes would at least probably be good.
Also, I've only seen people complain about Marvel movies having jokes on GAF, I seriously doubt the general public cares.
Mushroomer25
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It's not that he's the only one capable of making Ant-Man. But it was clear that he had a vision, and spent years (this script has been attached to him for a LONG time) developing it. To drop out less than 18 months from release, with promise from Marvel that everything is still on track - is a huge red flag. Will it just be a no-name director aping Wright's style? Or did Marvel really toss a significant portion of his ideas out?
He's too busy fucking 16 year old boys.
This is why I'm not concerned. People cried foul when Alan Taylor got hired for Thor 2 and the Russos got brought on for Cap 2. Everyone thought they would suck...but they didn't. They turned out better than the originals IMO.
Something is rotten in Denmark...the fact that Gunn was able to produce his vision (it seems) for GotG makes me think that Wright goofed and not Marvel. We'll see.
Bobby Roberts
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It's the reason I made the Ratner joke - you just get a guy to color in the lines Wright already drew. You don't scrap anything. You just have someone else come in and sing lead, essentially.
You're too close, man.
ViewtifulJC
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Jon Favreau incoming
underrated post
Jack Scofield
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Probably wanted to infuse some of his own vision and originally into the film, and since it didn't fit with Marvel's cookie-cutter film-making approach, they couldn't come to an agreement.
john whiteguy84
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Everyone who's saying they won't see it will still go see it.... They'll hire a solid director, release a cool trailer and all will be forgotten
The Technomancer
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youbastards
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My guess is Marvel decided to somehow fit Ant-Man/Pym/Lang into Avengers 2, and doing so would change Wright's vision of what he wanted for his solo Ant-Man movie, and he wasn't willing to compromise for the 'bigger picture'.
crimsonspider89
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Yeah people throwing anti MCU shit sound stupid right now.
They let Gunn and Russos do there thing.
They delayed Ant Man for Wright.
They let him write the script for 8 years.
Something else happened.
They let Gunn and Russos do there thing.
They delayed Ant Man for Wright.
They let him write the script for 8 years.
Something else happened.
Tertullian
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Hype level from maximum to zero. It was an Edger Wright movie. Now it's a just "pretty dumb, third-string superhero who really shouldn't be headlining a movie" movie.
MHWilliams
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I know all about that. As I wrote elsewhere: Ant-Man had "passion project" written all over it, and the guy with the passion just left.
I'm talking about the people who feel this is now a chance to have Hank Pym as the lead in the film. Like:
Delta Assault
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That'd give a whole new meaning to the saying "ants in my pants."
Pai Pai Master
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It could be a bit of both but I wouldn't place the blame entirely on Marvel. They held off on production for almost a decade so Wright could get the script he wanted.
It's unfortunate but doesn't sound like the kind of situation where there was some sort of malice or wrongdoing involved. Sometimes projects like these just don't work out, it's just shocking because it's one of Wright's most notorious passion project and is less than 2 months away from production.
George Oscar Bluth II
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I'm curious as to who they got to replace him. As long as Brett Ratner isn't the one, I'm stil interested in seeing the movie even if Hank Pym is an old man.
Anyway, it's not like Ant-Man was high up on my most anticipated movies list. I just want a Black Panther movie, Feige. Is that too much to ask?
Anyway, it's not like Ant-Man was high up on my most anticipated movies list. I just want a Black Panther movie, Feige. Is that too much to ask?
Father_Brain
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Well, fuck. What a blow to Marvel's geek cred.
If I had to guess, Marvel Studios wanted changes to the script to more closely tie it to other MCU properties, Wright wanted a stand-alone film, and they just couldn't meet each other halfway.
This film never sounded like it quite fit with the bulk of the Marvel Studios film strategy, seemingly being both smaller-scale (lol) and more auteur-driven, so perhaps in hindsight this outcome should come as less of a shocker. But man, this sucks.
If I had to guess, Marvel Studios wanted changes to the script to more closely tie it to other MCU properties, Wright wanted a stand-alone film, and they just couldn't meet each other halfway.
This film never sounded like it quite fit with the bulk of the Marvel Studios film strategy, seemingly being both smaller-scale (lol) and more auteur-driven, so perhaps in hindsight this outcome should come as less of a shocker. But man, this sucks.
Pym is the shit. One of my 10 favorite characters.
Serpentine
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Isn't his new movie about creative differences with working with Marvel
x Power Pad Death Stomp x
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Soooo, if this turns out to be more of his fault than the studios, everyone's going to eat crow, right? Seems weird they would delay and bend over backwards for him only to drop him a month before shooting.
Also, lol at the people refusing to see it now, the power of the Internet Edgar Wright fans sure powered Scott Pilgrim to blockbuster success....
Also, lol at the people refusing to see it now, the power of the Internet Edgar Wright fans sure powered Scott Pilgrim to blockbuster success....
They're locked in to Cap 3.
Hot Coldman
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someone on Twitter said "get Lord and Miller in"
yes fucking please
yes fucking please
shadyspace
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Yeah I bet Marvel is shaking in their boots at the idea of the blow to their geek cred losing some niche British director will cause
Well, earlier this week: https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/bill-pope-shoot-ant-man-film-154300819.html
Obviously he's been talking to his DOP, and they've been talking about how they want to shoot it, and they know what they want visually. This is just... so sudden.
I said goddamn
Bobby Roberts
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Guardians isn't as original as people love to trumpet.
It's basically Firefly. A rocket holding a gun isn't this outlandish mindbending concept, nor are green people or talking trees.
It's a space opera. The only real difference between it and something like, say Fifth Element or Titan AE is that there's a Marvel logo that comes up in front of it.
Hopefully it'll be fun as hell, and funny, and will have some good action sequences. But let's stop acting like Guardians of the Galaxy is some giant outlier. We've all seen this movie before, multiple times. It just has a couple new, interesting looking coats of paint on it.
Wouldn't be surprised if this is a "Bioshock Infinite" issue where they just got sick of time management issues.
This would have been sorted out long long ago. It's not like the script was just written the other day. The execs at Marvel would have also been familiar with his style when he started the project, and it's probably why he was recruited.
The Technomancer
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Yeah, this is actually super weird
Digital-Hero
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My hype shriveled up and died as well. Ugh...
Parallax
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Unless you want it to come out 20 years from now, no thanks.
What do they mean different visions? Is it because Edgar Wright wanted to make a worthwhile and good movie rather than an uninspired and forgettable piece of crap like most Marvel movies? This was the most exciting thing coming from Marvel because Edgar Wright was involved. You want film makers like him taking a stab at these properties because they'll actually try and create something memorable.
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