Kevin Feige Opens Up About Edgar Wright Leaving Ant-Man
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- July 21, 2014
By Danny F. Santos (doddleNEWS)
Ever since Edgar Wright left Ant-Man, there have been whispers and rumors about why he left. Was his and Joe Cornish’s script too outlandish? Did Disney go over Marvel’s head, and have the screenplay rewritten to have way more product placement?
Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige wants to dispel all those rumors once and for all, and opened up about what happened. He spoke with The Guardian about what happened, and why Wright left:
We sat round a table and we realized it was not working. A part of me wishes we could have figured that out in the eight years we were working on it. But better for us and for Edgar that we figure it out then, and not move it through production.
We said let’s do this together and put out a statement. What do we say? ‘Creative differences.’ I said: ‘That’s what they always say and no-one ever believes it.’ Edgar said: ‘But in this case it’s true… ‘
The Marvel movies are very collaborative, and I think they are more collaborative than what he had been used to. And I totally respect that.
Feige is right about that, films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe are by their very nature, collaborative. They need to work on their own and also with the rules established by the previous movies while at the same time building the groundwork for the films that follow it. That’s a lot to compromise on.
As for how the project is faring now under Peyton Reed, Feige was extremely happy about the direction saying:
Peyton is going to do a tremendous job and the cast is tremendously dedicated and the script is getting into amazing shape. You wouldn’t expect a producer to say anything different, but when that movie comes out it will be the absolute best version of Ant-Man that could have existed.
Of course you’d expect him to say that and he even points it out in the interview. The truth is that we don’t have any idea what changes have been made or how radical of a departure the screenplay is from the Wright/Cornish version– or whether it’s even better than the original version. Wright has a wonderful track record, while Peyton’s films have been middling at best so I do approach that comment with skepticism. However, that’s not to say that Peyton’s Ant-Man won’t be the best Ant-Man film that could ever have existed within the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
As much as I would have liked to see Wright bring his vision of Ant-Man to the screen, I’ve resigned myself to the reality of the situation that he’s left the project and is not coming back. All I can ask for at this point is that they produce the most thrilling and satisfying film they can under the current circumstances.
Ant-Man premieres July 17, 2015.
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