By now we’ve all heard about Marvel and Edgar Wright parting ways on Ant-Man, and all the drama that came with it. Now Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige reveals why they decided on Peyton Reed to sit in the director’s chair.
Speaking at a Q&A for James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy, at which footage from Avengers: Age of Ultron was shown IGN asked Feige about the pick:
“Peyton is someone that I’ve been a fan of for a long time. People may not remember, though probably your readers remember, that he was attached to Fantastic Four more than 10 years ago. We spent a lot of time together… and I got along with Peyton very, very well and he had awesome ideas and an awesome vision for the movie, and for various reasons he ended up leaving that movie…’Peyton was always on our lists, and so when this happened and Edgar [Wright] said ‘Not for me’ we met with a handful of people, but Peyton was always one that I thought would be great.
“It was not a slam-dunk that he would just step into it and do it. He wanted to be sure that he was wasn’t just inheriting something or following someone else’s lead. Or wasn’t inheriting something that the evil studio had watered down to be something bad. I kept saying, ‘You can either read what’s online, or come in and talk to us and look at all this stuff.’ He looked at everything, he talked with us, and he said ‘Number one, I agree with the direction you’re going in. And number two, I can add to it.’ And he has – the movie is in as good a shape as it’s ever been right now.’
Does that ease any of your concerns?
Armed with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, con-man Scott Lang must embrace his inner-hero and help his mentor, Dr. Hank Pym, protect the secret behind his spectacular Ant-Man suit from a new generation of towering threats. Against seemingly insurmountable obstacles, Pym and Lang must plan and pull off a heist that will save the world.
Ant-Man is set to be directed by Peyton Reed and the script was rewritten by Adam McKay. The film stars Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, Evangeline Lilly, Corey Stoll, and Patrick Wilson.
Ant-Man is scheduled for release on July 17th, 2015.
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