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SDCC: Patrick Wilson And A Number Of Other Actors Depart Marvel’s ANT-MAN

July 25th, 2014 by Marc Comments

The Marvel panel at this years comic con is sure to be exciting what with the upcoming Avengers Age of Ultron which looks to be an even bigger success story than the first.  And then theres Ant Man, which just looks to be in major trouble.  

Deadline are reporting that three actors have jumped ship – Patrick Wilson, Matt Gerard and Kevin Weisman. Speculation is rife that the unprecedented decision by three cast members to walk off the project was down to the mysterious departure of director Edgar Wright.  But thats not the case as Wilson had to leave Ant Man due to a scheduling conflict, due to the delays in filming.  As for  Gerard and Weisman, their characters were simply written out of the new screenplay by current scribe Adam McKay.  We are slightly disappointed by this, as it would certainly been interesting to see how Gerard’s character, who was previously seen in Marvel one-shot All Hail The KIng, would have fitted into this movie.

The news comes after Evangeline Lily revealed that she would not be appearing in the film, despite heavy rumours of her involvement.

Ant Man crashes into cinemas on July 17th, next year.  Hopefully.

Marc is a self-confessed nerd. Ever since seeing Star Wars for the first time around 1979 he’s been an unapologetic fan of the Wars and still believes, with Clone Wars and now Underworld, we are yet to see the best Star Wars. He’s a dad of two who now doesn’t have the time (or money) to collect the amount of toys, comics, movies and books he once did, much to the relief of his long-suffering wife. In the real world he’s a graphic designer. He started Following the Nerd because he was tired of searching a million sites every day for all the best news that he loves and decided to create one place where you can go to get the whole lot. Secretly he longs to be sitting in the cockpit of his YT-1300 Corellian Transport ship with his co-pilot Chewie, roaming the universe, waiting for his next big adventure, but feels just at home watching cartoons with his kids….