Ant-Man After Wright: How Marvel Should Move Forward From Their Highest-Profile Setback Yet

Last night, fans around the globe were surprised and disappointed to learn that Shaun of the Dead and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World director Edgar Wright will no longer direct Ant-Man for Marvel Studios — a film that he’s been championing for nearly a decade and one of the first movies Marvel Studios put into development.The split was apparently due to irreconcilable creative differences, which brings with it the question of just how Marvel expects to complete the film in the next fourteen months in spite of the fact that, presumably, Wright’s existing script was apparently radically rewritten, which opens the door to start production more or less as soon as a new director is tapped if need be, but in all likelihood whoever comes on board will want a chance to make it their own a bit first.