Oh man do I feel you Edgar.
With fans rightly riled up about the Marvel universe with its flagship film making more money than seems necessary, there’s been plenty of increased buzz about Edgar Wright’s potential involvement with that universe by way of his long-gestating Ant-Man project. Its status?
According to Edgar Wright the film is still happening — its never not been happening — and that it’s just taking a while. You know, the way movies do.
“I get quite superstitious because I don’t feel like anybody — websites and stuff — quite understands how hard long it takes and because the film websites update hourly, it’s like ‘What’s the fucking hold up? Just make it. Why isn’t it coming out tomorrow?’ But every film that I’ve made has taken like three years. Each one, it’s been three years between movies. I would love for that gap to be shorter, but the truth is there’s — it’s almost like a holding pattern. There are planes in the air and you have to figure out which one is going to land before they all crash.”
And by god he’s absolutely right. Wright. Right. It’s become infinitely more frustrating watching movies come together as the hyper-fragmented coverage of every short-list, every title change, every actor negotiation, the day they start shooting, any interesting shooting events, the first set image, the first official image, the first poster, the first teaser, etc. etc. etc. has made the filmmaking process seem so constant and immediate that not hearing each and every detail makes it seem like a project isn’t really being developed.
Well, Wright “hopes” they’ll be shooting this year, but ultimately the important thing is that it’s happening. Sure, he might make a movie in between, but the film is, as I like to say, a thing. Give it time internet! I can’t imagine we’re all any more excited to see it start than Wright is himself…
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Doesn’t it seem like Marvel has made and released three films since Wright was linked to Ant Man? It’s not one of my most anticipated films to be honest, but really, by now two other directors have already been rumored to be attached and have been discarded. And most movies make more money than is necessary? What’s necessary? Couldn’t we give all that money to an orphanage or school? THINK OF THE CHILDREN FOR GOD’S SAKE!
FUCK THE KIDS! Gimme more Marvel goodness.
Renn Brown, Well, I do not mind waiting. I definitely want to see an Ant-Man film. I do not know If I want to see…Edgar Wright’s Ant-Man! It would be nice to hear even a date of…May 2015, with the Announcement of Avengers 2 either later that year or in 2016! I also hope…Janet Van Dyne aka The Winsome Wasp, is involved as well. I hope they join the…Assembled…Avengers!
Seems disingenuous of Wright to tell fans to chill when he was fanning the Ant Man flames just last week when he tweeted a photo of an image of a man, an ant and an ant man. I suspect he did that to rile fans up and get them excited for an Ant Man movie, which would then show Marvel that there’s actually an audience demand for said movie.
I’m interested in the “other” movie. But I do wonder if this isn’t an exercise in proving “demand” as theorized above. With the “Superhero Team Movie” now a viable model for introducing/showcasing lesser known or “difficult” characters, perhaps the practice of giving them over to Auteur/”Signature” filmmakers to launch in stand-alone movies is coming to an end?
Wright has a unique set of skills, so it’s not like he wouldn’t be tagged for/offered another super hero gig at some point. Or even the Post-Team Movie Ant Man. Which may actually be a better gig than an Ant Man constructed to tease the next Team Movie.
I wonder if Ant-man will now be part of the Avengers universe. I heard him say in an interview, last year, that his Ant-man wouldn’t fit in that universe.
I remember that, too. Of course that was a billion dollars ago.
I have a feeling Ant-man will be an Avenger now.
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