While things continue to appear to progress well for the release of Ant-Man from Marvel Studios next year, it’s no surprise that Kevin Feige of Marvel Studios is getting peppered with questions that want more details about what went down with Edgar Wright and the bringing on of Peyton Reed. At the latest press event in London for Guardians of the Galaxy, The Guardian newspaper got their chance to ask the question and Feige was a bit more detailed this time around than before, though not on the specifics of what didn’t work. Which makes sense since the movie is being made and you don’t want to reveal too much.
“We sat round a table and we realised it was not working,” said Feige. “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'”
Kevin Feige continued, “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. “[But] the notion that Marvel was scared, the vision was too good, too far out for Marvel is not true. And I don’t want to talk too much about that because I think our movies speak to that. Go look at Iron Man 3; go look at The Winter Soldier; go see Guardians of the Galaxy later this month. It would have to be really out there to be too out there for us.”
“Peyton is going to do a tremendous job and the cast is tremendously dedicated and the script is getting into amazing shape,” he said. “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.” He added, “The biggest disappointment for me is just the relationship, because I like Edgar very, very much and we were very close for many many years. But the perception that the big evil studio was too scared at the outside-the-box creative vision is just not the case.”
Directed by Peyton Reed, the film lands on July 17th, 2015. It stars Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, Michael Peña, Patrick Wilson, Evangeline Lilly, and Corey Stoll.
Plot concept: Armed with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, con-man Scott Lang (Rudd) must embrace his inner-hero and help his mentor, Dr. Hank Pym (Douglas), 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.
[Source: The Guardian]