This past Friday brought the unexpected news that Edgar Wright has vacated the director’s chair on Marvel Studios’ first Phase Three offering Ant-Man, having been developing the movie since 2006. It was of course hugely disappointing news for fans eager to see Wright’s take on the miniature superhero, and now two of the British filmmaker’s former Marvel colleagues have responded to the announcement in Joss Whedon (The Avengers, Avengers: Age of Ultron) and James Gunn (Guardians of the Galaxy). First up, here’s Whedon’s response via Twitter…
Meanwhile James Gunn shared his thoughts on the matter with a post on his official Facebook page…
Sometimes you have friends in a relationship. You love each of them dearly as individuals and think they’re amazing people. When they talk to you about their troubles, you do everything you can to support them, to keep them together, because if you love them both so much doesn’t it make sense they should love each other? But little by little you realize, at heart, they aren’t meant to be together – not because there’s anything wrong with either of them, but they just don’t have personalities that mesh in a comfortable way. They don’t make each other happy. Although it’s sad to see them split, when they do, you’re surprisingly relieved, and excited to see where their lives take them next.
It’s easy to try to make one party “right” and another party “wrong” when a breakup happens, but it often isn’t that simple. Or perhaps it’s even more simple than that – not everyone belongs in a relationship together. It doesn’t mean they’re not wonderful people.
And that’s true of both Edgar Wright and Marvel. One of them isn’t a person, but I think you get what I mean.
And finally, Wright himself has taken to Twitter to convey his sadness with a “selfie” of Buster Keaton, cornetto in hand…
Originally published May 26, 2014. Updated April 15, 2018.
