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I understand that most people actually have a life and so for those who don't know, I'll explain the situation. Basically, Ant-Man sounds
like a really, really shit title for both a super-hero and a film. If
you're unaware of the character's history then you'd be forgiven for
imagining that he's the name of a cheap knock-off Spider-Man toy
that some grotty fucker's trying to flog down the market. Even Marvel
Studio's weren't that arsed about making his movie a priority until they
were convinced of its potential by Geek King, writer/director Edgar
Wright. For most movie nerds that name could be attached to a script
called, “Sifting Through Gary Busey's Actual Shit” and
we'd still be excited. As a result, the appeal to most people wasn't so
much in the idea of seeing a super-hero who can shrink down to the size
of a genital wart but rather in simply seeing Wrights mad-cap, kinetic,
directorial style applied to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Sadly
however, and after working on the film with co-writer Joe Cornish for
over a decade, Wright abruptly left a few weeks before filming was due
to begin. At this point we're still not entirely sure of the
circumstances in which Marvel and Wright were forced to part ways, with
both sides currently only explaining the event with the dreaded
'C-word'... Creative differences!*