{"id":33811,"date":"2014-05-31T16:58:04","date_gmt":"2014-05-31T20:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=33811"},"modified":"2014-05-31T16:58:04","modified_gmt":"2014-05-31T20:58:04","slug":"adam-mckay-in-and-then-out-of-ant-man-negotiations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2014\/05\/31\/adam-mckay-in-and-then-out-of-ant-man-negotiations\/","title":{"rendered":"Adam McKay In And Then Out Of ANT-MAN Negotiations"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Well, that was quick.<\/p>\n

No sooner than reports started to circulate that Anchorman director Adam McKay was in talks to direct Marvel Studio’s Ant-Man<\/strong>, than comes word that he has withdrawn from negotiations for the film.<\/p>\n

McKay was one of three directors rumored to be on Marvel’s shortlist of potential replacements for Edgar Wright, who departed the project last weekend<\/a>. Word started to circulate late yesterday that McKay had received an offer from the studio to take over the project. The Hollywood Reporter<\/a> this morning confirmed that “[n]egotiations began with McKay in earnest on Friday” but added that “the Anchorman director abruptly decided against taking the job on the film.”<\/p>\n

We’re The Millers<\/strong> director Rawson Marshall Thurber and Zombieland<\/strong>‘s Ruben Fleischer were also on Marvel’s reported shortlist<\/a>, and presumably the studio will be moving on to talks with one of them.<\/p>\n

While the real disappointment about Ant-Man is Marvel having lost Wright’s singular vision for the film, which he spent eight years developing with the studio. I suppose that McKay would have been a serviceable replacement, especially given him having previously worked with Ant-Man<\/strong> star Paul Rudd. Additionally, McKay has been known to shape his films in the editing room more so than most directors, a technique Marvel reportedly uses as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The studio was briefly talking to the director about taking over the troubled project.<\/div>\n

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