{"id":33886,"date":"2014-06-04T06:47:32","date_gmt":"2014-06-04T10:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=33886"},"modified":"2014-06-04T06:47:32","modified_gmt":"2014-06-04T10:47:32","slug":"marvel-burns-through-ant-man-director-shortlist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2014\/06\/04\/marvel-burns-through-ant-man-director-shortlist\/","title":{"rendered":"Marvel Burns Through ANT-MAN Director Shortlist"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Marvel may have found the director<\/a> that they want for their upcoming Dr. Strange<\/strong> movie, but they are still having problems getting a director locked down for their previously announced Ant-Man<\/strong> film.<\/p>\n

The studio has been scrambling to find a replacement ever since Edgar Wright, who had spent eight years developing the project for the studio, walked off nearly two weeks ago. The studio reportedly had three possible replacements in mind – Adam McKay, Reuben Fleischer and Marshall Thurber. Well, McKay removed himself<\/a> rather quickly from preliminary talks over the weekend and Fleischer has reportedly declined an offer in favor of potentially working on other projects.<\/p>\n

And now it appears as if Marvel has moved beyond Thurber as well. Last night, Jeff Sneider tweeted out the following –<\/p>\n

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So Rawson Marshall Thurber already passed on ANT-MAN, the movie that no self-respecting director appears to want to adopt?<\/p>\n

— Jeff Sneider (@TheInSneider) June 4, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n