--- description: A week after director Edgar Wright left the project, one of his possible replacements withdrew from negotiations as well title: Marvel's Ant-Man: Adam McKay Backs Off After Edgar Wright Leaves image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc1200fd6e31f1ea1/698695b6cd804d6eb9ccb42c/edgar-wright.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # C-Ant Man: Another Director Backs Off Marvel Film  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 1, 2014 1:42 PM CUT  Edgar Wright attends the Jameson Empire Film Awards 2014 at The Grosvenor House Hotel on March 30, 2014 in London, England. Edgar Wright attends the Jameson Empire Film Awards 2014 at The Grosvenor House Hotel on March 30, 2014 in London, England.Dave J Hogan—Getty Images  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 1, 2014 1:42 PM CUT Marvel’s production of _Ant-Man_ could use its own superhero right about now. A week after director Edgar Wright exited the project, a frontrunner for his replacement, Adam McKay, [has also backed away](http://variety.com/2014/film/news/adam-mckay-wont-direct-ant-man-1201201146/ "undefined"). The _Anchorman_ director pulled out of high-level talks to take over for Wright on Saturday, _Variety_ reports. Other contenders reportedly include Rawson Marshall Thurber (_We’re the Millers_) and Ruben Fleischer (_Gangster Squad_). Wright, who had been attached to the project since 2006, and Marvel went their separate ways due to [“differences in their vision of the film,”](http://marvel.com/news/movies/2014/5/23/22577/marvel%5Fstudios%5Fedgar%5Fwright%5Fstatement "undefined") the studio announced [last weekend](http://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/page/5/ "undefined"). Plans for a July 17, 2015, release date for the film starring Paul Rudd, however, are yet unchanged. \[[_Variety_](http://variety.com/2014/film/news/adam-mckay-wont-direct-ant-man-1201201146/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2804871/ant-man-adam-mckay-edgar-wright/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2804871/ant-man-adam-mckay-edgar-wright/"},"headline":"C-Ant Man: Another Director Backs Off Marvel Film","datePublished":"2014-06-01T13:42:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:08:57.134Z","description":"A week after director Edgar Wright left the project, one of his possible replacements withdrew from negotiations as well","url":"https://time.com/2804871/ant-man-adam-mckay-edgar-wright/","keywords":["movies","Marvel","ant-man"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc1200fd6e31f1ea1/698695b6cd804d6eb9ccb42c/edgar-wright.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc1200fd6e31f1ea1/698695b6cd804d6eb9ccb42c/edgar-wright.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Jameson Empire Awards 2014 - Inside Arrivals","caption":"Jameson Empire Awards 2014 - Inside Arrivals","creditText":"Dave J Hogan—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2804871/ant-man-adam-mckay-edgar-wright/","name":"C-Ant Man: Another Director Backs Off Marvel Film"}}]}] ```