Director Rawson Marshall Thurber Passes On Marvel's ANT-MAN

Director Rawson Marshall Thurber Passes On Marvel's ANT-MAN

Dang, Marvel is having a rough couple of weeks with their next tentpole, Ant-Man. First, Edgar Wright ("Hot Fuzz") walks away, then Adam McKay ("Step Brothers") passes and now Rawson Marshall Thurber ("We're the Millers") has rejected Marvel's offer.

By nailbiter111 - Jun 03, 2014 06:06 PM EST
Filed Under: Ant-Man
Source: thisisinfamous.com
The website, thisisinfamous.com, is reporting:
Earlier today, we scooped that Rawson Thurber had been offered the job in the hopes of settling down the movie’s rocky road to production and getting things back on pace to hit that July 2015 release date Marvel is still dead set on. Unfortunately, the ANT-MAN nightmare for Marvel continues, as sources tell us Thurber has indeed passed on the film, sending the studio right back to the drawing board to find someone actually willing to touch this movie with a 10-foot pole.

As you know, Edgar Wright ("At World's End") spent many years working and reworking the script for Ant-Man. He even shot some test footage which was viewed at Comic-Con, and eventually leaked online. It earned some high-marks from fans and interest in the diminutive hero was growing. Then, things went, real bad. Marvel decided to throw a wrench into production, supposedly having an in-house writer polish Edgar's script. The changes left Wright quite upset and he split from the project. Since then, several directors have been named as possible replacements. Adam McKay, who directed Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy and Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, was close to taking the gig but talks brokedown. And now that Thurber ("Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story") has taken his name out of the running some of you might assume that another rumored choice, Ruben Fleischer ("Zombieland") would move to the head of the class. That's probably not the case either as Fleischer is said to be in talks for Ghostbusters 3. Looks like Marvel will have to go to plan C, whatever the hell that is.
Marvel's "mite"-iest hero will hit theaters July 17, 2015 courtesy of director Edgar Wright, from a screenplay Edgar co-wrote with Joe Cornish. The film stars: Paul Rudd as Scott Lang/Ant-Man and Michael Douglas as Hank Pym. The cast also includes: Evangeline Lilly, Michael Peña, Corey Stoll, Patrick Wilson and Matt Gerald.
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DaVinci31
DaVinci31 - 6/3/2014, 6:50 PM
Well, f*ck.
ALegendaryPanda
ALegendaryPanda - 6/3/2014, 6:51 PM
Jesus [frick]ing christ.....
DaVinci31
DaVinci31 - 6/3/2014, 6:51 PM


Cartoon22
Cartoon22 - 6/3/2014, 6:51 PM
DAMN any of those 3 , i would have been happy.
ezio619
ezio619 - 6/3/2014, 6:52 PM
WTF?. well RUBEN FLEISCHER THEN....ahhhhhhhhh ...idk..I WILL NOT GIVE UP ON THIS FILM!!
DaVinci31
DaVinci31 - 6/3/2014, 6:52 PM
ScorpioRisin
ScorpioRisin - 6/3/2014, 6:53 PM
Just scrap it already... geez.
Reasonnnn
Reasonnnn - 6/3/2014, 6:53 PM
The report says that it was the Disney execs, not Feige, who had the last-minute decision to change the [frick]ing script ugh
WinterSoldier33
WinterSoldier33 - 6/3/2014, 6:54 PM
Wow, this is sad for marvel
Reasonnnn
Reasonnnn - 6/3/2014, 6:54 PM
The report being the one Sneider linked to nailbiter
ALegendaryPanda
ALegendaryPanda - 6/3/2014, 6:55 PM
This is just incredible.
DeusExSponge
DeusExSponge - 6/3/2014, 6:55 PM
Damn, this is not looking so good for Ant-Man or Marvel! Someone do something about this already! Intervention is needed!
ezio619
ezio619 - 6/3/2014, 6:55 PM
oh ..i just read the ruben fleischer thing..damn.. well if they do scrap this film( which i dont think they will) but if they do..i think they should just release avengers age of ultron next year..it will be a nice change of pace for the GA to have two superhero films next year in Avengers 2 and FF.. and start phase 3 with Cap 3..so that way no movie such as dr strange or black panther is rushed out imo
ScorpioRisin
ScorpioRisin - 6/3/2014, 6:56 PM
DaVinci31
DaVinci31 - 6/3/2014, 6:56 PM
Don't disappoint me, guys.

Pasto
Pasto - 6/3/2014, 6:56 PM
This thread will be glorious.
DarkModeDan
DarkModeDan - 6/3/2014, 6:56 PM
Huh. What is up with this movie?
Granted, even though I like the character, I can easily see that "Ant-man" is an REALLY silly movie idea, but this thing really seems to have something about it that NOBODY wants to touch...



ezio619
ezio619 - 6/3/2014, 6:57 PM
Reasonnn-idk.. the rumor now is that edgar wright is considering doing Kolchak: The Night stalker as his next project...which is being produced by disney so if its true.. then i dont think things may be as bad as some people think it is
antman8o8
antman8o8 - 6/3/2014, 6:57 PM
just have Jon Favreau do it ala Iron Man direction.
Starfox
Starfox - 6/3/2014, 6:58 PM
SMH Just bring Wright back and call it a day. Obviously no one likes your script changes Marvel. ;)
Kurne
Kurne - 6/3/2014, 6:58 PM
So Edgar screws over a bunch of characters and leaves, Marvel apparently [frick]'s up the script and nobody wants to pick up the pieces? Come on.
SuperCat
SuperCat - 6/3/2014, 6:59 PM
I give up. Just kill it.
Pasto
Pasto - 6/3/2014, 6:59 PM
Show me what you're working with trolls! Both DC AND Marvel! Gimmie something good!
ALegendaryPanda
ALegendaryPanda - 6/3/2014, 6:59 PM
I'm starting to think they should take back their original November 2015 release date...
ezio619
ezio619 - 6/3/2014, 7:00 PM
starfox-what if...its not the script changes..I KNOW RIGHT!!.it could be something else..these guys might not want to come in and rush a product or maybe they have other films..nothing has really been confirmed..some reports are more plausible then others but still..
Highflyer
Highflyer - 6/3/2014, 7:00 PM


I haven't heard any good news regarding this movie in a while.
Zickafoose
Zickafoose - 6/3/2014, 7:00 PM
They will probably push it back. Avengers will make enough for Marvel in 2015 anyway.
Sxcory
Sxcory - 6/3/2014, 7:01 PM
Wonder if Wright gets the job back again. Would be cool if the directors banded together and helped Wright out.
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