12 Directors who can replace Edgar Wright on Directing Marvel's Ant Man

12 Directors who can replace Edgar Wright on Directing Marvel's Ant Man

With Edgar Wight departing from directing the upcoming movie after being in charge of the film's production for over creative differences on the characters, the start on the filming has just been delayed and now with Wright calling it quits, someone else is going to need to take his place on directing the movie soon before the end of this month or the next.

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By PredatorRIsing - May 25, 2014 09:05 AM EST

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Now here are the best 12 candidates that Marvel should choose from to direct Ant Man:

12. James Mangold

11. Matthew Vaughn

10. Bryan Singer

9. Kenneth Branagh

8. Alan Taylor

7. Brad Bird

6. Steven Spielberg

5. Christopher Nolan

4. Jon Favreau

3. Marc Webb

2. Shane Black

or the reliable

1. Michael Bay

Feel free to choose who should direct Ant Man before Marvel announces the director.

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