Date 25/06/2017 - News People
The 'Baby Driver' filmmaker had been hired to write and direct the Marvel Studios movie - which starred Michael Douglas and Paul Rudd - before it was decided someone else would write the script, and the director admits he became "less emotionally invested" as a result, though it was still a wrench to leave the blockbuster. Speaking on Variety's 'Playback' podcast, Edgar - whose 2014 departure from the project was attributed to "creative differences" - said: "I think the most diplomatic answer is I wanted to make a Marvel movie but I don't think they really wanted to make an Edgar Wright movie.