Saturday, May 24, 2014

Ant Man: Whedon & Gunn Support Wright

"The Avengers: Age of Ultron" director Joss Whedon used Twitter to post a photo showing his support of Edgar Wright over his sudden exit of the Marvel superhero film "Ant-Man"

Joss is holding up a Cornetto in reference to Wright's Three Flavours Cornetto Trilogy




Now, "Guardians Of The Galaxy" director James Gunn has released his own statement via his Facebook page:

"Sometimes you have friends in a relationship. You love each of them dearly as individuals and think they're amazing people. When they talk to you about their troubles, you do everything you can to support them, to keep them together, because if you love them both so much doesn't it make sense they should love each other? But little by little you realize, at heart, they aren't meant to be together - not because there's anything wrong with either of them, but they just don't have personalities that mesh in a comfortable way. They don't make each other happy. Although it's sad to see them split, when they do, you're surprisingly relieved, and excited to see where their lives take them next. It's easy to try to make one party "right" and another party "wrong" when a breakup happens, but it often isn't that simple. Or perhaps it's even more simple than that - not everyone belongs in a relationship together. It doesn't mean they're not wonderful people. And that's true of both Edgar Wright and Marvel. One of them isn't a person, but I think you get what I mean."

Wright's departure was amicable, and it will not impact the release date of July 17th 2015. A new director will be announced shortly.

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