I agree as regards the MCU. However, i want to see the film, even if it's a slightly bastardized version of Wright's vision. His Cornetto properties are way better than his IP-driven stuff anyway!

@Soto the problem with Fox is that they don't have all the time in the world to get these films out like Marvel does. They wait too long then the rights go back to MS. Ant Man has been in development for 8 years and as said in the article the script belongs to Marvel so they don't have to start from scratch and spit the film out on the original release date.

I agree with Lhornbk.

I named two verified in-house personnel that have directed One-shots for Marvel. Louis D'esposito is the co-president of Marvel Studios and has directed two shorts for them, both of which spawned ABC television series. Pearce has a permanent relationship with the studio, written or worked on several of Marvel's movies, and directed its most recent One-shot. Learn to read, then read the article, and do some of your own research. You're a cool guy, I liked your anti-Rothman editorial, so don't be a wiener here.

@Soto - I still find what you're saying compelling, but I don't think you can prove any of it.

Surely a revision is a far cry from a square one rewrite. There's no way they could do that. All the action set pieces would be planned out for months by now, you suppose they are just going to keep them and slip them into a completely rehashed plot? Someone above questioned whether Marvel was sticking with Michael Douglas, well there's an interview on this site with him and he doesn't say anything about being fired.

I'm not sure if we fully understand the X-Men 3 situation -- how much was in place? People have been raving about X-Men Days of Future Past because it ret-conned X3 and Wolverine Origins out of the series, but if Ratner just shot the storyboards then that saddles Matthew Vaughn with the blame for being a shit movie, not Ratner. So how do we then praise Vaughn for First Class, when it was his process that [frick]ed up X3? I hated First Class as much as I hated X3, but I'm in the minority there.

Your understanding of the filmmaking process seems a little flawed. I'm a director myself, so I respect the craft we are talking about. Saying Pearce and D-esposito are unqualified is not correct, I already cited the number of projects they have completed which go beyond just the One-shots, so quit myopically referring to the One-shots as their only credits and go to IMDb and check it out yourself. They are qualified, and if not available then that's too bad. This is an Editorial.

Back to your flawed perception of the filmmaking process. I never said the director presses record and that's that - that's a ridiculous ad homimen argument you've tried to stick me with but I reject it, sorry I'm not that dumb.

To be precise, it's the cameraman who presses record, the first AD who shouts "action" and the director gives instructions to the cast and the first AD. That's how it works, so don't be silly by simplifying the process by claiming I believe he should just press record.

No I'm saying this director can wok with the script he's given, shoot the practical photography, take it into editing (which has already started btw, I'd guess up to 50% of the film is already there in the fork of animatics) and see what needs to be re-shot or taken into pickups. The gigantic action scenes are often shot by the Second Unit director or Effects Coordinator anyway so the director can focus on the character work. It's not an auteur piece, that's what I've been saying all along. Anyway, respectfully agree to disagree; please keep leaving your comments here, this is fun!

Test footage:( my most ANTciptated film for 2016 is now my least:( I was so excited