It’s been a sad, traumatic weekend for Marvel fans.
Quirky British director Edgar Wright’s eight-year quest to bring Ant-Man to the screen has ended after he walked away over creative differences with Marvel Studios.
The hotly-anticipated new superhero franchise had Paul Rudd pencilled in as a scientist who had the power to control ants and was scheduled to open July 2015.
Wright, who was behind the British offbeat comedies Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and The World’s End – known collectively as the Cornetto Trilogy, had been developing Ant-Man for some time as a passion project.
Social media erupted in shock, bemusement and widespread speculation over the split,
