Ant-Man: 10 Reasons Edgar Wright's Departure Dooms The Film

10. The British Connection Is Gone

On the slightly wetter side of the Atlantic, Edgar Wright is an admired and accomplished director. His work on the Cornetto trilogy has marked him out as one of the most exciting auteur directors working in Britain at the moment. Shaun of the Dead is only a decade old, but the witty "Rom-Zom-Com" is already a comedy classic in the eyes of many Brits. Aside from that one stone-cold classic, the two other Cornetto movies - Hot Fuzz and The World's End - are well on their way to becoming equally revered by UK audiences. The United Kingdom is a crucial market for cinema and someone with the reputation of Wright could have made Ant-Man a real success in the country. It's rare that a homegrown director like Wright gets to take control of such an enormous project and so it's a big blow to the British audience for that influence to go down the drain.