Guardians Of The Galaxy 3: 6 Directors Who Could Replace James Gunn
4. Edgar Wright
Known For: The Cornetto Trilogy, Baby Driver, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
Why He's Right For The Job: Another big comic-book fan, Wright is famous for infusing his movies with a wry sense of humour and tons of pop-culture references, and those two traits could easily be describing either of the Guardians movies.
He's also a fan-favourite filmmaker, and in terms of fostering goodwill - something Disney and Marvel will need to consider as they choose Gunn's replacement - it's hard to imagine another choice that would be received as warmly as this one would.
Chances Of It Happening: This is a tricky one.
Wright was set to direct Ant-Man before the MCU even existed, but parted ways with Marvel over creative differences. Part of the problem was that Marvel weren't too keen on making an "Edgar Wright" movie. It seems like the split was amicable, but without actually being present at those meetings, there's no way to know for sure.
But let's be optimistic and assume it was amicable. After the monster successes of the Guardians franchise and Thor: Ragnarok, Marvel must be more open to giving Wright greater freedom, and clearly the guy would be very interested in directing a comic-book movie. 6/10