This site says no one wants an Ant-Man movie. Really? More interesting than another normal-sized guy with excessive abilities who attracts some type of megalomaniacal villainy that demolishes half the city. It's been a while since we had a miniaturization movie. But it seems no director wants to do it. Blastr:
Well, it looks like they won't nerd-core super-serve, if Wright's out. I'm not unhappy Wright isn't doing it; the Cornetto Trilogy seemed to offer diminishing returns as it went on, but that's just my opinion. Wright has big nerd cred, and would have turned out a comedy / mystery with limited appeal - the sort of thing that gets murdered by word-of-mouth by people who don't like the director's style or rhythm. Hard to get a studio to commit to spending lots of money on niche products whose audience consists of registered members of AICN forums.
I'd have seen it anyway, as a rental. But it wouldn't be a BIG TENT-POLE EVENT and all our superhero movies have to be BTPEs these days. Which brings us to Dr. Strange: it's a go.
Of course he has to fight Dormammu; of course the plot has to involve Mordo, the Loser Magician, and course the story ends with the big battle where Dr. Strange comes to Dormammu's aid to fight the Nameless Ones. Annnd you're thinking:
Yes, Nerds. But it would be a different kind of superhero movie. Name another one where the hero joins the bad guy for the right reason. Plus, Dormammu's head is on fire, which is cool.
But please, no Johnny Depp for Strange. Robert Downey Jr. might actually have worked, long ago, before he decided to wink and prance through every movie.
Finally: Seth MacFarlane's Western was a flop, they say. Why? Perhaps everyone figured they saw all the jokes in the trailer.
