Edgar Wright, Drew Goddard and the Beginning of the End at Marvel

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In the last three days, we may have seen one of the most successful studio runs in movie history come to a snikting hault. Edgar Wright left Ant-Man due to creative differences, which were apparently dictated by the good folks above Kevin Feige’s head. The next day, Cabin in the Woods director Drew Goddard dropped out as the showrunner for Marvel’s Daredevil TV series. (He’s already been replaced with fellow Wedonite Stephen S. DeKnight.)

While Goddard’s departure isn’t unexpected given that he just signed on to direct a big Sinister Six blockbuster over in Sony’s burgeoning Spidey-verse, Wright’s exit that smells of Disney micro management

Disney is more concerned about product than movies, we all know that. And replacing director’s isn’t something new, as we’ve seen the door open and close on animators over at Pixar/Disney Animation Studios. A Wright-less Ant-Man, however, but geekdom on high alert. It showed that Disney isn’t interested in visionary directors over at Marvel, while also proving super-producer Feige may have a weakness.

All good things must come to an end. And it looks like the same thing that happened to Pixar after the Disney acquisition is going down at Marvel. All we can do now is wait for the book that tells us about the rise and fall of the Marvel superhero empire. Lord knows I want to hear about what happened behind the scenes.