Adam McKay Says His Rewrites On 'Ant-Man' Made It "Bigger," "More Aggressive," And "Funnier"

While Marvel is now in full swing on "Ant-Man," with a summer 2015 release date plugged in and ready to go, Edgar Wright's long developed but ultimately scrapped version will forever be a big "what if?" in the cinematic comic book canon. And while Wright has been largely mum on the whole situation, what is becoming increasingly clear is his vision didn't quite fit the broad, four quadrant needs of Marvel. And since "Anchorman" helmer Adam McKay —courted to direct after Wright exited the project, and ultimately assisting with a rewrite— doesn't come right out and say it, his comments about the work he did on the comic book movie are pretty telling. 

Describing the "giant rewrite" he did on Wright's script (which he calls "really good") with Paul Rudd, McKay said to Collider, "we added some new action beats. I grew up on Marvel Comics so the geek in me was in heaven that I got to add a giant action sequence to...