Director Edgar Wright has a short, but storied history with Marvel Studios. leave out director, whose new film running man Just opened, was going to make famous ant Man Far behind in the first phase. Then, of course, there were creative differences, and that movie got made without them, but fans always try to imagine, “What if?” Well, apparently, an even bigger wonder is “What if?” for edgar wright ant Man. there is X Men,
speaking on the red carpet for running manProducer Simon Kinberg revealed that his desire to work with Wright over the years led to many different projects, including everyone’s favorite mutants. “I’ve been trying to make a movie with Edgar Wright for over 25 years,” Kinberg told the official Movies “We met when we were young in Hollywood, starting out together, and I’ve been a huge fan of his. I’ve sent him things over the years, many, many [things], X Men Movies, all kinds of things, and he always said no.” Unless running manHere is the full quote,
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– @Movies The Running Man is ready (@Movies) 13 November 2025
Kinberg, who is currently writing star wars Trilogy, each either written or produced X Men Movies from 2006 to 2020. Basically, the bulk of the Fox years. And he was able to bring in some fantastic directors to help him, from Matthew Vaughn and James Mangold to Tim Miller and David Leitch. But can you imagine Edgar Wright doing that X-Men: First ClassOr dead poolOr new mutantsWell, maybe not that last one.
We don’t know which films Kinberg introduced specifically, but he certainly made it look like more than one. And we don’t know why Wright turned them down, although his past with Marvel could have been involved. But, in almost a comic book scenario, an Edgar Wright x-men The film is very attractive.
Of course, Kinberg eventually got the chance to work with Wright. running manWhich you can see in theatres. Read our interview with Wright about it here, where he talks about listening to Kinberg.
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