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Inside Edgar Wright’s Wild Ride Through Hollywood’s Studio System

Edgar Wright is one of those directors who seems so joyous. He certainly loves making movies and Hollywood, and in every interview, it feels like he's probably a blast to work with on anything.Wright came into Hollywood with a strong voice, directing and writing the Cornetto trilogy, which I think are his masterpieces.Since then, Wright has expanded into other work at studios, stepping away from Marvel's Ant-Man and now opening Running Man wide.So, what is it like for Edgar Wright to deal with different studios and to dip his toe into adaptations?Well, the director sat down with Screenrant and had some really interesting things to say. Let's go over a few of his best quotes. - YouTubewww.youtube.comOn Navigating Studio GigsTaking these big jobs is a different trajectory for Wright. So naturally, the conversation turned to his past studio experiences, particularly his high-profile Ant-Man departure.Wright contrasted that process with his current project.“The thing with the Marvel process is that it's a slightly different thing because I actually had written the first draft of it before even the first Iron Man came out,” Wright explained. “So by the time it came around to potentially making it, there's a brand and there's a continuity and there's a certain way things work, which was a bit antithetical to what we'd written and how I'd operated.”With The Running Man, a Paramount production, the experience was different. He was brought in specifically for his vision.“In this case, I was fortunate that the people who asked me...

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Published By: NoFilmSchool - Wednesday, 12 November

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