20 years(!) before the Ant-Family traveled to the Quantum Realm, a then-little-known filmmaker named Edgar Wright and his writing partner Joe Cornish began crafting an “Ant-Man” movie pitch featuring Scott Lang as a thief. in the vein of a character from Elmore Leonard. (Think George Clooney in “Out of Sight”.) Wright, as you probably recall, conspicuously stepped down as the film’s director just before production finally began in 2014, after which his original ideas for the life-altering superhero MCU size were revised
Despite the removal of Wright’s vision (he and Kevin Feige have since buried the hatchet), the master of the Three Flavors Cornetto trilogy still managed to make his mark on the MCU. Not wanting the Nick Fury label to be “intrusive or disturbing” to moviegoers who have no idea why Samuel L. Jackson would be relaxing in Tony Stark’s living room, Feige said the decision was made to move the scene. halfway through the credits of “Iron Man.” However, Jon Favreau pointed out that it was Wright who suggested changing it to the end credits.
“Do you remember when we showed him [Edgar Wright] in Skywalker [Ranch]? It was right after the first credits. He’s like, ‘No, you have to put it all the way [at the end]'” Favreau recalled, with Feige comparing it to the iconic post-credits scene from “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.”
It was a great decision on Wright’s part, spawning the famous MCU credits scene lore in the process. However, 15 years later, that “very tricky” balance of serving multiple audiences has only increased tenfold for the MCU, to the point where even its tried-and-true traditions, like the credits scenes, can do more damage. How good for the narrative of the franchise. . Such is the price of success.
