‘Ant-Man’ Could Get ‘Yes Man’ Helmer Peyton Reed to Direct

Marvel has yet to postpone 'Ant-Man' since Edgar Wright left the project two weeks ago, and though we've heard a number of names mentioned as possible replacements, with Adam McKay coming the closest to taking the job, no one has yet to sign on. The latest word suggests 'Yes Man' and 'Bring it On' helmer Peyton Reed is the front-runner to take over the project.

This news comes from The Wrap, and with how this has all played out so far we're going to take it with a big grain of salt. That said, Reed being up for the film and possibly taking the project on makes sense. The director had a breakout hit in 2000 with 'Bring it On,' but his followup, 2002's 'Down With Love,' was a box office bomb that sandbagged his period 'Fantastic Four' adaptation (which suggests that Reed does have an interest in making a comic book movie). Since then he rebounded slightly with 2006's 'The Break Up' and 2008's 'Yes Man,' but has mostly kept busy in television.

At this point it's hard to imagine the project moving forward at all without a serious delay. Considering that the action set pieces will have already been previsualized, and much of the cast is in place -- on top of having to work with a script that was rewritten in such a way that it made Edgar Wright walk away from the project -- surely anyone coming on would want to put some of their own spin on the material. But perhaps a delay could allow some of the actors to leave the project due to prior commitments. There's a lot of balls in the air, but currently 'Ant-Man' is still scheduled to be released July 17, 2015.