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Edgar Howard Wright (born 18 April 1974) is an English filmmaker. He is known for his fast-paced and kinetic, satirical genre films, which feature extensive utilisation of expressive popular music, Steadicam tracking shots, dolly zooms and a signature editing style that includes transitions, whip pans and wipes. He first made independent short films before making his first feature film, A Fistful of Fingers, in 1995. Wright created and directed the comedy series Asylum in 1996, written with David Walliams. After directing several other television shows, Wright directed the sitcom Spaced (1999–2001), which aired for two series and starred frequent collaborators Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. In 2004, Wright directed the zombie comedy Shaun of the Dead, starring Pegg and Frost, the first film in Wright's Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy. The film was co-written with Pegg—as were the next two entries in the trilogy, the buddy cop film Hot Fuzz (2007) and the science fiction comedy The World's End (2013). In 2010, Wright co-wrote and directed the action comedy film Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, an adaptation of the graphic novel series. Along with Joe Cornish and Steven Moffat, he adapted The Adventures of Tintin (2011) for Steven Spielberg. Wright and Cornish co-wrote the screenplay for the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Ant-Man in 2015, which Wright intended to direct but abandoned, citing creative differences. He has also written and directed the action film Baby Driver (2017), the documentary The Sparks Brothers, and the psychological horror film Last Night in Soho (both 2021).
For the last two years Hank Pym has been working with Tony Stark on a global defense android—an adaptive peacekeeper meant to replace superheroes. Tony warns that A.I. can’t be fully trusted, but Hank is obsessed with ending risk forever. Janet worries he’s disappearing into the mission and ignoring present dangers. Those dangers wear a familiar face. Former student Justin Hammer unveils the “Hammer Particle,” a rival shrink-tech, and launches a New Ant-Man program using ex-con Eric O’Grady. Hank can’t sue—his patents don’t cover Hammer’s changes. To his frustration, the new Ant-Man becomes a sensation, even teaming with other heroes. Hank buries his guilt in his android project. The truth surfaces when Eric kidnaps Hammer and threatens to drop him from the Empire State Building unless he gains control of Hammer Tech. The world watches. Few heroes respond. Janet forces Hank to see this isn’t justice. He unlocks a sealed prototype: the Yellow Jacket armor. Yellow Jacket and Wasp confront Eric atop the tower. Janet rescues Hammer while Hank fights. Eric is quicker; Hank is older. Losing ground, Hank tackles him off the edge, destroying the wings. They fall—Janet saves them at the last second. Eric lunges again but Hammer remotely shuts the suit down. Arrest follows. Hammer is fined. Hank shelves Yellow Jacket, unsettled by how reckless it felt. He returns to the android.
