Marvel Asked Adam McKay To Direct Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

In an interview with the Happy Sad Confused podcast (via Uproxx and The Hollywood Reporter), Ant-Man writer Adam McKay revealed that Marvel Studios approached him to direct Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 after James Gunn was fired earlier this year. Here are highlights:

On talking with Kevin Feige about directing Guardians: “We’ve talked a little bit. We’re always kind of talking. I think Feige is just the greatest and what they’re doing is amazing.”

On a Nova film: “When I was in the fourth or fifth grade, I got into Nova of all people, and I think they’re kicking around a Nova idea now, too.”

On which Marvel film he wants to direct: “Silver Surfer is the one I want to do, man. I would do anything to do Silver Surfer because, visually, you could do what the Wachowskis did with Speed Racer with the Silver Surfer. At the same time, there’s a great emotional story in there, man, where Norrin Radd [Silver Surfer] has to make the choice to save his planet. That would be the one, but I think Fox owns the rights. Alright, I’ll call [Fox Film chief] Emma Watts; I’ll call [Marvel Studios head] Kevin Feige. I think you’ve just created the Silver Surfer movie. I think after Dick Cheney and economic collapse, maybe I need a little break.”

On writing Ant-Man: “I was like, ‘Kevin, I wrote this crazy thing; you probably won’t want to do it.’ And he was like, ‘Well, let me read it.’ And he read it and was like, ‘That’s awesome. We’re doing it.’ He just had that sense about him,” McKay said. “Yeah, what a fun world over there; I would definitely go back there and work. That was a career highlight. And then I got a big, giant Ant-Man poster signed by Stan Lee out of it. So, basically…the end.”