Peyton Tucker Reed is an American television and film director. He directed the comedy films Bring It On, Down with Love, The Break-Up, and Yes Man, as well as the superhero film Ant-Man and its sequels.
Reed’s directorial debut, the motion picture Bring It On, was a number-one box office. He also directed Down with Love, and The Break-Up; all comedy films. He has also acted in small roles in some films including his own and has written a few original songs for his soundtracks. He has also produced a few music videos.
Reed replaced Edgar Wright as the director of Ant-Man. Reed then went on to direct Ant-Man and the Wasp, the sequel to Ant-Man. He is set to direct the third Ant-Man film, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.
Reed directed two episodes from the second season of the Disney+ series The Mandalorian, part of the Star Wars franchise.
What Did Peyton Reed Direct?
Reed’s directorial debut, the motion picture Bring It On, was a number-one box office hit.He also directed Down with Love, and The Break-Up; all comedy films.
Reed directed the 2008 film Yes Man, starring Jim Carrey. Yes, Man is an adaptation of Danny Wallace’s autobiography about his decision to say “yes” to whatever offer, invitation, challenge, or opportunity that is presented to him.
Reed replaced Edgar Wright as the director of Ant-Man. Reed then went on to direct Ant-Man and the Wasp, the sequel to Ant-Man. He is set to direct the third Ant-Man film, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.
Reed directed two episodes from the second season of the Disney+ series The Mandalorian, part of the Star Wars franchise.
Who Directed Antman?
The film was directed by Peyton Reed from a screenplay by the writing teams of Edgar Wright and Joe Cornish, and Adam McKay and Paul Rudd.
It stars Rudd as Scott Lang / Ant-Man alongside Evangeline Lilly, Corey Stoll, Bobby Cannavale, Michael Peña, Tip “T.I.” Harris, Anthony Mackie, Wood Harris, Judy Greer, David Dastmalchian, and Michael Douglas as Hank Pym.
In the film, Lang must help defend Pym’s Ant-Man shrinking technology and plot a heist with worldwide ramifications.
Development of Ant-Man began in April 2006 with the hiring of Wright to direct and co-write with Cornish. By April 2011, Wright and Cornish had completed three drafts of the script and Wright shot test footage for the film in July 2012.
Pre-production began in October 2013 after being put on hold so that Wright could complete The World’s End. Casting began in December 2013, with the hiring of Rudd to play Lang.
In May 2014, Wright left the project citing creative differences, though he still received screenplay and story credits with Cornish.
The following month, Reed was brought in to replace Wright, while McKay was hired to contribute to the script with Rudd. Filming took place between August and December 2014 in San Francisco and Metro Atlanta.