Edgar Wright was going to direct Ant-Man. He also wrote a draft of the script. But he left the project on May 23. 2014. Because due to creative differences with Marvel Studios. So new Ant-Man's director was appointed to Peyton Reed. At the End Credit Scene, Edgar was credited in screenwriter, and exclusive producer.
Also He is a best friend of Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, and Martin Freeman, Simon and Nick and Martin appeared in the Edgar's Cornetto trilogy. (Shaun of the dead, Hot Fuzz, The World's end)
At Touchstone Pictures film,The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, he was appeared in the cameo.