Ant-Man

June 19, 2015

Paul Rudd Discusses His Role in Captain America: Civil War

It may be hard to fathom at times, but Avengers: Age of Ultron was not the last film in Marvel’s Phase 2. That honor goes to Ant-Man, a movie that’s faced its fair share of challenges, but seems to be poised to make a splash at the box office. To show its faith in the movie, Marvel has not only already announced that star Paul Rudd will be in Captain America: Civil War, but he’s already started shooting for the sequel. Rudd talked to The Best Show about the experience: “It’s been an interesting thing [playing Ant-Man] because I also just went and worked a little bit on Captain America 3,” Rudd told The Best Show. “To be in that Marvel world, but kind of be somewhat in a bubble [on the solo movie] and now to kind of have these experiences where I’m standing opposite Captain America, It’s been a surreal ride so far. It’s really only just starting.” He’s not wrong, though anything is certain when it comes to the box

June 11, 2015

Ant-Man: New Posters and TV Spot Feature Fun Avengers Cross-Promotion

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The summer movie season is far from over for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The final film of Marvel Studios’ Phase 2, Ant-Man, is still set to debut later this July. This week, Marvel Studios has released some fun new poster images showing how the diminutive hero Ant-Man, aka Scott Lang, sizes up next to the trademark signatures of the Avengers’ Big Three: Captain America’s shield, Thor’s hammer Mjolnir, and Iron Man’s armor. You can check out the new poster images below. In addition, Marvel also released two recent TV spots, one of which is an extended one minute spot with a great deal of new footage. Paul Rudd’s Scott Lang even makes an amusing joke in one about calling the Avengers. You can check out both spots in the players below. There is also some cool footage of Corey Stoll as Yellow Jacket. That said, the plot does seem a little derivative of the first Iron Man film in some ways. Also the cinematic replacement with an older Hank Pym

April 22, 2015

Joss Whedon Says That Edgar Wright’s Ant-Man Script Was ‘Greatest Marvel Script Ever’

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For the longest time, Edgar Wright was attached to Marvel’s Ant-Man, and he had a Ant-Man script fully prepared to make into movie. In fact, most of the cast were brought into the movie while he was still attached to it. Sadly, due to conflict with Marvel, Wright departed the film, which apparently made one Joss Whedon very sad. “Only that I don’t get it,” Whedon told BuzzFeed when the topic came up, “I thought the script was not only the best script that Marvel had ever had, but the most Marvel script I’d read. I had no interest in Ant-Man. [Then] I read the script, and was like, Of course! This is so good! It reminded me of the books when I read them. Irreverent and funny and could make what was small large, and vice versa.” He continued on: “I don’t know where things went wrong. But I was very sad,” he said. “Because I thought, This is a no-brainer. This is Marvel getting it exactly right. Whatever dissonance that came,

April 13, 2015

Ant-Man Trailer #2 Fully Released

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After being shown at an Avenger panel a few days back, then teased (cause we all love teaser trailers…), we now have the second (or first in Marvel’s line of thinking) trailer for the upcoming movie Ant-Man, starring Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas and Evangeline Lilly. Whereas the first trailer really tried to show a lot of the story behind what was going on, this Ant-Man trailer is more focused on the powers of the suit. Which in turn actually allows us to see a bunch of action scenes with Scott Lang in full Ant-Man armor, using the shrinking power of his suit to its full potential. Oh, and there’s some cool shots of him using ants to do what he wants, that’s important too! Also though, we get some true shots of Yellowjacket, who will be the main villain for this piece, and how his suit is different from Ant-Man’s. As though to prove this won’t be a fully “serious” movie, there are some hilarious scenes in here. Including an

April 12, 2015

Is Marvel Viewing Ant-Man As An Afterthought?

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Many a Marvel fan is worried about the upcoming Ant-Man film. The film is already on notice because it arrives after Age of Ultron. No pressure. Furthermore, Ant-Man does not star the original hero, Hank Pym (though he is in the film and featured heavily), it instead follows his replacement, Scott Lang. When fans heard that Hank Pym was not the creator of Ultron in the MCU, they were not happy. Many saw this as a slap to the face of the character, as this was one of his greatest feats…and nightmares. Add all that together, and you get a film that could be seen as nothing more than an afterthought by Marvel. According to Kevin Feige though (via Slash Film), that’s not the case at all. “It’s not [an after thought],” Marvel President Kevin Feige said. “The truth is the phases mean a lot to me and some people but…Civil War is the start of Phase Three. It just is. And Ant-Man is a different kind of culmination of

January 7, 2015

Ant-Man Teaser Trailer Has Finally Arrived

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Marvel Studios has finally released the first ever teaser trailer for Ant-Man. The new video, which debuted during the series premiere of Agent Carter on ABC, is available in the player below. Marvel had previously released an amusing “ant-sized” first look at the teaser trailer followed by a full-size version. Now, the full trailer is finally out. The video showcases an elderly Hank Pym, played by Michael Douglas, recruiting the thief and con artist Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) to become the new Ant-Man. Based on the trailer, the plot looks very reminiscent of 1998’s The Mask of Zorro. That particular film featured the classic, original version of the character, Don Diego de la Vega, as an older man. Don Diego recruits a younger protege to assume his old heroic alter-ego to right a wrong and defeat a villain. He trains the new protege, who in turn falls in love with the original’s daughter. It is pretty clear that Evangeline Lilly will be the love interest for the Scott Lang character. Lilly’s Hope

January 2, 2015

Ant-Man: Ant-Sized Teaser Video Released

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Marvel Studios has released an early look at its Ant-Man project with a special, “ant-sized” teaser video. You can watch the special ant-sized first look at the film in the player below. The miniature look at Marvel’s Ant-Man is the first look at the very first teaser trailer for the film. The full teaser trailer will be released in its normal, full size on Tuesday, January 6 during the two-hour series premiere of Marvel’s Agent Carter on ABC. Agent Carter is set to premiere at 8:00 p.m. ET, so viewers and Marvel fans should keep their eyes peeled during the commercial breaks to get the first look at the Ant-Man film. Thus far, this will be the first look at any official footage to be released from the film. That is not counting test footage shot by the project’s former director, Edgar Wright, that was shown at the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con. The images in the miniature preview are very hard to make out, but there is a full-sized logo