Disney gives Marvel Studios' Ant-Man a Release Date

[Luke Jaconetti]

http://www.newsarama.com/film/disney-marvel-studios-ant-man-release-date.html

 

Take it with a grain of salt, I suppose, but after many years of development it looks like Ant-Man may finally move forward.  Edgar Wright was attached to this project as director for a long time.  Which begs the question of which Ant-Man?  Wright's comedy chops suggests Eric O'Grady, but it could just as easily be Hank Pym or Scott Lang. 

 

Also, Iron Man 3 and Thor 2 will be in 3D, which should thrill everyone on the listserv.

[James Peluso]

I'm hoping for Hank Pym/WASP story line. I might be one of the few that wish he wasn't left out of the Avengers fold.

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[Shag]

I'd be up for an Eric O'Grady story, but that might just be the Irredeemable fan in me.  :)


The Irredeemable Shag (and yes, I stole the name from Robert Kirkman's Ant-Man)

[Luke Jaconetti]

I have been reading some early Hank Pym adventures (albeit as Giant Man moreso than Ant-Man) and part of me would really like a retro, Two-Fisted Man Of Science and His Girl Friday kind of story like the Tales To Astonish stories have been.  I wouldn't want Hank Pym to be portrayed as a wife beating nutcase, nor as the guy who is not quite as smart as Tony Stark and not quite as strong as Thor (which in and of itself I thought was a very good retcon but only because it addressed his pettiness and jealousy which other writers emphasised). 

 

As I said, if Edgar Wright is still developing the film, then Eric O'Grady makes sense.  What is less clear to me though is how you would incorporate the Irredeemable Ant-Man into the Avengers (assumingly) for the sequel.  He does not play well with others and giving him a conscience I think would defeat the point.

Scott Lang I think actually can work for a film.  He's a single Dad with a cute little daughter, just a work a day engineer who happens to be really smart.    Hollywood loves cute kids, and you can introduce a love interest for him and do cutsey things with her and the kid.  And it would also make him demonstrably different from the other Avengers -- Scott Lang is the "everyman," not a living legend or international celebrity or demigod.  And unlike the hyper-professional Black Widow and Hawkeye, he brings a real "man on the street" point of view.

 

Another question is who the badguy would be?  I can only think of a handful of Ant-Man villains -- Whirlwind/Human Top, Egghead,uh... Porcupine? -- and they are not exactly world beaters.  Egghead seems like the natural choice if you use Pym (maybe Whirlwind can be his henchman?), but the others are less clear.

 

My main thought is that whomever they use, hopefully it will have the same effect it had for Shellhead and re-establish Ant-Man as more of a major player in the Marvel Universe.  Just my thoughts. 

[Shag]

Good call.  The Scott Lang incarnation would be the most interesting on-screen.  With that said, I gotta imagine they are still looking at the Eric O'Grady version.  Eric O'Grady was created by Robert Kirkman, who also created Walking Dead.  Hollywood will often pursue a property just because of the previous success of the people involved.

Shag

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