We got Ant-Man movie

where is my George Clooney Dr. Strange movie goddammit

― four Marxes plus four Obamas plus four Bin Ladens (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, May 3, 2013 4:22 PM

I'd rather fantasize about directors on this one than actors.

clooney's too earthbound to play strange imo

If anyone's gonna be Dr. strange it should be - dare I say it? - FRANCO.

cillian murphy with stache imo

http://wpc.4d27.edgecastcdn.net/004D27/Editorial/CillianMurphyClash/Cillian+Murphy+Clash+2.jpg

Wasn't Patrick Dempsey lobbying for the part at some point?

depp obv

NO

We got Ant-costume

http://badassdigest.com/2013/10/02/edgar-wright-tweets-a-look-at-the-ant-man-costume/

bad ass digest

lol.

We got Ant-Man

http://herocomplex.latimes.com/movies/ant-man-casting-paul-rudd-to-star-as-hank-pym-in-edgar-wright-film/

Why is Frost making fun of Ant-Man? We need people who have respect for Ant-Man to do this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWX4GUYGQXQ

I have to admit the only thing that sticks in the mind about Hank Pym's personality is the wife beating.

Ultimate Ant Man doing disco moves in The Wasp's vagina while miniaturised. <shudder>

Hank Pym is a dick, he created Goliath because he got made to feel inadequate by the big boys in the Avengers, then Goliath because reasons, then Yellowjacket so he could kidnap his wife and force her to marry him. Then Goliath and Yellowjacket simultaneously. Then the Wasp.

Despite this, he is maybe the most importantant character in the Marvel U according to Bendis' "Marvel U without Hank Pym" list: http://brianmichaelbendis.tumblr.com/post/49489930167/so-would-you-consider-sharing-those-ideas-as-to-how

Of course, none of this matters because this is the Scott Lang Ant-Man costume so the working assumption is that this is Scott Lang.

We got...

....Michael Douglas as Hank Pym?

http://variety.com/2014/film/news/michael-douglas-ant-man-1201052848/

That's a strange choice. Unless they're planning on ultimately sidelining Hank Pym altgother (which, given his apparent lack of involvement in the filmic MU's Ultron, seems to be the case).

weird, but he is gonna be a mentor to see Rudd's Scott Lang I assume

I'd assume in the movie Pym is just gonna be a scientist who comes up with Pym particles (or whatever the shrinking/growing stuff will be called in it), and Lang will the be the one who actually uses them for superheroics. Making Pym into an (ex-)Ant-Man too sounds overtly complicated for one movie, though I'm sure they'll include some small nod at the fans that acknowledges Pym's larger role in the comics... Just like the Thor movie had a nod acknowledging Dr. Donald Blake, even though they didn't actually include the whole Donald Blake story from the comics.

I think it would be interesting if they worked Pym's scumbaggery into the story somehow. Brilliant scientist, developed these particles/abilities, but was personally too much of an asshole/wife beater to be the hero himself. Found in Lang a human outlet for the heroism that is in there somewhere except he's not willing or able to express it.

michael douglas would seem well cast for that scenario

i dont wanna go see a fun comic book movie about a guy who likes tuning up his old lady

I hope the movie opens with Michael Douglas recreating Geoff Johns's infamous "Your turn!" Ant Man/Wasp scene.

They could play on Lang being a reformed criminal and have a double redemption for hero and mentor.

xp oh god noooooo

We got Ant-Man minus Wright: http://www.newsarama.com/21206-edgar-wright-marvel-part-ways-on-2015-s-ant-man.html

Whoa, that's kinda big. Hasn't he been talking about doing this forever?

Yeah, damn.

Yo wtf

And it's kinda weird to see too since this'll be the next film after Age of Ultron by about two and a half months and presumably important in setting things going for the next phase as such...then again maybe they're hoping that even if this screws up a bit then they can coast on the presumed Ultron afterburners.

conspiracy theory - maybe guardians of the galaxy is getting torn up by focus groups and studio is panicking and getting their damn dirty ape hands all over ant man

That...makes no sense?

Oh no they've gotten to Ned too

*is possessed*

nah i can see mj's point. this seemed to possibly be in line w/ guardians, a 'different' kind of comic book movie, and maybe early rxn to guardians is scaring marvel. maybe there's only so much deviation from house style marvel can stomach and wright couldn't rein it in that much. either way whatever interest i had in this was just drastically reduced.

yeah what balls said.

yep, balls otm, esp that last sentence.

The word from people on the crew is Wright got booted for being REALLY behind schedule and being ineffective at righting the ship and getting it back on track. Production has been bleeding money for a month and Marvel got fed up with him and they lost their confidence in his ability to manage a production of this size.

Ugh this is a bummer

feel like if two writers of community can handle a cap movie wright'd probably be fine at antman

ohhhh that's where they were from!!! man they did a great job

Directors, not writers

still, I wouldn't have expected two guys from Happy Endings to put out a top-tier superhero movie

Paul Rudd looked a bit rundown on SNL. Perhaps this is partly why.

Russos were directors on Arrested Development, directors and exec producers on Community, and had made at least two feature films before

I mean yeah if they have the wright approved script and all the visual aesthetic established this could still be good, but I'm kinda dubious some hires hand thrown in at the last second will show the same confidence and wit when it comes to a footage of character shrinking and growing in the blink of an eye.

hired hand, rather.

The most exciting thing about this movie was that it involved a power we've never seen, and a director whose previous work suggested he could display it in an inspired way

I admit, nice touch from Whedon

https://twitter.com/josswhedon/statuses/470141319831363584

Michael Douglas, John Slatterly, and Martin Donovan together at last!

This was fine but it didnt earn any of its attempted emotional beats

Peña's closing monologue is insufficiently celebrated.

not by me. i want him to get his own movie tbqh

Peña stated that he modeled Luis' vocal style and positive outlook on life "on a friend of a friend", saying, "That's just the way he talks and the cadence. He's got this grin on the entire time and he doesn't care. He's the kind of guy where you're like 'Hey, what'd you do this weekend?' and he's like 'I went to jail, dawg,' with a smile on his face. Not a lot of people do that.

I love this

<3 pena is the best