Antman to the big screen?

[jasonjames]

There's been quite a history regarding an adaptation of Marvel's lesser known comic character Ant Man with Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World director Edgar Wright at the helm. However, the smaller budget superhero film has never seemed to gain any real traction and the last real update on the film came back in 2010 from Wright himself. However, this year, especially with The Avengers landing a massive take at the box office in its opening weekend, it sounds like Marvel may have the money and the balls to make it happen.

[Browncoat]

I wouldn't mind it. Hank Pym has some good story there.

[jasonjames]

Word on the street is that Ant Man is looking to start shooting in London right after Thor: The Dark World, which is slated to start shooting in August, wraps production. So if Ant Man starts shooting before the year is out, or more likely early 2013, a release sometime in 2014 wouldn't be out of the question. In fact, it might be the reason Marvel moved back their release of Guardians of the Galaxy from May to August of 2014. There's a good chance Marvel might give Ant Man a prime summer slot between the cosmic ensemble and Captain America: The Winter Soldier which is slated to arrive in April of that year as well. But the big question for me is who will play Ant Man? Could Simon Pegg pull it off, or maybe Nathan Fillion could finally get a superhero role outside of a musical?

[Browncoat]

Don't tease me about Nathan. I'm a Browncoat damn it.