Ant-Man panel #HallH #SDCC #MarvelSDCC pic.twitter.com/GOzoPd6ZRr
— Evan (@CartoonBlock) July 27, 2014#AntMan signing is happening at the @Marvel booth at San Diego Comic Con! Paul Rudd's ready for action. #MarvelSDCC pic.twitter.com/OnqaLUzWD1
— Ant-Man (@AntMan) July 26, 2014Announced straight from #HallH: Evangeline Lilly & Corey Stoll join Marvel's "#AntMan as Hope Pym, Darren Cross: http://t.co/iajfbETV8q
— Ant-Man (@AntMan) July 27, 2014Script still unfinished RT @colliderfrosty: ANT-MAN starts filming August 18th in Atlanta. #AntMan #SDCC
— Charlie Schneider (@AwesomEmergency) July 27, 2014Evangeline Lilly says she still doesn’t have the script for Ant-Man, a movie that hits theaters next year. http://t.co/DG50C8vYS7
— Hypable (@Hypable) July 27, 2014Ant-Man helmet revealed at comic con #SDCC #SDCC2014 pic.twitter.com/RjtLKMXemT
— Evan (@CartoonBlock) July 26, 2014Stoll will be donning the costume of the villain Yellowjacket.
Second, remember that the movie actually features two Ant-Men from comic book lore: Douglas as Dr. Henry Pym, a physicist and entomologist who in the 1970s took Steve Martin’s catchphrase “Let’s get small” a little too seriously. He discovered the particle that makes shrinking possible, built a suit that harnessed the ability to miniaturize, and also devised technology that allowed the teeny-tiny to communicate with creepy-crawlies.
But … like many geniuses, Hank Pym is a troubled soul, prone to outbursts and hot-tempered. In the comics, he is infamous for once slapping his wife – Janet Van Dyne, a.k.a. The Wasp. Marvel revealed that a ugly history with his wife has led to estrangement from his daughter, Hope (played by Lilly.)
In the film, the business Pym’s research helped create has been taken away from him, operating under control of the villain, Darren Cross (played by Corey Stoll of Midnight in Paris and House of Cards.) In the original backstory, Cross created a high-tech pacemaker that mutated him, leading to numerous heart transplants – often performed by doctors he had kidnapped.
“I was Hank Pym’s mentee, a genius scientist as well. I’ve taken over the company, and some judgmental people may think it’s going in an evil direction, but I’m just taking it into the future,” Stoll said.
“He obtains some Pym particles and obtains a suit called the Yellowjacket suit, and ends up causing a lot of havoc,” Feige added.
This leads to an inevitable clash with Scott Lang, the Ant-Man played by Rudd in the film. Lang is a thief who partners with Pym to steal back the tech Pym created. But Lang is also the hero of this story, so there is a noble reason behind his decision to pull off the heist. (In the comics, it was to rescue one of the doctors taken by Cross so that she could help treat his ailing daughter.)
The panel ended with a clip (something made special for Comic-Con, since the film doesn’t start shooting until next month.) It’s a lingering shot of a laboratory with voiceover of Douglas and Rudd arguing. Pym is trying to convince Lang to do the heist, but Lang is reluctant. “Jesus Christ,” Douglas’ character says. “I think somebody already shrunk your balls. Don’t worry, Scott. It’s a small job.”
Second, remember that the movie actually features two Ant-Men from comic book lore: Douglas as Dr. Henry Pym, a physicist and entomologist who in the 1970s took Steve Martin’s catchphrase “Let’s get small” a little too seriously. He discovered the particle that makes shrinking possible, built a suit that harnessed the ability to miniaturize, and also devised technology that allowed the teeny-tiny to communicate with creepy-crawlies.
But … like many geniuses, Hank Pym is a troubled soul, prone to outbursts and hot-tempered. In the comics, he is infamous for once slapping his wife – Janet Van Dyne, a.k.a. The Wasp. Marvel revealed that a ugly history with his wife has led to estrangement from his daughter, Hope (played by Lilly.)
In the film, the business Pym’s research helped create has been taken away from him, operating under control of the villain, Darren Cross (played by Corey Stoll of Midnight in Paris and House of Cards.) In the original backstory, Cross created a high-tech pacemaker that mutated him, leading to numerous heart transplants – often performed by doctors he had kidnapped.
“I was Hank Pym’s mentee, a genius scientist as well. I’ve taken over the company, and some judgmental people may think it’s going in an evil direction, but I’m just taking it into the future,” Stoll said.
“He obtains some Pym particles and obtains a suit called the Yellowjacket suit, and ends up causing a lot of havoc,” Feige added.
This leads to an inevitable clash with Scott Lang, the Ant-Man played by Rudd in the film. Lang is a thief who partners with Pym to steal back the tech Pym created. But Lang is also the hero of this story, so there is a noble reason behind his decision to pull off the heist. (In the comics, it was to rescue one of the doctors taken by Cross so that she could help treat his ailing daughter.)
The panel ended with a clip (something made special for Comic-Con, since the film doesn’t start shooting until next month.) It’s a lingering shot of a laboratory with voiceover of Douglas and Rudd arguing. Pym is trying to convince Lang to do the heist, but Lang is reluctant. “Jesus Christ,” Douglas’ character says. “I think somebody already shrunk your balls. Don’t worry, Scott. It’s a small job.”
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