ANT-MAN Begins Filming

Ant-Man courtesy Marvel
Ant-Man courtesy Marvel

A big new chapter begins for one of Marvel’s smallest icons.

 

Director Peyton Reed announced filming began on Marvel’s Ant-Man via Twitter:

 

“Alright, gang. Today is the day.

LET’S GET small.”

 

Marvel’s newest  hero in the Cinematic Universe features not one but two heroes in one movie. Continue reading ANT-MAN Begins Filming

RICK REMENDER On AVENGERS: RAGE OF ULTRON

Avengers: Rage of Ultron courtesy Marvel
Avengers: Rage of Ultron courtesy Marvel

After taking on Apocalypse, Kang and the Red Skull, writer Rick Remender tackles what many consider the ultimate Avengers enemy in an original graphic novel.

 

Announced at San Diego Comic Con, Avengers: Rage of Ultron reunites Remender with his Uncanny X-Force collaborator, artist Jerome Opena. The in continuity story includes a story from Ultron’s past and flashes to the present as a new Avengers team must stop the evil artificial intelligence who’s taken over Titan, the home of Thanos! Continue reading RICK REMENDER On AVENGERS: RAGE OF ULTRON

ANT-MAN Villain Is YELLOWJACKET

Ant-Man courtesy Marvel
Ant-Man courtesy Marvel

Big news for fans of Marvel’s smallest hero and the next icon to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

 

Marvel revealed Evangeline Lilly(Lost, The Hobbit) is playing Hope Pym, the daughter of original Ant-Man Hank Pym (Michael Douglas.)

 

Corey Stoll (The Strain, House of Cards) is playing Darren Cross aka Yellowjacket, the villain of the movie. Continue reading ANT-MAN Villain Is YELLOWJACKET

Evangeline Lilly for ANT-MAN?

Avengers Origins: Ant-Man & The Wasp courtesy Marvel
Avengers Origins: Ant-Man & The Wasp courtesy Marvel

Has Marvel found a leading lady for Paul Rudd in Ant-Man?

 

Evangeline Lilly (Lost, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug) is in talks for the female lead according to Variety.

 

Michael Douglas is playing Hank Pym. Rudd is Scott Lang. The story includes a theory that Lilly would play Pym’s daughter and Lang’s love interest. Continue reading Evangeline Lilly for ANT-MAN?

Michael Douglas on Joining ANT-MAN

Avengers #25 courtesy Marvel
Avengers #25 courtesy Marvel

Michael Douglas reveals some of the motivation for joining the cast of Ant-Man. The Oscar-winning actor will play Hank Pym, creator of the Pym particles that allow someone to shrink to insect size.

 

“I’ve been dying to do a Marvel picture for so long,” Douglas told Reuters. “The script is really fun, the director is really good. Dylan (the actor’s 13-year-old son) will love it. He’ll have a picture he can see.” Continue reading Michael Douglas on Joining ANT-MAN

Who Are The ANT-MEN

Ant-Man on Avengers Finale cover courtesy Marvel
Ant-Man on Avengers Finale cover courtesy Marvel

The Marvel Cinematic Universe isn’t exactly following comic book continuity but you never know what parts of a character’s origins might make it to the big screen.

 

Hank Pym was a founding Avenger and inventor of Ultron but he won’t be featured in Joss Whedon’s sequel Avengers: Age of Ultron.

 

Now we know Oscar winner Michael Douglas will play Hank Pym and Paul Rudd will play Scott Lang in Edgar Wright’s Ant-Man which hits cinemas right after Avengers: Age of Ultron.

 

Here’s what you might want know about the first two men (there’s a third guy, too) to wear the Ant-Man helmet: Continue reading Who Are The ANT-MEN

INFINITY THE HUNT

Infinity: The Hunt #1 courtesy Marvel
Infinity: The Hunt #1 courtesy Marvel

The Black Order of Thanos is attacking Earth while the Avengers are fighting The Builders in space. New heroes are rising up to protect the planet in Infinity: The Hunt.  The first issue arrives Wednesday.

 

Writer Matt Kindt reveals Wolverine, She-Hulk and Hank Pym are the co-leads in this “contest of champions” tie-in series:

 

“Well, the contest isn’t going to get to take place. It gets pre-empted by Thanos; so in true villain form he ruins everything, including my new contest of champions! But it happens in such a way that we’ll get introduced to a few brand new schools that are teaching “weirdly talented” students,” Kindt told Marvel.com. Continue reading INFINITY THE HUNT