Tag: Paul Rudd

ANT-MAN New Cast Members, IRON MAN Connection?

 

Ant-Man courtesy Marvel
Ant-Man courtesy MarvelN

Marvel Studios officially announces the filming of Ant-Man is underway in San Francisco following director Peyton Reed’s LET’S GET small Tweet earlier today.

 

Marvel confirmed new actors will join the cast including Bobby Cannavale, Abby Ryder Fortson, Judy Greer, David Dastmalchian, Wood Harris, John Slattery and Gregg Turkington and T.I.

 

Paul Rudd plays Scott Lang, Michael Douglas is Hank Pym, Evangeline Lilly is Pym’s daughter, Hope. Corey Stoll is Darren Cross, the corporate mogul who will become Yellowjacket. Continue reading ANT-MAN New Cast Members, IRON MAN Connection?

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

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