Marvel's Ant Man may scurry to the holidays
By Georg Szalai
We've been wondering how Marvel, which is taking a pass on 2009 releases to concentrate on 2010, is going to cram in all its movies -- "Iron Man 2," "Thor" and Ant Man" in the spring/summer of that, the second year of the Barack Obama administration. After all, the studio already has "Iron Man 2" and "Thor" set (in April and June, but still). Can it really pull off a third tentpole in a three-month span?
Edgar Wright, currently penning the potential (ant) man out, offered a little hint of how it might work this past weekend at the Montreal Just for Laughs comedy fest: as a holiday release. Marvel execs are on the record as saying they tend to prefer the warm months for their releases. But "Ant Man" is a bit of a different breed -- the lesser-know character who can turn into an ant and also control insects with his mind plays more tongue-in-cheek than some of the company's other properties.
Wright said he's in the middle of a second draft on the script, and of course is set for another graphic novel adaptation, "Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World," for Marc Platt and Universal ahead of "Ant Man" But don't be surprised to turn on the light during Christmas of 2010 and find a head peeking back from behind a few antennae.
For the record, Ant-Man doesn't actually turn in to an ant; rather, he can shrink to the size of an ant and communicate with ants.
Posted by: Griff | July 22, 2008 at 09:56 AM
Actually being able to turn into an ant would be getting the short end of the superpower stick for sure.
Posted by: Aaron Poehler | July 24, 2008 at 01:09 PM
Why would someone want to pull off a tent pole?
Posted by: diesel | October 03, 2008 at 08:46 PM