A founding member of The Avengers in the comics, Ant-Man has had quite a rocky road to the big screen. Over five years ago, Marvel Studio's approached Edgar Wright and Joe Cornish (who went on to co-write Tintin with Steven Moffat) to script a humorous take on the character, to be directed by Wright, to make up part of their shared cinematic universe they started with Iron Man. Following a scientist, Hank Pym, who develops a substance he uses to shrink to the size of an ant, it was never really considered a priority for the studio, but instead of canceling the project, Wright and Cornish have been working on the script over the last few years, delivering a third draft and concept art in July of last year. Now it seems that all signs point towards the film finally going ahead.
First, Marvel Studio's head Kevin Feige mentioned that the movie was "closer than it has ever been" to been made. Then Edgar Wright tweeted this picture of an art deco Ant-Man a few weeks ago, sending comic fans into a frenzy:
Now, speaking to Empire podcast, Wright has confirmed that things are "definitely happening", and "dearly hopes" to shoot this year. He also advised us to keep an eye on his twitter account, so expect more news soon.
I love everything Wright does, and am so excited that this movie is moving forward. But considering the director is expected to begin work on The Worlds End, the third installment of the Cornetto Trilogy (Shaun Of The Dead and Hot Fuzz being the first two), in September, I see him been one very busy director over the next year.
