Paul Rudd to play Ant-Man
 

Marvel confirmed the news today. No word on if he's playing Hank Pym or Scott Lang.

According to the BBC he's Hank Pym
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25446890

The Marvel press release didn't specify which version. I think he's Scott Lang.

I do like Paul Rudd, but what excites me is Edgar Wright directing! Love his work...

Looks like Paul Rudd isn't Hank Pym as Michael Douglas has now been officially cast as Hank.

http://www.newsarama.com/20026-ant-m...-hank-pym.html

That's cool. Pym in an interesting character, but wouldn't make for a good lead in a movie without compromising what he really is.

Hopefully they sign Douglas on to Avengers 2 so Ant-Man still has a hand in the creatation of Ultron.

So I guess Wasp won't be in this movie if the original Ant-man is retired and an old man.

Why not, if I remember correctly Hank is older then Janet.

Or that she'll be played by Helen Mirren.

Isn't Hank a wife-beater in the comics? I think they'll avoid him slapping his wife in the face on-screen.

That was like one story arc a decade ago and it's never come up before or since. People are making a lot of noise about that.

They haven't avoided having Tony Stark drinking excessively...

Because getting drunk is mainstream. Slapping around your wife isn't.

Being an alcoholic isn't mainstream, and Tony Stark is an alcoholic.

I don't know what books you've been reading, but that whole issue has been something that a lot of Avengers writers have relied on to keep Hank and Janet on and off for ages.

Not to mention it was a major plot point in the early years of The Ultimates title

Millions of people are alcoholics.

Ant-Man is set to be released after Avengers 2.
A2 is set for May 2015.
Ant-Man for July 2015.
Ant-Man wasn't in the cards until Edgar Wright approached them to make the movie. I would be heavily surprised if Ant-Man plays any part in A2... but it WOULD be nice is A2 set up the character or events for the upcoming Ant-Man.

Totes magotes.

Wait, an elderly Hank Pym? When did that happen?

Millions of people have cancer, too. Does that make it mainstream? If so, we finally have a use for hipsters.

The same could probably be said for men who beat their wives....heck, part of me wonders what the Venn diagram of wife-beaters and alcoholics would look like.

It ends up forming the Pabst Blue Ribbon logo.

I just think the name "Ant-Man" is gonna look silly on a marquee, I'unno. I can't picture sitting in a theater when they show the trailer, and not hearing lots of snickers. It's just a really unfortunate name. Like, a "we ran out of ideas" name.

They could go all self-aware with it, and market it as "Ant-Man (We Know, We Know, But 'The Atom' Was Taken)"... :lol: