Ant-Man

Ant-Man is a 2015 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics characters of the same name: Scott Lang and Hank Pym. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is the 12th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The film was directed by Peyton Reed from a screenplay by the writing teams of Edgar Wright and Joe Cornish and Adam McKay and Paul Rudd. It stars Evangeline Lilly, Corey Stoll, Bobby Cannavale, Michael Pena, Tip “TI” as well as Rudd as Scott Lang/Ant-Man. Harris, Anthony Mackie, Wood Harris, Judy Greer, Abby Ryder Fortson, David Dustmalchian, and Michael Douglas as Hank Pym. In the film, Lang must protect Pym’s Ant-Man shrinking technology and plan a heist involving global fraud.
Development of Ant-Man began in April 2006 with the hiring of Wright to direct and co-write with Cornish. By April 2011, Wright and Cornish had completed three drafts of the script and Wright shot test footage for the film in July 2012. Pre-production began in October 2013 after being put on hold so that Wright could complete The World’s End. Casting began in December 2013, with Rudd hired to play Lang. In May 2014, Wright left the project, citing creative differences, although he still received screenplay and story credits with Cornish. The following month, Reed was brought in to replace Wright, while McKay was hired to contribute to the script along with Rudd. Filming took place between August and December 2014 in San Francisco and metro Atlanta.
Ant-Man held its world premiere on June 29, 2015 at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood, Los Angeles, and was released in the United States on July 17 as the final film in the second installment of the MCU. It grossed over $519 million worldwide and received positive reviews from critics, who generally welcomed the film’s shorter length than other MCU films, as well as its cast (especially Rudd, Pena, Lilly and Douglas), humor and visual effects. Two sequels were released: Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018) and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantummania (2023).

Details

In 1989, scientist Hank Pym S.H.I.E.L.D. resigned from After discovering their attempt to replicate his Ant-Man shrink technology. Believing the technology to be dangerous if replicated, Pym vows to keep it hidden as long as he lives. In the present day, [a] Pym’s estranged daughter, Hope Van Dyne, and former guardian, Darren Cross, have ousted him from his company, Pym Technologies. Cross is close to perfecting a shrinking suit of his own, the Yellowjacket, which terrifies Pym.
After being released from prison, well-meaning thief Scott Lang moves in with his old cellmate Louise. Lang visits his daughter Cassie unannounced and is chastised for not paying child support by his ex-wife Maggie and her police-detective fiancé Paxton. Unable to hold down a job due to his criminal record, Lang agrees to join Lewis’ crew and commit a heist. Lang breaks into a house and cracks its safe, but only finds what he believes to be an old motorcycle suit, which he takes home. After trying the suit on, Lang accidentally shrinks himself into the form of an insect. Horrified by the experience, he returns the suit to the house, but is arrested on his way out. Pym, the owner of the house, visits Lang in prison and smuggles the suit into his cell to help him get out.
Pym, who manipulated Lang into stealing the suit as an experiment through an unsuspecting Lewis, wants Lang to be the new Ant-Man to steal Yellowjacket from Cross. After spying on Cross after discovering his intentions, Hope and Pim train Lang to fight and control the ants. Although Hope resents Pym over her mother Janet’s death, he reveals that Janet, known as the Wasp, disappeared into a subatomic quantum realm in 1987 when a Soviet nuclear missile was defused. Pim warns Lang that if he overrides, he may face the same fate. Comptroller of his suit. They send him to steal a device that will help them steal from Avengers headquarters, where he briefly fights Sam Wilson.
Cross perfected Yellowjacket and held an unveiling ceremony at Pym Technologies’ headquarters. Lang, along with his crew and a swarm of flying ants, infiltrates the building during the event, sabotages the company’s servers, and plants explosives. When he tries to steal Yellowjacket, he, along with Pym and Hope, is captured by Cross, who wants to sell both Yellowjacket and Ant-Man suits to Hydra. Lang breaks free and he and Hope dispatch most of the Hydra agents, though one escapes with a vial of Cross particles and Pym is shot. Lang follows Cross, when the explosives detonate, causing the building to explode as Pym and Hope escape.
Yellowjacket crosses over and attacks Lang before Lang is arrested by Paxton. Cross takes Casey hostage to lure Lang into another fight. Lang overrides the regulator and shrinks to subatomic size to enter Cross’s suit and sabotages it to shrink uncontrollably, seemingly killing Cross. Lang disappears into the quantum realm but manages to reverse the effects and returns to the macroscopic world. Expressing gratitude for Lang’s heroism, Paxton covers for Lang to keep him out of prison. Seeing that Lang has survived and returned from the Quantum Realm, Pym wonders if his wife is alive as well. Later, Lang meets Lewis, who tells him that Wilson is looking for him.
In a mid-credits scene, Pym shows Hope a new Wasp prototype suit and offers it to her. In a post-credits scene, Steve Rogers and Wilson take Bucky Burns into their custody. Unable to contact Tony Stark due to the “Accords”, [b] Wilson mentions that he knows someone who can help.

Cast and characters

Paul Rudd as Scott Lang/Ant-Man:
A former systems engineer for Vistacorp and petty criminal who acquires a suit that allows him to shrink in size but increase in strength. Of Rudd’s casting, producer Kevin Feige said, “Look at that source of a petty crook who comes into contact with a suit and does his best to do well, and then look at someone like Paul Rudd, who can do slightly uncomfortable things like take breaks. Enter people’s rooms and Still be charming and find satisfaction in who you root for and who you redeem.” Director Peyton Reed compared Lang to George Clooney’s character Danny Ocean in Ocean’s Eleven, saying, “He’s trying to make a man. Find new life and redemption for himself.” To get in shape for the role, Rudd worked with trainers and eliminated alcohol, fried foods and carbohydrates from her diet. Rudd said that to prepare for his role, he “basically didn’t eat anything for about a year…I took the approach of Chris Pratt training for an action movie. Skip something funny for a year and then you can play a hero.” Rudd signed a multi-film deal with Marvel, with Feige saying it was “three [films]-plus-plus to appear in other stuff.”
Evangeline Lilly as Hope Van Dyne:
Daughter of Hank Pym and Janet Van Dyne and senior board member of Pym Technologies who helped Darren Cross take over the company. Throughout the film, character progression brings Asha closer to becoming a hero. Lily described her character as “capable, strong and kick-ass”, but said that being raised by two superheroes made Hope “a very bad person… and the clear message sent by my name is that I” am my father. Not a big fan and so I took my mother’s name.” He added that Van Dyne’s “film is about Ark trying to find a relationship” with Pym. Originally cast by Wright, Lilly was reluctant to take the role after leaving the project until he Read the revised script and had the opportunity to meet with Reed. Feige said that Van Dyne was the clear choice to take over Ant-Man, “infinitely more capable of actually being a superhero” than Lang, and that he couldn’t because of Pym’s experience of losing his mother. ., rather than sexism, which Fizz felt would not be a problem for Pym in modern times. Lilly signed a multi-film deal with Marvel.
Corey Stoll as Darren Cross/Yellowjacket:
A former protégé of Pym who takes over his mentor’s company and militarizes a similar version of Ant-Man technology to create the Yellowjacket suit. Stoll described the suit as “the next generation of the Ant-Man suit,” with a sleeker, more military look “like if Apple designed a battle suit.” Pym rather than “Thanos or Loki, who know it as villains”, since Cross is a “brilliant scientist, who is not pure in principle”. Unlike Rudd, who wore a practical costume as Ant-Man, Stoll wore a motion capture suit while acting as Yellowjacket. Reid explained that the decision was made initially when creating and filming a real Yellowjacket costume proved impractical.
Bobby Cannavale as Jim Paxton:
A San Francisco Police Department officer who is involved with Lang’s ex-wife Maggie. Cannavale said that Rudd and McKay convinced him to join the film during the rewrite process before Marvel approached him, saying, “They upped [my] part a little bit… I was really convinced [to take the role] because they were very secretive about the script [ at Marvel]. I just trust them.” He also added that the process felt more like an indie film than a large-scale blockbuster, and that he was able to often improvise with the other actors. Patrick Wilson was originally cast in the role, due to scheduling conflicts caused by filming delays before the film was released.
Michael Pena as Luis:
Lang’s former cellmate and member of his crew. Pena said he modeled Lewis’ vocal style and positive outlook on life “on a friend of a friend,” saying, “The way he talks and the cadence. He’s the kind of guy where you’re like, ‘Hey, what did you do this weekend?’ And he’s like, ‘I went to jail, Doug,’ with a smile on his face. A lot of people don’t. A lot of people don’t think about life in those terms.” Three films.
Tip “T.I.” Harris as Dave:
Lang’s crew members. Harris describes Dave as Lang’s “homeboy.” Harris also revealed that he wasn’t allowed to read the entire script, explaining that “as the film goes along, you’re just handing out scenes, and when you do, it’s like a blank canvas, ‘This is what I’m going to do. This scene has to be done. ,’ and you can remember previous performances and be consistent with that. The energy created by the ensemble around you, it contributes to the vision or final vision of what your character has become and what he meant to the story.”
Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson/Falcon:
An Avenger who is a former parachutist trained by the military in aerial combat using a specially designed wing pack. Regarding the inclusion of Falcone, Reed said that it was done not only to include the character, but also to “[i]n’t serve a plot point; a purpose in our story” and to allow them to enhance Penn’s “tip montages”, which were written by the production. . Writers Gabriel Ferrari and Andrew Barr also added Falcon “felt like the right character – not a marquee character like Iron Man or Thor, but the right level of hero.” Rudd and McKay decided to include the Falcon after watching Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
Wood Harris as Gale: A police officer and Paxton’s partner.
Judy Greer as Maggie: Lang’s estranged ex-wife.
Abby Ryder Fortson as Cassie Lang: Lang and Maggie’s daughter.
David Dastmalchian as Kurt:
Lang’s crew members. Dastmalchian, who is American, worked with actress Isidora Gorester to learn to speak with her character’s Russian accent. About his character, Dastmalchian said he “had the idea that Kurt was born and raised in a town far away from Siberia and was just an amazing computer wizard who fell in with the wrong people. But he was obsessed with two things: Saturday Night Fever and Elvis.” Presley, so the polyester shirt buttons too far and that pompadour hair.
Michael Douglas as Hank Pym:
A former S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, entomologist and physicist who became the original Ant-Man in 1963 after discovering subatomic particles that made transformation possible. He later suggested Lang take on the role. Douglas compared the decision to join a superhero film to his role in Behind the Candelabra, saying, “Sometimes—like [when] they haven’t seen you for Liberace—you’ve got to shake them off a little bit and have some fun.” Describing Pym, Douglas said, ” He’s a Northern California, formal guy. He’s lost control of his company. He lives in a kind of time warp. He’s always been a bit of a tinkerer. He’s got a lab. Bitter about what happened to his company and deeply afraid of what the future holds—because he himself, having been shortchanged so many times, it’s hard. He looks and tries to find a man he can work with and his right. There are features, which is [Scott].” Douglas hinted that he would not wear the Ant-Man suit.
Additionally, John Slattery and Hayley Atwell reprise their roles as Howard Stark and Peggy Carter, respectively, from previous MCU media. Slattery said that his involvement in Ant-Man was “not much more” than his participation in Iron Man 2, while Atwell described his appearance as “more of a cameo”. Greg Turkington appears as Dale, the manager of a Baskin-Robbins store; who works for HYDRA and wants to purchase Yellowjacket technology. YouTuber Ana Akana plays a writer in Lewis’ story at the end of the film. Garrett Morris, who played Ant-Man in a Saturday Night Live sketch in the 70s, appears as a taxi driver. Ant-Man co-creator Stan Lee makes a cameo appearance in the film as a bartender. Chris Evans and Sebastian Stan make incredible appearances during the post-credits scenes as Steve Rogers and Bucky Burns, respectively. Hayley Lovitt makes an uncredited cameo as Janet Van Dyne/The Wasp. Lovitt was cast for her “saucer-like, Michelle Pfeiffer eyes”, since Pfeiffer was Reid’s dream casting for Wasp; Pfeiffer will next star in the Ant-Man and the Wasp sequel. Tom Kenny provides the voice of a toy rabbit that Scott gives to Casey. Comedian Tom Scarpling portrayed a man selling lottery tickets to Long in a scene that was cut from the theatrical release.

Box Office

Ant-Man grossed $180.2 million in North America and $339.1 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $519.3 million. Deadline Hollywood calculated the film’s net profit at $103.9 million, accounting for production budget, marketing, talent engagement and other costs; Box office revenue and home media revenue placed it 14th on the list of “Most Valuable Blockbusters” of 2015.
Ant-Man grossed $6.4 million from its Thursday night showing in North America, 48% of ticket sales for IMAX and other large-format showings, and $23.4 million on its opening day including Thursday previews, making it the second lowest opening day. For a Marvel film, only 2008’s The Incredible Hulk ($21.4 million). It fell 18% to earn $19.25 million on Saturday and grossed $57.2 million for its opening weekend. It marked the second lowest debut for Marvel, ahead of The Incredible Hulk’s $55.4 million debut in 2008. IMAX contributed $6.1 million to the opening gross, including $6.4 million for premium large format screens and $1.3 million for Cinemark XD, respectively. Ant-Man continues Marvel’s streak of first-ever films, giving the studio its twelfth consecutive win. Disney reported that the film had the highest share of families (28%) and women (32%) of any Marvel superhero title. It was the biggest live-action opening for Rude (breaking Knocked Up’s $30.7 million record) and a record opening for Douglas. It continued to be the top film at the box office in its second weekend.
Outside of North America, it earned $55.4 million in its opening weekend from 37 countries, placing third at the international box office behind Chinese films Monster Hunt and Minions , as well as an IMAX opening of $9.1 million. The top openings were the UK ($6 million), Mexico ($5.6 million), and Russia ($4.9 million). It was the biggest opening for a first installment Marvel film in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand. The film’s opening in South Korea in early September 2015 grossed $9.3 million, the highest opening for an international market at the time, before surpassing its Chinese opening in mid-October 2015, which grossed $42.4 million, of which $5.1 million came from IMAX. A big opening weekend in China helped Ant-Man top the international box office for the first time, with the Chinese having the second-biggest opening for an MCU film in the country behind Avengers: Age of Ultron. The film was number one in China in its second week, grossing an additional $22 million. As of November 1, 2015, the largest market is China with $101.3 million, followed by the UK with $25.4 million and South Korea with $18.9 million.

About

Directed by	Peyton Reed
Screenplay by	·         Edgar Wright ·         Joe Cornish ·         Adam McKay ·         Paul Rudd
Story by	·         Edgar Wright ·         Joe Cornish
Based on	Ant-Man by·         Stan Lee ·         Larry Lieber ·         Jack Kirby
Produced by	Kevin Feige
Starring	·         Paul Rudd ·         Evangeline Lilly ·         Corey Stoll ·         Bobby Cannavale ·         Michael Peña ·         Tip “T.I.” Harris ·         Anthony Mackie ·         Wood Harris ·         Judy Greer ·         Abby Ryder Fortson ·         David Dastmalchian ·         Michael Douglas
Cinematography	Russell Carpenter
Edited by	·         Dan Lebental ·         Colby Parker, Jr.
Music by	Christophe Beck
Production company	Marvel Studios
Distributed by	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Release dates	·         June 29, 2015 (Dolby Theatre) ·         July 17, 2015 (United States)
Running time	117 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$130–169.3 million
Box office	$519.3 million

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