ANT-MAN AND THE WASP Director Peyton Reed Talks About How They Filmed Scenes Set In San Francisco

ANT-MAN AND THE WASP Director Peyton Reed Talks About How They Filmed Scenes Set In San Francisco

Ant-Man and the Wasp features an exciting car chase sequence that occurs on the streets of San Francisco, and director Peyton Reed has shared some insight into how this sequence was filmed. Check it out...

By HeavyMetal4Life - Jul 15, 2018 05:07 PM EST
Source: ComicBook.com
One of the most exciting sequences in Ant-Man and the Wasp is a car chase that plays out on the streets of San Francisco, California. In what is one of Marvel's most creative chase scenes to date, Scott, Hope and Luis speed, shrink and enlarge across the city as they try to protect the miniaturized lab from falling into the hands of Sonny Burch or Ghost.

Speaking with ComicBook.com, director Peyton Reed provided some insight into how the chase was filmed and how it came to life in post-production through a combination of VFX and practical effects:

We filmed a lot in San Francisco. The SUV flip is an all-practical SUV that we flipped down that hill. If you go online, somewhere early on where we were still shooting, there's all this sort of people hanging out their apartment windows, watching us catapult that thing down there. So it is a combination of CG cars and real cars, but the bulk of it was built on doing real car stuff. Any time when Hank Pym's van, when Hope is driving it through the city, we were really doing that.

While San Francisco did allow Marvel to film parts of the car chase on the actual streets of the city, Reed initially had reservations about it as he was concerned with whether the city would allow them to shoot what they needed for the movie. 

Because there had been bad blood, I think, ever since Bogdanovich's movie What's Up Doc, where they were doing that crazy chase, and that was 1972. But the people in the San Francisco Film Commission, they'll go and they'll point to these concrete stairs and say, 'Okay, see those chips where the concrete is chipped away? That's from the Volkswagen in What's Up Doc,' and they've never repaired it since. They're very cautious about it.

Reed also spoke about how they filmed the sequence that tookplace on Lombard Street, a popular tourist attraction that is famously referred to as the crookedest street in the world. Due to the popularity of the street, Reed and crew were not able to flip vehicles there but did film as much as possible on location:

You know, we shot all that stuff down at the actual piers, and we shot on Lombard Street. Obviously we did not flip a car down Lombard Street, but we shot all the place and the action and stuff of the van coming down Lombard Street. So it is a combination of live action and CG.

Did you enjoy the car chase sequences in Ant-man and the Wasp? Be sure to share your thoughts below!
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HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 7/15/2018, 5:52 PM



MosquitoFarmer
MosquitoFarmer - 7/15/2018, 5:54 PM
How they filmed scenes set in San Fransisco?! Marvel Studios has filmed in WWII Germany, Asgard, Wakanda, and The Quantum Realm. Is San Fran that hard of a stretch?
Subtlespammer24
Subtlespammer24 - 7/15/2018, 5:58 PM
@MosquitoFarmer - yeah it’s got a lot more traffic than any of those other places you mentioned
MosquitoFarmer
MosquitoFarmer - 7/15/2018, 6:17 PM
@Subtlespammer24 - Just being cheeky perhaps.

Subtlespammer24
Subtlespammer24 - 7/15/2018, 7:39 PM
@MosquitoFarmer - lol
hazapez
hazapez - 7/15/2018, 11:19 PM
@Subtlespammer24 - laaaawl burn
L0RDbuckethead
L0RDbuckethead - 7/15/2018, 11:45 PM
@Subtlespammer24 - But for real though, traffic in SF is some of the worst in the US. Maybe only below LA & NY.

I might put CHI ahead of it too.
PantherKing
PantherKing - 7/15/2018, 6:05 PM
It’s getting to the point now where it’s really hard to compare marvel movies or even rank them. This movie was a blast because it was a refreshing movie after the weight of infinity war but also reminds us that consequences are still rippling from Infinity war. I think it’s a missed opportunity to have a news report of To y stark missing and the brief battle of New York in Infinity war on some tv. But otherwise I had a great time and it’s a great addition to the MCU.
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 7/15/2018, 6:53 PM
@PantherKing -
Larebel24
Larebel24 - 7/15/2018, 6:53 PM
@PantherKing - hell yeah..you are so right!!!
MrCamw1
MrCamw1 - 7/15/2018, 6:25 PM
I like how relaxed Reed is in all his interviews for this film. Even though the film isnt top tier Marvel I'm glad that hes still proud of it.
Larebel24
Larebel24 - 7/15/2018, 7:00 PM
@MrCamw1 - he should be....it's small scale in the MCU but it's a great film....just what we needed after IW...
MrCamw1
MrCamw1 - 7/15/2018, 7:27 PM
@Larebel24 - agreed.
demery
demery - 7/16/2018, 8:04 AM
@Larebel24 - Same here!
SecretWarrior
SecretWarrior - 7/15/2018, 6:27 PM
Ashame it didn't make more money. Freaking hilarious! The audience was laughing constantly. Action scenes were also very good. Ghosts powers worked great as well
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 7/15/2018, 6:44 PM
@SecretWarrior - totally agree
Larebel24
Larebel24 - 7/15/2018, 7:02 PM
@HeavyMetal4Life - second that.....a great movie!!!
Unites
Unites - 7/15/2018, 6:30 PM
With a camera?
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