Kevin Feige Discusses The Integration Of ANT-MAN And Humor In The Marvel Cinematic Universe

Kevin Feige Discusses The Integration Of ANT-MAN And Humor In The Marvel Cinematic Universe

While at a press conference for the release of Ant-Man, Kevin Feige discussed and clarified the role of and humor, in general, in the upcoming film and how it affects other films within the cinematic universe. Along with this, Feige discusses how Marvel Studios sees Ant-Man. Read on for more!

By Invictor - Jun 28, 2015 06:06 AM EST
Filed Under: Ant-Man

At a Disney Studios press conference, for the upcoming Marvel Studios film, Ant-Man, Kevin Feige answered questions dealing with comedy in the film and Marvel Cinematic Universe, the uniqueness of the film, and how the studio views Ant-Man. When asked about the comedy and various tones in the films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, specifically Ant-Man and Avengers: Age of Ultron, and how the different tones affect one another, Feige had this to say:

"I don’t think we set out and said this will be out funniest movie or this is a comedy. I don’t look at any of our films as necessarily one thing, but humor as we always say is a huge element. And when you’re dealing with a concept, people riding ants, people communicating with ants, calling ants Antony, you have to acknowledge to the audience that we know this is funny to a certain extent.

And even when we cast Paul, people thought “Oh, is it a comedy because you cast a comedian.” We cast a guy we thought could be a kick-ass super hero who happens to funny.

In terms of coming off of Ultron, when we put these two films together in this year, it was always knowing that one could be the antidote of the other. Coming off of Ultron, it would be fun to do something that was funny but also dealt on a very different scale, that had the same kind of thrills and action elements but in a very different way. So it’s a flying country in one film and it’s a little girl’s bedroom in another."


Feige also went on to mention the thought behind Ant-Man and related characters being integrated within the Marvel Cinematic Universe:

"Well, you know clearly Ant-Man, in the comics, is a founding member of the Avengers. I’ve said that we have a big, giant poster of the Avengers #1 in all the various offices we’ve had over the years, and I love looking at that and checking off “that person has been in a movie now”, “made a movie about that person”, “and about that person”.

[Ant-Man] and the Wasp are the two that have been the longest that we haven’t done anything with and so it was always clear that we were going to assemble all the Avengers eventually. And it also was interesting to do a movie, that plays with scale and plays with action in a very different way than we have ever done before. And it is, I’m sure you all have heard me say many, many times, I like it when all of our films are unique and all are different and all of them can surprise people.

Now this is our 12th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, so it felt time to do something even more unique and even more different, which I think these people managed."

Should be expecting to see Ant-Man and Wasp both joining The Avengers down the line? Shoot your comments and thoughts below.

 

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TheRationalNerd
TheRationalNerd - 6/28/2015, 6:49 AM
Plus you have to actually consider the actual cast members themselves who claimed that the script and scenes they did felt like a comedy. I think people also felt it would be a comedy because of Edgar's involvement in the past and also Reed's development within the project as of right now. To me, they're advertising Ant-Man to be what the film is set to be and that's why I'm overly more interested/anticipating that flick. Fiege has expressed in the past that this will be one of Marvel's most emotional films in the past but I guess the comical/humorous aspects will help make the film less serious since that's obviously not the tone they're anticipated on going here.
TheRationalNerd
TheRationalNerd - 6/28/2015, 6:53 AM
@PlasmaSnake

I think people get more upset with the "timing" of humour within some of their films rather than the fact that it's expected to be there. Iron Man is the perfect example of balance between so many emotions within one film. You were actually able to feel tension within specific scenes without the need of humour to diminish such tension in specific scenes. Though everything doesn't need to be a drama, it would be good for some of their films to back off of it a bit. Especially when it comes to their superiority of their antagonist.
cbostont102
cbostont102 - 6/28/2015, 7:05 AM
@Superior

Very nice job providing the transcript. I know there are others like myself that don't always feel like watching a video.

-Cheers
BlackPhillip
BlackPhillip - 6/28/2015, 7:07 AM
Marvel's type of formula is starting to get old a lil. This is why I am not as excited for Phase III like I was for the previous phases.
cbostont102
cbostont102 - 6/28/2015, 7:08 AM
@PlasmaSnake

Great comparison

-Cheers
Desr0w
Desr0w - 6/28/2015, 7:18 AM
marvelstudios
marvelstudios - 6/28/2015, 7:28 AM
Watch the anti-humour people come.

Imagine WB/DC made Ant-Man, now that would be the bigger joke.
Invictor
Invictor - 6/28/2015, 7:30 AM
@cbostont102

jrp6048
jrp6048 - 6/28/2015, 7:55 AM
@PlasmaSnake@Jeight Preach!
BlackPhillip
BlackPhillip - 6/28/2015, 9:27 AM
@KurtWagner1225

I don't agree. Not all the James Bond movies have the same formula. The Pierce Brosnan movies were cheesy compare to the Daniel Craig versions. F&F reinvented itself with part 4. JP went a different route with the sequels.
Wannabe
Wannabe - 6/28/2015, 9:36 AM
ITT: Humor is bad for your health.
BlackPhillip
BlackPhillip - 6/28/2015, 9:42 AM
@Jeight

No matter what genre each movie may fall into, it still feels the same. With the exception of TWS, each movie felt like a goofy hero facing off against a goofy villain, with some macguffin involved.

I do think Phase III needs to be totally different from the previous two phases.
BlackPhillip
BlackPhillip - 6/28/2015, 9:44 AM
@KurtWagner1225

I do like what I am hearing about Ant-Man. I had no desire seeing this movie after Wright left, but the tweets have raised my interest somewhat.
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