Major ANT-MAN Story Details Revealed; What Does 'Hank Pym' Recruit 'Scott Lang' To Steal?

Major ANT-MAN Story Details Revealed; What Does 'Hank Pym' Recruit 'Scott Lang' To Steal?

Entertainment Weekly have published their Ant-Man set visit, and in it we hear not only from the cast, but also get some revealing new details on some key moments from the movie! Hit the jump for more on Hank Pym's team, Yellowjacket's role, shrinking stories, and more...

By JoshWilding - Jan 08, 2015 11:01 AM EST
Filed Under: Ant-Man
Source: Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly were lucky enough to visit the set of Ant-Man last year, and they have a very interesting feature up about their time there. For starters, they witnessed a scene which took place in Hank Pym's (Michael Douglas) basement control room as he, Scott Lang (Paul Rudd), and Hope Van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly) come up with a plan to steal the Yellowjacket suit from Darren Cross (Corey Stoll). They caught some snippets of dialogue - "Cross has the place loaded with transmission blockers!" - and even a mention of Howard Stark, but that's as specific as things get. However, those of you worrying that major changes will be made to Lang's origin story (in which he steals the Ant-Man suit from Pym) needn't worry, as they seemingly reveal that he does indeed end up "nabbing" the Ant-Man suit when he's released from jail. Lang spends time behind bars for stealing from a CEO of a corrupt company that was itself stealing from its employees. 
 
"He’s not used to being a hero," director Peyton Reed tells the site. "He’s more like George Clooney in Ocean’s Eleven. He’s a guy ­trying to ­create a new life for himself and find redemption." If you're still sceptical about Rudd being cast as Ant-Man, Marvel President Kevin Feige elaborates on what makes the comedic actor the right man for the job. "We wanted Scott Lang to have made mistakes that cost him dearly. But we wanted the audience to be rooting for him despite that. Paul Rudd can do almost anything and you’re still charmed by him." It sounds like Lang and Pym cross paths when the original Ant-Man hires the "master theif" to steal his suit as some sort of test. From there, Scott is trained by his new mentor all as part of the plan to take down Cross. The villain is apparently a former protégé of Pym’s who has developed his own version of the Ant-Man technology and created Yellowjacket. The duo's attempt to steal his suit will be complicated somewhat by the precense of Hope. "She’s not been in her father’s life for a long time," Lilly says. "So her arc in the movie—as Scott’s is with his daughter—is trying to find a relationship."
 
So, how are they going to go about filming those shrinking scenes? (we caught a glimpse of one such moment in the trailer of course) "What we’re doing is very different from Honey, I Shrunk the Kids," Reed promises. "It’s going to be much more experiential." As a result, the actors won't be working with oversized props as Marvel are taking the far more advanced route of using macro photography and motion-capture technology. "There are cameras and lenses that make small areas look like the most epic landscapes," adds co-producer Brad Winderbaum. "Then we’re shooting motion capture with Paul to insert Ant-Man into those environments." Both Rudd and Stoll donned motion capture suits as a result, with the latter saing: "The director shouts out, ‘And now you’re gonna get punched on the left side of your face!’ ‘And now there’s a swarm of ants!’ It was a lot of fun." What do you guys think about these latest Ant-Man details? Sound off below!

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Pasto
Pasto - 1/8/2015, 10:34 AM
>___>
DrKinsolving
DrKinsolving - 1/8/2015, 10:46 AM
Haha, Douglas is hilarious.... "Do you know how you smell moth balls?"
Pasto
Pasto - 1/8/2015, 11:32 AM
"Who do I have to [frick] to get out of this room?" -Michael Douglas
tokens
tokens - 1/8/2015, 11:34 AM
I just watched "booty" 5 times in a row.. (see 'olmos' thread)



.... both of my hands are incredibly chaffed ...
AgeofApocalypse
AgeofApocalypse - 1/8/2015, 11:36 AM
Good stuff.
Jordanstine
Jordanstine - 1/8/2015, 11:39 AM
Nasseal82isback
Nasseal82isback - 1/8/2015, 11:40 AM
@cinnamon

You bastard ;) made me do it. I never ever have posted nice chicks and never got banned fore that...........Ok I am lying, frick it.
theknight618
theknight618 - 1/8/2015, 11:40 AM
Calling it now: after stealing the Yellowjackets suit, it will become the Wasp suit. The current model looks like a Wasp suit, and even has wings on it. Plus, the fighting scene with Lilly in the trailer shows she can hold her own in a fight. Why would they add that detail?
TheEpicJuicebox
TheEpicJuicebox - 1/8/2015, 11:41 AM
Really rooting for this movie to do well the punt of negativity it's receiving is astounding
Reasonnnn
Reasonnnn - 1/8/2015, 11:42 AM
These story details. ANTSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
AstonishingArachnid
AstonishingArachnid - 1/8/2015, 11:42 AM
I like the fact that Ant man is going to bring us something we haven't ever seen in any other CBM. A father/daughter relationship and the theme of legacy.
lvcl
lvcl - 1/8/2015, 11:43 AM
amazing argument....zzzzzzzzzzz

SpiderFraud
SpiderFraud - 1/8/2015, 11:45 AM
They better nail the scenes when he's small. They have so many possibilities to blow people away, so I'm expecting some stuff I never seen before.
kinghulk
kinghulk - 1/8/2015, 11:46 AM
theknight618- i thought about that earlier, but i think if it does they will probably make changes to it to make it look more like wasp. Pym could upgrade it or remodel it or something.
SauronsBANE
SauronsBANE - 1/8/2015, 11:48 AM
Ant-Man taking inspiration from Ocean's 11, even if it's just for Scott Lang, makes me more excited about this movie than anything else about it so far.
tokens
tokens - 1/8/2015, 11:48 AM
someone photoshop hope's head onto the yellowjacket suit.
I wanna see if theknight618 is right..

...Also.. somebody send a box of chocolates to nasseal82 cuz that gif is Noooiice.
AstonishingArachnid
AstonishingArachnid - 1/8/2015, 11:48 AM
@TheEpicJuicebox Its really only people on this site. Everywhere else it seems that 60% are intrigued, 39% are excited and 1% are trolls.
blackandyellow
blackandyellow - 1/8/2015, 11:49 AM
I think Yellowjacket will backhand the shit out of her at some point in the movie. It'll be a way to pay homage without letting the audience know Pym is a woman beater.

Reasonnnn
Reasonnnn - 1/8/2015, 11:53 AM
@SauronsBANE Love Ocean's Eleven. Remmber watching that film as a kid in the theater. So smooth, all that slang too.

I can't express how much I love the heist element.
SauronsBANE
SauronsBANE - 1/8/2015, 11:56 AM
@Reasonnnn Same. It was basically an excuse to have a bunch of A-list actors/celebrities hang out together and have a great time, but MAN was it fun to watch haha.

If the heist aspect and Danny Ocean's arc are the two biggest things that Ant-Man uses for inspiration, sign me up!
Ghostyy
Ghostyy - 1/8/2015, 11:56 AM
My only gripe is that this looks like it was shot in 1.85:1 .Wasn't a huge fan of the aspect ratio on the Avengers
kinghulk
kinghulk - 1/8/2015, 11:58 AM
MrMartinMarvel- i think they will do that too or at least mention it, however i think they might put it down to wearing the suit to much like it says in the other article

"He started to become aware of this fabled technology that can shrink people to half an inch. Now he's discovered his own version of that technology-which has a psychotic effect on people if they use it too much"
CombatWombat
CombatWombat - 1/8/2015, 11:59 AM
man, I have had the biggest crush on Evangeline Lilly ever since LOST…
echinsuocha
echinsuocha - 1/8/2015, 12:00 PM
Please Please Please give us a comedic scene like this

Reasonnnn
Reasonnnn - 1/8/2015, 12:04 PM
@SauronsBANE Lang is about to steal Pym's suit back, but then Lilly shows up and Pym is like HOLY SHIT akin to Brad Pitt finding about Tess (Julia Roberts) when Matt Damon tells Pitt the daily schedule of Terry Benedict.

Ahhh, sounds like there's going to be at least two heists. The small score (stealing the suit) and the big score (taking down Cross)!
SWelch
SWelch - 1/8/2015, 12:07 PM
Sounds cool. really excited to see this. I think that Marvel Studios not having the rights to the FF, Spider-Man and X-Men(which I would love for them to get back) is a good thing. It forces Marvel Studios to creative with characters that they may have other wise used.
sKeemAn
sKeemAn - 1/8/2015, 12:07 PM
This sounds great. the MCu is really changing the cbm game. They are becoming family oriented action flicks. I love it.
Mastyrwerk
Mastyrwerk - 1/8/2015, 12:08 PM
I smell a red herring. Something is going on with the plot we aren't fully aware of yet.

I think we'll get a Mandarin level twist.
driver
driver - 1/8/2015, 12:09 PM
@ghosty247 - Yeah. Those digital cameras take away cinematic quality of the Marvel movies a ton.

I can understand why J.J. Abrams and Nolan with Tarantino are using film.

If Wright was on board, the cinematography could've been handled by Bill Pope (Matrix trilogy, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, the World's End) and he is a master of visuals. I am pretty sure even with digital camera he could've make it sweet looking movie.

But lets t least hope that it will be a good fun.
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