Writer and director of the movie, Joss Whedon said at Comic-Con that Ant-Man and The Wasp won't be a part of the team. The two actors who were apparently almost locked in to play the characters, Nathan Fillion and Eva Longoria, both denied having anything to do with the roles last week. And now, the writer and director of the Ant-Man solo movie (Edgar Wright) said that in a discussion he had with Kevin Feige they decided that it’ll be an, “…introduction to that character, and so it wasn’t something where it felt right to introduce him in that film.”
In my opinion, it's important that both of these characters are part of the first team of Avengers. A big part of that is of course the fact that they're two of the founding members. It's a pity that Marvel Studios didn't think of introducing them both in either of the Iron Man movies or even Captain America or Thor but as I've said in the past, it would still be easy enough to just bring them in as S.H.I.E.L.D scientists who are drafted onto the team just as Mark Millar did in a one or two page sequence in <> a few years back!
Of course, there's still a chance that in the next year or so they will indeed be made a part of The Avengers. After all, Jeremy Renner played down and denied the Hawkeye rumours and all these months later he's now been officially made part of the cast! Who's to say Fillion an Longoria aren't being told to do the same!? Regardless, here's your chance to have your say over whether YOU think they should be in the upcoming epic. And who knows? If we get enough votes, Marvel might just listen...
I’ll announce the results in three days time on August 6th!