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Ant-Man is a 2015 American superhero film (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superhero_film) based on the Marvel Comics (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Comics) characters (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant-Man) of the same name: Scott Lang (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant-Man_(Scott_Lang)) and Hank Pym (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Pym) . Produced by Marvel Studios (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Studios) and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Disney_Studios_Motion_Pictures) , it is the twelfth film (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Marvel_Cinematic_Universe_films) in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Cinematic_Universe) (MCU). The film was directed by Peyton Reed (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peyton_Reed) , with a screenplay by the writing teams of Edgar Wright (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Wright) and Joe Cornish (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Cornish) , and Adam McKay (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_McKay) and Paul Rudd (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Rudd) . It stars Rudd as Scott Lang / Ant-Man, alongside Evangeline Lilly (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evangeline_Lilly) , Corey Stoll (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corey_Stoll) , Bobby Cannavale (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Cannavale) , Michael Peña (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Pe%C3%B1a) , Tip "T.I." Harris (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T.I.) , Anthony Mackie (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Mackie) , Wood Harris (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood_Harris) , Judy Greer (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judy_Greer) , David Dastmalchian (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Dastmalchian) and Michael Douglas (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Douglas) as Hank Pym. In Ant-Man, Lang must help defend Pym's Ant-Man shrinking technology and plot a heist with worldwide ramifications.
SCENE: youtu.be/W86hhvgAPNQ
AFI List of 12 films required by students to have watched before attending the program. (patreon.com/posts/worksheet-at-afi-26316035?utm_medium=post_notification_email&utm_source=post_link&utm_campaign=patron_engagement)
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 (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World%27s_End_(film)) . Casting began in December 2013, with the hiring of Rudd to play Lang. In May 2014, Wright left the project, citing creative differences, though he still received screenplay and story credits with Cornish, as well as an executive producer credit. The following month, Reed was brought in to replace Wright,
Ant-Man is a 2015 American superhero film (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superhero_film) based on the Marvel Comics (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Comics) characters (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant-Man) of the same name: Scott Lang (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant-Man_(Scott_Lang)) and Hank Pym (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Pym) . Produced by Marvel Studios (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Studios) and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Disney_Studios_Motion_Pictures) , it is the twelfth film (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Marvel_Cinematic_Universe_films) in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Cinematic_Universe) (MCU). The film was directed by Peyton Reed (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peyton_Reed) , with a screenplay by the writing teams of Edgar Wright (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Wright) and Joe Cornish (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Cornish) , and Adam McKay (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_McKay) and Paul Rudd (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Rudd) . It stars Rudd as Scott Lang / Ant-Man, alongside Evangeline Lilly (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evangeline_Lilly) , Corey Stoll (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corey_Stoll) , Bobby Cannavale (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Cannavale) , Michael Peña (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Pe%C3%B1a) , Tip "T.I." Harris (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T.I.) , Anthony Mackie (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Mackie) , Wood Harris (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood_Harris) , Judy Greer (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judy_Greer) , David Dastmalchian (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Dastmalchian) and Michael Douglas (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Douglas) as Hank Pym. In Ant-Man, Lang must help defend Pym's Ant-Man shrinking technology and plot a heist with worldwide ramifications.
SCENE: youtu.be/W86hhvgAPNQ
AFI List of 12 films required by students to have watched before attending the program. (patreon.com/posts/worksheet-at-afi-26316035?utm_medium=post_notification_email&utm_source=post_link&utm_campaign=patron_engagement)
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 (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World%27s_End_(film)) . Casting began in December 2013, with the hiring of Rudd to play Lang. In May 2014, Wright left the project, citing creative differences, though he still received screenplay and story credits with Cornish, as well as an executive producer credit. The following month, Reed was brought in to replace Wright,
