Marvel’s New Ant-Man Synopsis Isn’t Exactly Reassuring
By Nick Tylwalk
Passing along what it found on Stitch Kingdom, Comic Book Resources dug up the new synopsis for Marvel’s upcoming Ant-Man. And as CBR points out, there’s one very obvious thing that jumps out at you: the writing credits, or lack thereof.
Take a look:
"The next evolution of the Marvel Cinematic Universe brings a founding member of The Avengers to the big screen for the first time with Marvel Studios’ “Ant-Man.” Armed with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, master thief Scott Lang must embrace his inner-hero and help his mentor, Dr. Hank Pym, protect the secret behind his spectacular Ant-Man suit from a new generation of towering threats. Against seemingly insurmountable obstacles, Pym and Lang must plan and pull off a heist that will save the world.Marvel’s “Ant-Man” stars Paul Rudd as Scott Lang aka Ant-Man, Evangeline Lilly as Hope Van Dyne, Corey Stoll as Darren Cross aka Yellowjacket, Bobby Cannavale as Paxton, Michael Peña as Luis, Judy Greer as Maggie, Tip “T.I.” Harris as Dave, David Dastmalchian as Kurt, Wood Harris as Gale, Jordi Mollà as Castillo and Michael Douglas as Hank Pym.Directed by Peyton Reed and produced by Kevin Feige, Marvel’s “Ant-Man” delivers a high-stakes, tension-filled adventure on July 17, 2015.Writing credits are still to be determined (TBD)."
To be determined, eh? Exactly who wrote what we end up watching is going to be a source of some intrigue, probably even after the official credits are decided. I’m curious to see if Edgar Wright stays listed as one of the writers and who ends up joining him.
Not that it’s necessarily a recipe for disaster for there to be, if you’ll pardon the reference/pun, too many cooks. By all accounts, Guardians of the Galaxy wouldn’t have turned out the way it did without the foundation laid down by Nicole Perlman hadn’t been heavily reworked by director James Gunn, even if the two of them don’t quite present a united front on who did what.
Ant-Man could turn out just fine, but this is the one Marvel movie that’s always made me nervous, and stuff like this doesn’t inspire much confidence. Also, I like all those characters with only first names. T.I. as Dave! David Dastmalchian as Kurt!
(Exclamation points added by me to help make these dudes sound more exciting.)
I’d never bet against the minds at Marvel until they give me a reason to do so, and I like Scott Lang as a character. Let’s just say that cautiously optimistic is as positive as I’m going to be until we see the finished product.
(via Stitch Kingdom, by way of Comic Book Resources)