While Marvel kicked things off well to start with info about the Thor and Captain America sequels as well as the characters to be used in Guardians of the Galaxy, they also jumped ahead and revealed the logo for the latter. But when they talked about Ant-Man, the official Marvel site also released the logo for it which is the last firm bit needed to say that it will be made. No date is given as of this writing, but Edgar Wright showed up at the panel and indicated that he will be directing it now that the test footage was successful and his vision for the quirky corner of the Marvel Universe can be made.
As per Collider, here at the highlights. Scroll further for the new logos from Marvel.
The footage opened with Ant-Man sitting on a ledge in an air conditioning vent that lead to a hallway guarded by two agents. The costume was pretty metallic looking, and he snuck through the vent hole and started running down the hallway. He morphed to normal size, shocking the guards, then morphed back down to ant size and kept running. Still in “ant size” he leapt up and punched one of the guys in the face, knocking the spit out of him, then he ran and attacked the other guard.
The footage was obviously rough, but I thought the big/small effects worked great. Moreover, Wright’s comedic tone is not lost at all even though he’s dealing with a superhero. The lights then came back up.
- “I’ve been doing one second of that for the last six years,” quipped Wright
- Wright confirmed that the costume mixing the Silver Age and contemporary Ant-Man, adding “Ant-Man will kick your ass one inch at a time.”
- Wright said there’s no casting to announce, but “revealed” that Ant-Man has been here all day, pulling out an Ant-Man title card and putting it on the table next to him.