"Ant-Man" might be a little overshadowed in the Marvel world right now (it's hard not to be, given that "Avengers: Age of Ultron" and that "Spider-Man" news exist). But that doesn't mean we're any less excited to see Paul Rudd strap on that Ant-Man costume and get super small.
A new piece of concept art for the film has just come out online, and it looks terrific. In the art (seen above), Scott Lang (Rudd) stands on the grate for an air vent. And so do several dozen of his ant buddies. What is this human/insect partnership planning? Are they breaking in somewhere? Is this part of the film's central heist, to steal a deadly weapon away from the villain Yellowjacket (Corey Stoll?).
We have no idea. But the concept art is cool regardless.
MovieWeb throws out an important point- this scene may not actually appear in the movie at all, and may just be something the artists whipped up to get a good feel for the tone of "Ant-Man." They do mention, however, that the setting is likely Cross Industries (the corporation owned by "Ant-Man" villain Yellowjacket, aka Darren Cross), so this is likely from one of the bigger heist moments in the film.
The concept art first appeared on the Facebook page for Tony Stark Sincero, a fanpage for Marvel lovers. But it looks extremely legit- there's no reason to doubt this piece of "Ant-Man" coolness just because it's not coming from an official source.
"Ant-Man" will hopefully be one of the best movies of the summer- and if you're not convinced, it's also likely to be much more comedic than most Marvel flicks (although Marvel does tend to err on the side of comedy). Judy Greer, who's playing Ant-Man's ex-wife in the film, explained how many jokes they were improvising on the set, and how comedic the film would be.
"I haven't seen it yet but there was a lot of comedy on set and we did a lot of comedic improv. I don't know what will end up in the movie, but yeah."
And given how dark and deadly serious "Avengers: Age of Ultron" looks, a little humor sounds like sweet relief. Now if only we could get some more concept art of "Ant-Man" villain Yellowjacket- very few pics have come out so far, but we'd love to see more of the future villain.
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