Hank Pym will appear in Age of Ultron
For those of you who don’t know, Ant-Man will be the first Marvel Studios film to follow the highly anticipated Avengers: Age of Ultron. Without a doubt, it will be a hard film to follow. If the box office success of The Avengers is anything to go by then Age of Ultron will do equally well and should even exceed its predecessor. Ant-Man is a far more obscure product in comparison to The Avengers. It would make sense for Marvel Studios to promote their next film by featuring a character from the next film – Hank Pym.
In the comics, Hank Pym is actually the creator of the Ultron, but this version it looks like Ultron will be Tony Stark’s creation. Joss Whedon said that Hank Pym would not appear in the Avengers sequel but that was a while ago – that may have changed. We all assumed that the lead of Ant-Man would be Pym but it looks like it will favor Scott Lang instead – with Pym in a supporting character role. So in a sense Ant-Man would not appear in the Avengers sequel, but Pym may do. Hank Pym is to be played by Michael Douglas and because the actor is older, this suggests that he was a superhero before – presumably one of the first superheroes. We can expect to see Hank Pym cameo in Age of Ultron.
Marvel seem to know what they are doing and always deliver great Easter eggs and after credit scenes to tease future films. If there is no cameo or even reference to Hank Pym in Avengers: Age of Ultron, then it would be a waste of a great opportunity to give a niche film more attention.
Originally published April 13, 2014. Updated April 15, 2018.
