Marvel Studios has decided to take advantage of Warner Bros.’ decision to push Batman vs. Superman back to May 2016 by moving forward the release of its first Phase Three offering Ant-Man, with the film now set to arrive on occupy the Man of Steel sequel’s slot on July 17th 2015, as opposed to its original date of July 31st.
Ant-Man will not find itself going up against Warner Bros.’ Pan movie and with a lack of competition from The Dark Knight and the Man of Steel, Marvel Studios must now be quietly confident that the miniature hero will get Phase Three off with a bang, especially coming just two and half months after The Avengers: Age of Ultron presumably shatters all kinds of box office records.
Now, of course, there’s still the issue of Marvel’s mystery Phase Three movie which is due for release on May 6th – the exact same day as Batman vs. Superman. Will Marvel hold firm and take on DC’s big team-up head-to-head? That remains to be seen…
Ant-Man will be directed by Edgar Wright (The World’s End) with Paul Rudd (Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues) set to play Scott Lang and Michael Douglas (Behind the Candelabra) portraying Hank Pym.
Originally published January 23, 2014. Updated April 11, 2018.
