MARVEL STUDIOS BEGINS PRODUCTION ON
MARVEL’S “ANT-MAN”
Principal Photography Begins in San Francisco
For July 17, 2015 Release
SAN FRANCISCO,
CALIFORNIA (August, 18, 2014) – Marvel Studios began principal
photography today in San Francisco, California, on its newest Super Hero
franchise Marvel’s
“Ant-Man.” The film brings one of Marvel comics’ original founding
members of The Avengers into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The
production also shoots on location in Atlanta, Georgia, which serves as
the base for the film’s production.
Set for release in
the United States on July 17, 2015, the film is directed by Peyton Reed
(“Bring it On,” “The Break-Up”) and stars Paul Rudd (“I Love You Man,”
“Role Models”)
as Scott Lang aka Ant-Man, and Michael Douglas (“Behind The
Candelabra,” “Wall Street”) as his mentor Dr. Hank Pym and Evangeline
Lilly (“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug,” “Lost”) as Hope Van Dyne,
daughter of Hank Pym.
The film also
includes outstanding additional cast including Corey Stoll (“House of
Cards,” “The Bourne Legacy”), Bobby Cannavale (“Danny Collins,” “Annie,”
“HBO’s “The
Long Play”), Michael Peña (“End of Watch,” “American Hustle”), Abby
Ryder Fortson (“Togetherness”), Judy Greer (“13 Going on 30,” “Dawn of
the Planet of the Apes”), David Dastmalchian (“The Dark Knight,”
“Prisoners”), Wood Harris (“Remember the Titans,” “The
Wire”), John Slattery (“Mad Men,” Marvel’s “Iron Man 2”) and Gregg
Turkington (“The Comedy,” “On Cinema”) and multi-hyphenate T.I.
(“American Gangster,” “Takers”).
Based on the Marvel
comic character first published in 1962, Marvel’s “Ant-Man”continues the
lineage of epic big-screen adventures chronicled in Marvel’s “Iron
Man,” “The
Incredible Hulk,” “Iron Man 2,” “Thor,” “Captain America: The First
Avenger,” “Marvel’s The Avengers,” “Iron Man 3,” “Thor: The Dark World,”
“Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” “Guardians of the Galaxy” and
the upcoming Marvel’s “Avengers: Age of Ultron.”
Armed with the
astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, con-man
Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) must embrace his inner-hero and help his mentor,
Dr. Hank
Pym (Michael Douglas), 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” is
produced by Marvel Studios’ president, Kevin Feige, with Louis
D’Esposito, Alan Fine, Victoria Alonso, Michael Grillo and Stan Lee
serving as executive
producers.
Director Peyton
Reed’s creative team also includes Oscar® winning cinematographer
Russell Carpenter (“Titanic,” “21”), production designer Sheppard
Frankel (“Identity Thief,”
“Horrible Bosses”) costume designer Sammy Sheldon Differ (“X-Men: First
Class,” “Kick Ass”), visual effects supervisor Jake Morrison (Marvel’s
“Thor: The Dark World,” “The Lord of the Rings: Two Towers”), stunt
coordinator Jeff Habberstad (Marvel’s “Iron Man
3,” “X-Men: Days of Future Past”) and six-time Oscar® nominee, special
effects supervisor Dan Sudik (“Captain America: The Winter Soldier,”
“Marvel’s The Avengers”). The editors include Dan Lebental, ACE
(Marvel’s “Thor: The Dark World,” Marvel’s “Iron Man”)
and Colby Parker Jr. (“Lone Survivor,” “Hancock”).
Marvel Studios’
upcoming release schedule includes Marvel’s “Avengers: Age of Ultron” on
May 1, 2015, Marvel’s “Captain America 3” on May 6, 2016, and Marvel’s
“Guardians
of the Galaxy 2,” on July 28, 2017.
Marvel Studios
continued its unprecedented success in 2014 with more record-breaking
films including the #1 releases of Marvel’s “Captain America: The Winter
Soldier,” which
recorded the largest April opening of all time at $95 million and
Marvel’s “Guardians of the Galaxy,” which recorded the largest August
opening of all time with $94.1 million. Both films were the #1 film in
the world when they were released on April 4, 2014
and August 1, 2014, respectively.
In 2013 Marvel
Studios delivered #1 openings for Marvel’s “Thor: The Dark World,” which
grossed over $640 million worldwide and Marvel’s “Iron Man 3,” which
grossed over
$1.2 billon worldwide and was the highest grossing film of the calendar
year.
In 2012 the studio
produced the critically acclaimed “Marvel’s The Avengers,” which set the
all-time, domestic 3-day weekend box office record at $207.4 million.
The film,
which shattered both domestic and international box office records, is
Disney’s highest-grossing global and domestic release of all time and
marked the studio’s fifth film to gross more than $1 billion worldwide.
In the summer of
2011, Marvel successfully launched two new franchises with Marvel’s
“Thor,” starring Chris Hemsworth, and Marvel’s “Captain America: The
First Avenger,”
starring Chris Evans. Both films opened #1 at the box office and have
grossed over $800 million worldwide combined. In 2010 Marvel’s “Iron Man
2,” starring Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Scarlett
Johansson, Sam Rockwell, Mickey Rourke and
Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury took the #1 spot in its first weekend
with a domestic box office gross of $128.1 million.
In the summer of
2008, Marvel produced the summer blockbuster movies Marvel’s “Iron Man”
and Marvel’s “The Incredible Hulk.” Marvel’s “Iron Man,” in which Robert
Downey
Jr. originally donned the Super Hero’s powerful armor and starred
alongside co-stars Terrence Howard, Jeff Bridges, Shaun Toub and Gwyneth
Paltrow, was released May 2, 2008, and was an immediate box office
success.
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