"I did read a bit of 'The Avengers' as a kid, and I especially liked the Scott Lang character - by David Michelinie and John Byrne - and, of course, the imagery. I think 'Ant Man' is one of those characters that the writers got bored with after about ten or fifteen issues so they'd go 'What do we do now? - Hey, lets make him Giant-Man!' Then he became Yellowjacket... and the character changed... its interesting, he seems sort of like the runt-of-the-litter in the comics world," says director Edgar Wright of the Marvel character he aims to film, "and that's exactly what appeals to me [about it]. On top of that, the visuals of him could be absolutely extraordinary. I really like the idea of doing an action film with a miniature element to it. Most 'Shrinking' films are about people being scared of Shrinking - 'Incredible Shrinking Man', 'Honey, I Shrunk the Kids' - this is a film about how 'Cool' it would be to have that power, ya know?"More...
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