Edgar Wright is busy promoting The World’s End, and Cornetto Trilogy blu-ray/DVD release today, and doing so, he sat down with Entertainment Tonight to answer all kinds of questions about the movie and his relationship with his two favorite actor chums. ET then squeezed in an Ant-Man question, and Wright gave us a little insight on what he is doing with the character.
ETonline: Switching gears, you’re directing Ant-Man for Marvel, which is going up against some very big superheroes in the summer of 2015 (namely Superman and Batman) on the heels of Marvel’s The Avengers: Age of Ultron. What is it about Ant-Man? What will make people want to wear Ant-Man T-shirts and dress like him at Halloween?
Wright: I want to make him into a badass [laughs]. No, I always liked that comic and I always thought it would be an interesting thing to see in live-action. That’s why I [showed] that Comic-Con test that we did for Marvel, to show this fight scene like a proof of content, like this is what the action is going to look like. I think a lot of people who maybe don’t know the character sort of see that test and go, “Oh, right, I get it. It’s like an action film,” so that’s the idea. I think people will be surprised by what kind of movie it is, and so in that respect it’s something that I know is going to stand out because it’s got a very different story and is a very different movie.
ETonline: What is the tone of the piece? Is it going to be humor and action, or would you say it’s going to be more straightforward hero entertainment?
Wright: Well, I think the Marvel movies are funny, you know? I think generally the Iron Man films andThe Avengers is funny. They’re not ever in the comedy section, but they are funny and entertaining, so I think it’ll be something in a similar vein to that.
The fact that the interviewer asked the humor question shows that she has never seen an Edgar Wright movie before. I am really looking forward to see what he does with the Ant-Man character. He’s not a very popular superhero, but he is very unique, and I think Wright is a perfect choice to bring him to life. Let me know your thoughts about this.
Source: ETonline