Pixar Wants Marvel’s Ant-Man? And so it begins…
The last time we touched on the Ant-Man project by Marvel Studios here at Screen Rant was back in July when we reported that Edgar Wright, the man behind Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead, would be prioritizing Baby Driver as his next film.
For Marvelites, that news meant that his Ant-Man live-action adaptation would be delayed for a while, likely to 2012 (where it tentatively sits now) or later.
Well, if Disney wants that movie out sooner… there’s always Pixar, right? I’m just kidding of course. Or am i? As it turns out, they’re interested in actually doing that movie…
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With Disney moving on in and pocketing the ‘House of Ideas,’ things could be different for the future of Marvel films. There will no doubt be a desire to increase the production from Marvel Studios, to push out more superhero blockbusters from the plethora of unused characters ripe for feature film debuts.
According to reports, it seems that Pixar may want to help make that happen for one character in particular: Ant-Man. They seem to think he’d be perfect for their animated style of movie-making and while that may be true, I don’t want that to happen.
With The Avengers opening at the top of summer 2012, the roster will likely (read: hopefully) include the key roster members from the early days of the Avengers comics – Ant-Man being one of them – A live-action Ant-Man just to be clear.
What many fans have suspected is that Ant-Man could debut as a comedic support character in that team-up film and have his own solo origins movie that year or shortly after since the studio has allocated their resources to pushing out the key character films first: Thor, Iron Man 2, The First Avenger: Captain America.
If Pixar were given the go-ahead for an animated stylistic Ant-Man, it wouldn’t fit with the current universe they have now and it would ruin the continuity and the long-term plan set in motion by Marvel Studios. Even worse is that it would represent and embody the exact fears of those who’ve been worried about the Disney-Marvel deal since it was announced last week.
In my mind, let Pixar do their thing, let Marvel Studios do theirs. Disney should focus on helping them expand to make more instead of transferring them to other subsidiaries.
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@ MCat, Ulik,
I’ll try to fit in an update this week on the subject.
@ Tony B,
Marvel Studios only has two films under their belt: The Incredible Hulk and Iron Man, and both were awesome.
Do you mean, Fox, Sony or other studios who own Marvel film licenses on other characters?
I guess I’m referring to the Marvel products done by Fox, Universal, and New Regency. And I thought Paramount was responsible for Iron Man and the Incredible Hulk.
My point is that movies based on Marvel comics have been hit and miss. Pixar has a better track record and Disney has incredible financial means. Why wouldn’t a fan want to see Marvel gain access to these resources?
Paramount distributed in partnership with Marvel Studios and Disney is honoring that contract at least until the end of the next 5 films already in-development.
IM and Hulk were the first feature films developed by Marvel as a separate independent studio which was amazing because they could make the movies exactly how they should be.
What fans are worried about now, is because Marvel is no longer fully in charge, things may be changed. I think that’s where a lot of the angst comes from.
What Disney should do is lower comic cover prices and get them into mainstream regular retailers/department stores/book stores.
@Rob Keys,That would be cool can’t wait for more news on that and other Marvel movies. Rob if you got some connects at Marvel or something please try to get them to use my ideas, I think that Ant-Man needs an upgrade. Real ants could be ok at the beginning of Pyms research and experiments but later he should create powerful nano-machine ants like I said earlier that are able to mass reproduce with Pym’s command but desentergrate or die after a certain amount of time or at Pym’s command. The Hank Pym cameo in “Thor” is essential and Leonardo DiCaprio as Hank Pym,they got the backing to pay Leo whatever he wants now and he’ll own the hell out of that role.
Rob Keyes says: “What Disney should do is lower comic cover prices and get them into mainstream regular retailers/department stores/book stores.”
But wasn’t one of the old sticking points of marketing in those arenas family values? Comics with adult themes don’t go over so well at the small town grocery store. Even if you mute the violent and sexual issues that still leaves things that parents want more control over the presentation to their 7 to 12 year olds.
@ the old man,
If you can sell magazines by the cashier with women in underwear, why can’t you sell an X-Men comic?
As for large retailers like Walmart, they sell books and mags for adult/teenage audiences, a comic is no more extreme? Not every series has to be distributed there, I’m thinking the mainstream stuff like Spider-Man, Avengers, etc.
Well I have to admit that while family values is an issue, It’s not the only one. Probably the distribution issues are even bigger. If Disney were to use existing resources or create what it needs instead of the current contracts, like with Diamond, it could happen. Of course they need a market plan. Independent distribution may still figure into the equation, remaindering, minimum purchases, delivery, all issues in the past that factored into sales and made a market for independents.
I realize that other forces are at work too. Costs
vs quality. People get tired on both ends of the
chain, consumers, sellers, writers, designers.
Something sags and you have a Downturn. People
are especially sensitive about inventories these
days. Even things that sell well, can’t be had!
Now you think with all the scanners, computer
inventory communication and automation systems,
that would be unlikely. Shoot it’s worse today
than 25 years ago. Consumers aren’t the only
fickle decision makers in the chain.
I know that Disney said that they will honor all properties previously owned by other studios such as Fox and Sony but I hope to God that Disney and Marvel can find a way to get the rights back for their characters. Fox messed up X-Men 1 & 3, Daredevil,Elektra,Fantastic Four 1 & 2, XMO Wolverine, and other characters and stories from other companies such as “The Legend of Chun LI” and “Dragon Ball”. Fox has only one movie that they got right which was X-Men 2. Fox could have easily hired the makers of “Crouching Tiger,Hidden Dragon” and someone like John Woo to make the Chun Li movie and they could have easily hired the makers of “Kung Fu Hustle” and “Shoalin Soccer” to make “Dragon Ball”. Fox needs to realize that some studios are better at making certain types of films than others and that Fox needs to stop being so greedy by wanting to do it all themselves. Hopefully Marvel can now go to war along with BIG Brother Disney and get the rights back showing how Fox is inconsistent with making quality films especially in the genre of comic books,graphic novels or video games and have no true respect for the source material by constantly “trying to fix what aint broken. Marvel needs to take full advantage of being with Disney and have them help them get their sh@t back.
I’ve heard that in Iron Man 2, Tony becomes deathly ill with an infection in his chest cavity which opens the cameo for Donald Blake who does surgery on Tony and saves his life. I also heard that Jason Statham will be Hawkeye and make a short cameo ala “Nick Fury”(IM 1) and will be like the “Ultimates” version of Hawkeye dressed in black and a little purple. Supposedly he has dual citizenship. Born in the U.S. but raised in Britain. He’s supposed to be a high-tech, tactical/marial arts, stealth/Cyber-Thief. I hope this is all true, I heard it from my cousin who is a bike messenger in New York who delivers from and for Marvel sometimes.
pixar can produce marvel’s prince namor the sub mariner and that will look beleivable to movie audiences.
im all for pixar producing antman submariner & silversurfer.
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