One of the highlights of Comic-Con this year was finally getting a tease of what writer/director Edgar Wright’s long-gestating Ant-Man film might look like. He and co-writer Joe Cornish have been developing the script at Marvel for a couple of years, but they took a big step closer to production by putting together a live-action test reel that visualized how Wright would bring the miniature superhero to life. The footage was short and unfinished, but it was pretty damn exciting. Wright’s signature style and comedic tone was wholly intact, but the reel also teased some seriously inventive and cool action sequences that we could see in the full film.
We’ve heard that Marvel may be releasing the finished footage to the public soon, but a fan and Deviant Artist has impressively put together a storyboard recreation of the footage that skews pretty close to what we saw. Hit the jump to take a look.
Video courtesy of Metacafe (via CBM), created by artist Samurai Jack:
Obviously this video lacks Wright’s effects, motion, and music, but for fans that weren’t at Comic-Con it’s a tad better than reading a text description of the footage. Wright is currently gearing up to shoot The World’s End next month with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, but recent reports have suggested that the filmmaker may finally start production on Ant-Man in London next year for a possible 2014 release. The comic adaptation doesn’t yet have a release date so that schedule could be pushed back a bit, but all signs point to Ant-Man coming to fruition sooner rather than later.
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I could actually see that being very cool.
I’ve never cared for Ant-Man, but that sequence could turn out pretty incredible.
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Wow, a 57 second video with 32 seconds of credits and bullshit. That leaves only 25 seconds of wanna be footage. Sorry to be cynical, but this is BS. Marvel needs to release the real footage already.
It’s…a TEST REEL…
They don’t NEED to do anything. It’s not supposed to see the light of day for the fans. Marvel can do no wrong right now, so they risked it and showed us this at comic-con for those in attendance. But that doesn’t mean it is truly indicative of the final product, and thus, what would be the benefit of them releasing it? It’s not a trailer, doesn’t have finished effects and they haven’t slated a shooting date or cast for this film.
The entitlement of the internet makes me wish we really were all going to die in December.
Wow, rp, you are a jackass. “Wanna be” footage? A legitimate comic artist drew this from his memory. He had no obligation to do this. And do you know how much time goes into finishing 30 seconds of an effects driven scene? Marvel owes you nothing. Just say thank you, and move on. I’m impressed by your idiocy.
Ahhhhhh that’s super awesome. Love it.
And ‘rp’ can suck it.