Edgar Is The Wright Man For Ant Man

British director sits down with Marvel to talk about Ant Man schedule

When Marvel Studios president of production Kevin Feige recently talked to Superhero Hype to discuss (among other things) Marvel's plans for the long-anticipated Ant Man he confirmed (to the accompaniment of a great hurrah from us) that British director Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz) will move onto prepping the script for production as soon as he completes his promotional duties for Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. Ant-Man is a fairly minor Marvel character who first appeared back in 1962 and the studio have made clear that their priority is to get a really good script to work from rather than rushing it onto the screen. Wright and Joe Cornish (the Joe half of the brilliant Adam & Joe) put together a first draft of the screenplay a few years ago but since March 2008 - when Wright announced that they were working on a redraft - the director has been a bit busy with Scott Pilgrim which is set for release at the end of August. Marvel head honcho and Ant-Man creator Stan Lee recently reminded us that the project was still on track when he tweeted he'd had just been talking to Wright about the size-altered hero. Feige's confirmation that the film is scheduled for release after The Avengers is going to excite both Marvel Comics and Edgar Wright fans alike. Whether or not there'll be space in The Avengers to introduce cinema-goers to the Ant-Man character is the question on our minds right now... what do you think? will there be space in the Jon Favreau produced and Joss Whedon directed ensemble - which already includes Robert Downey Jr., Don Cheadle and Scarlett Johansson all reprising their roles in Iron Man 2, Chris Evans (II) as Captain America, Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston as Thor and Loki, as well as a villainous Hulk which may or may not be played by Edward Norton, and even the original TV Hulk Lou Ferrigno - to introduce a brand new character? Let us know below!

The Ring To Go 3D

Paramount Pictures is developing a third instalment of The Ring franchise to be titled Ring 3D. After the global success of the first film, which raked in $249.3 million in 2002 and of the $161.5 million-earning sequel in 2005, Paramount will be hoping the 3D aspect to this latest movie will help it do just as well at the box office. Adapted from a Japanese film released in 1998, The Ring set a trend in Hollywood for English-language remakes of Japanese horror flicks and remains one of the few that opened to positive critical reviews. Starring Naomi Watts and directed by Gore Verbinski and Hideo Nakata respectively, films one and two centred around a young journalist investigating a videotape that seems to bring about the untimely demise of anyone who watches it. Neither Verbinski, who went on to make the Pïrates Of The Carribean movies, nor Nakata are lined up to direct the 3D sequel and as yet there has been no mention of any other names for the task. However, writer David Loucka is apparently on board and producers the previous Ring films' producers Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald are in negotiations to return for the third movie. What do you think of the idea? Will being in 3D add anything to the sequel, or should The Ring jump off this particular bandwagon? Leave us your comments below...