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Ant-Man (movie)

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Ant-Man
Directed byPeyton Reed
Screenplay by
Story by
  • Edgar Wright
  • Joe Cornish
Based on
Produced byKevin Feige
Starring
CinematographyRussell Carpenter
Edited by
Music byChristophe Beck
Production
company
Distributed byWalt Disney Studios
Motion Pictures
Release dates
  • June 29, 2015 (2015-06-29) (Dolby Theatre)
  • July 17, 2015 (2015-07-17) (United States)
Running time
117 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$130–169.3 million[2][3][4]
Box office$519.3 million[2]

Ant-Man is a 2015 superhero comedy movie based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. It is the twelfth movie of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It was directed by Peyton Reed and written by Edgar Wright, Paul Rudd and Adam McKay.

Prisoner Scott Lang has been picked by Hank Pym to be the next Ant-Man.

Production

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Edgar Wright was contacted to direct an Ant-Man movie but left during shooting because he had creative differences with Kevin Feige. Paul Rudd and Adam McKay wrote additional dialogue for reshoots.

Reception

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Ant-Man was an unexpected success and did well at the box office.

The movie had a 2018 sequel with the cast and crew returning called Ant-Man and the Wasp.

References

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  1. "Ant-Man [2D]". British Board of Film Classification. Archived from the original on July 4, 2015. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Ant-Man (2015)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
  3. 2015 Feature Film Study (PDF). FilmL.A. Inc. (Report). p. 21. Retrieved November 19, 2017.
  4. Sylt, Christian (April 27, 2018). "Disney Reveals Financial Muscle Of 'Avengers: Infinity War'". Forbes. Archived from the original on May 1, 2018. Retrieved May 3, 2018.