It was revealed this week, it's possible the real reason between the split of Marvel and Edgar Wright on the
Ant-Man production. The likelihood was due the connectivity of the Marvel Cinematic Universe to Edgar's existing script. It's believed that Wright was keen on keeping his characters within his film, along keeping out references and characters from other films. Basically, he wanted to make a Marvel film set-apart from every single Marvel movie since
Iron Man. I could see how that would cause massive tension between Edgar and the studio.
I'm unsure if the huge connection between Hank Pym and S.H.I.E.L.D., which is now a key plot point of the film was the main problem or only part of it. It's been confirmed that Agent Carter and Howard Stark will be appearing in the film, to connect Pym to the early days of S.H.I.E.L.D. It's possible he didn't want his film to be a cog in the
Avengers machine, which is why they've been kept out of the
Avengers films. There's only so long that Marvel could have played that game with Edgar.
We know that this could have been the main reason why both Ant-Man and Wasp were held-back in both
Avengers (early storyboards confirm Widow replaced Wasp) and
Age of Ultron. The tiny heroes being founding members of the team, along with Pym creating Ultron it all seemed fishy to exclude them from both films. I have a feeling the reason was Edgar wanted to tell the origins within his film, which kept getting delayed due to Wright's other projects and constant script revisions. Now, with Wright out of the picture it looks like at least one of the
Ant-Man stories connected to the
Avengers can be explored in
Captain America: Civil War.
In the comics Hank Pym had a huge role within the
Civil War storyline, training meta-human recruits at Camp Hammond. Something I believe was already teased with set photos from
Age of Ultron. I wouldn't be overly shocked to see Scott Lang played by Paul Rudd, actually take over this persona along with Pym's daughter Hope played by Evangeline Lilly. Pym used both the personas of Yellow Jacket (will be seen in
Ant-Man) and Giant-Man in the Ultimates, so it's possible these could show-up in the films too. We might finally have some heroic characters joining Team Stark.
It should be considered that we've come to expect crossovers with these films, and this
Captain America sequel is our last chance for an
Avengers-type story until the cosmic epic
Infinity War. It's also odd that while we'll be seeing a
Guardians sequel, Marvel didn't even mention an
Ant-Man sequel as a possibility. Since the cast signed multiple-film contracts it's expected they will appear in a bunch of different movies, without a sequel announced we have to assume they'll show-up in other Marvel movies.
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You might be saying to yourselves, hey we've already have plenty of people returning for this
Captain America sequel. To tell you the truth,
Civil War's story lends itself to a massive cast and we could end-up seeing something even bigger than we've seen previously with
Avengers installments. It's also possible
Black Panther might be the only new character getting his origin told in the film, leaving enough room for established characters to mingle.
That's unless Marvel does indeed feel the need to include Carol Danvers aka
Captain Marvel into the lineup. We've heard that Danvers could be a member of Team Cap at the end of
Age of Ultron. Again, this film can handle a huge sprawling cast.
The only two that make sense at the moment are Maria Hill who is revealed to be working for Stark Industries at the end of
Winter Soldier. Along with Stark's super-science buddy Bruce Banner, who will likely take the side of his best friend. If rumors are to believed via BadassDigest Cap's side will include pretty much everyone else from
Age of Ultron. Such as Hawkeye, War Machine, The Vision, Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch and even possibly
Captain Marvel.
I'm leaving-out both Thor and Black Widow, because we haven't heard how these two could be factoring into the film, it's possible the ending to
Age of Ultron will actually explain their fates. I'm actually unsure if Widow survives this installment, due to exclusion in
Civil War casting talk.
Not to mention possibly lining-up a starring role in
Ghost In The Shell, which will likely keep her out of the production. Her death in
Age of Ultron, might also explain why talk of a
Black Widow film has been essentially erased lately from the spin-off table. Even when Feige talked about the
Widow film recently, he referred to it as a prequel, a clue to Natasha's fate?
I'm sort of thinking Hulk or Ultron ends-up killing Black Widow in
Age of Ultron, this shocking event might be enough to spark
Civil War. Banner lost control on the helicarrier in
Avengers and almost killed Widow once before. Let's not forget Natasha was killed by a team member in the Ultimates comics, and those comics have been influencing these films a lot. She's been revealed to the world and her death could see the government react with the Superhero Registration Act, headed-up by Tony Stark.
If by the hands of Hulk it could also lead to his
Planet Hulk banishment that's been rumored for ages now. Pym (or Scott/Hope) might take the place of Dr. Reed Richards in the Illuminati lineup. Since, we'll likely have Doctor Strange, Black Panther and Black Bolt established around
Infinity War's
release.
In the case of Thor,
Age of Ultron reshoots are said to include Idris Elba's Heimdall and Tom Hiddleston's Loki, will likely see Thor too busy with Asgardian affairs to worry about the conflict back on Midgard. I assume these scenes are being shot to setup the events of
Thor: Ragnarok, which could be happening during
Civil War. The assumption is that
Guardians of The Galaxy 2 and
Ragnarok, will be planting seeds if not entire plot points for
Infinity War Part 1.
Basically, Scott and Hope could fill the void if both Natasha and Thor are being left on the sidelines for this movie. Leading up to the massive all-out galactic threat in
Infinity War. It could also be revealed that either Pym, Scott or Hope are secretly Skrulls taking the form of the heroes to spy for Thanos. We've talked about his connection to the Skulls previously, and how
Secret Invasion could have Thanos behind it.
