I feel like I should ask you about the Ant Man movie.

Sure, why not?

You’ve been working on the comic book adaptation for a while. Is it ever actually going to happen?

I hope so, yeah. I’ve written a script, and once Scott Pilgrim is done I’m going to work on a second draft. It’s something I’ve been passionate about for awhile.

Yeah, but ... Ant Man? Seriously? Isn’t he like Aqua Man with lower self-esteem?

Not at all! I had a copy of the Tales to Astonish comic from the early 60s, which has his origin story. And I’ve been a fan ever since. I think it’s a really interesting high-concept idea.

Let me make sure I have this right. This guy shrinks to the size of an ant, and he has an army of ants at his disposal?

That’s right.

Is that really the most effective way to fight crime?

Ah, well ... you’ll just have to wait and see.

You’re an amazing director, Edgar, but I don’t know how this is going to work. I mean… Ant Man? The guy who becomes an ant? Isn’t that like trying to stop a mob boss with a box full of kittens?

I know there’s a big stigma attached to it, mostly because every movie about shrinking has been about people in peril. I think it’d be great to do a shrinking film about a bad-ass secret agent.

Okay, I see what you mean. I was thinking along the lines of Honey I Shrunk The Kids.

Even something like The Incredible Shrinking Man, which is a fantastic film, is about a guy in trouble. But this is going to be nothing like that. It’s essentially a high-tech spy heist film with somebody with a very particular power.

The awesome power ... of an ant!

Trust me, it’ll be much cooler than you think.

I got two things out of this. One, Ant-Man will be a secret agent and two, there's a huge probability this will be about Hank Pym rather than other Ant-Men. He mentioned he has a copy of Tales to Astonish from back in the 60s, which is a story oriented on Pym, being him who is the first Ant-Man in history, but why would he be a secret agent? (I could be wrong though!)
If this will end up tying to the Avengers movie universe there's a chance that Hank Pym will be working as an Agent of SHIELD similar as what he and Janet Van Dyne did when they joined the Ultimates. 
Is this good news? Or do want to see Pym in the lab rather than in "a high-tech spy heist film"? 
 
Source: Vanity Fair  
 
-- Geo (sora_thekey) 2 year user, blogger, wiki editor of Comic Vine, and all time geek! 

Eric O' Grady please...

It has to be Pym.

" When did you become a Moderator?? O_O  . "

Great job. Sora the key. This was your time to shine. 

I think it will be Pym but it is possible that it will be both. They have an upcoming buddy comic with both Ant-Men in it (Wasp too). Think about it as like Pym is Ant Man and then it is stolen. They have to work together and stuff.

For this interview (I totally guessing off of this one interview) that it's going to be Pym and O'Grady, one because it's Ant-Man, and two Eric was an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (hint hint "spy heist") who stole the Ant-Man suit from to keep it from Hydra, I think this movie is going to have/should have A.I.M. as the villains, plus it would bring them, since they are pretty good badguys in Marvel, into the public eye.
 
Also I like how Wright answered those questions because I've been seeing the same things all over the Vine over "He turns into an...ant?" or "He shrinks...and that's it?" and from how he answered them, I think he's going make everyone who doubts the power of Ant-Man eat their words.
 
Totally excited for this film!!! ^___^

douche reporter,
interesting interview,
i look forward to it

Pym. Please Pym.
I was so sad to see he and Janet aren't in the Avengers film.

Pym as a secret agent for SHIELD and scientist or maybe he's just a scientist and Scott Lang is Ant Man. My guesses. If O' Grady is in this, I'll be giddy, but it shouldn't be him, it should be a cameo at best, that could set him up for down the line or just be a nice nod

Pym as a secret SHIELD agent would be very interesting.

Vanity Fair? You can't see it, but I'm rolling my eyes right now.

This person from Vanity Fair... Is it the chick from the Iron Man movies? Whoever it is, they totally tried to rip on Wright and Ant-Man. 
 
I wanna start a support group. VFP. Viners For Pym. Let's keep original characters in movies so we don't get non-readers confused. Would you want Hollywood to do a Batman movie with Jean-Paul or Dick in the cowl without any mention of Bruce? I didn't think so. 
 
Sounds like a good movie though. As long as it's Pym. Since Ant-Man and Wasp are supposed to be in Avengers 2, then should definitely use Pym and have Janet appear in his movie too.

They could start it with Hank Pym creating the pym particals, then exploring and messing around with that and creating the suit. Then suit gets stolen (by Scott Lang) who then works for Pym doing whatever happens in the movie, then gets killed in the end. Hank Pym could then take up the mantle once again with his wife (or girlfriend) Janet.

Pym please.

Congratulations Sora. As for the movie I would like for Pym to be in it. I'm not sure about the spy heist thing though.

Hank Pym; the original and the best. He's the Generation 1 of Ant-Men.

I hope its Hank Pym for a few reasons,

God, that interviewer was annoying. It just shows the problems with today's society. There's no longer any suspension of disbelief. People want everything to be realistic and down to earth.

I heard that it will start with Hank Pym 
But end with Scott Lang

I would much rather see Eric. I think normal people would like him more than Pym.

Excited
 
The movie should star Pym, Lang, and Wasp. Eric O' Grady should make a cameo. Hopefully they can make a sequel.

The spy heist part makes me think O'Grady seeing how he stole his suit, but everything else makes me think Hank Pym.  So early rumors about both being the main characters seem plausible, at least from where I'm standing.

I think it can be all of them. Its not like Hank Pym has a huge cast of supporting characters. Hank Pym's working on a project for SHIELD. Scott Lang, Rita DeMara and Bill Foster could be his lab assistants. Eric O'Grady steals the suit for a joyride so Pym and Lang have to go after him but then the three of them have to work together to stop something 'bigger'.

 
Scrap this idea, please.  
I do not believe Ant-Man could hold his own movie. Atleast make it  Giant-Man or something. Special effects for giants look alot better than shrinking effects.   
 
They should just introduce Hank and Janet in the Avengers movie IMO.

 wow! out of all the movies you could make from comics, antman will go into production?  O'grady would be more fun then pym

"  Scrap this idea, please.  I do not believe Ant-Man could hold his own movie. Atleast make it  Giant-Man or something. Special effects for giants look alot better than shrinking effects.    They should just introduce Hank and Janet in the Avengers movie IMO. "

Looks cool hope they do it and I hope he makes the character really cool because we all know it could be a weird movie.
A spy-movie with ant-man(they should pick Hank Pym) sounds cool.

" @Cherry Bomb said:

"  Scrap this idea, please.  I do not believe Ant-Man could hold his own movie. Atleast make it  Giant-Man or something. Special effects for giants look alot better than shrinking effects.    They should just introduce Hank and Janet in the Avengers movie IMO. "

I hate posts like these. You're entitled to bash a film if you don't like the idea of it, but there's no reason to want something to be scrapped if there are people who do want to see it. If you don't want to watch the movie nobody is forcing you to. If you think the movie is terrible, nobody's going to stop you from expressing that, but nothing much about the film has even been revealed.   If you're an Ant-Man fan and think that the film wouldn't do justice to the character, that's another issue entirely, but from your post I'm gathering that you aren't. There are worse things that have been made into movies anyway (*cough* Scott Pilgrim *cough* ) "

Hank Pym would be best, in my opinion, for the reasons I mentioned.  But also if you look at Pym's Superhero Career, he created Pym Particles and became a Super Adventurer.  If you just imagine that instead of being a vigilante super hero he became a Spy Adventurer it still works the same way.  He could still be the same character, have a costume, and all that.
Imagine, Pym creates Pym particles after the death of his first wife.  He decides to use them to fight crime and SHIELD finds him and tells him what an asset his particles would be.  So Pym signs up and become Ant Man.  Along the way he meets socialite Janet Van Dyne, who somehow becomes the Wasp.
It all still works, everything about his character.  Except, instead of a super vigilante adventurer Pym is a covert spy adventurer.

Congrats Sora!!! 
 
And I can't wait for this movie. O'Grady please...

did ultimate pym invent the shrinking serum??

He got his powers by experimenting with The Wasp' s (who is a mutant in the ultimate universe, I believe) blood. I don't really read (or like) Ultimates so I could be a bit off.

I never understood why anyone liked ant man. A guy that can shrink and ride and talk to ants. "Oh no. Run! He.......shrank.
 
Isn't shrinking the equivalent of turning your enemies into giants? Yeah...that'll even the odds.

If Kevin Peige said that Hank and Janet aren't in the avengers because it wouldn't work with the first ant-man movie plotline I think its safe to say that they are the main characters of the movie, not saying that Lang or O'Grady aren't in it