Edgar Wright Will Start Work On ‘Ant-Man’ Soon

^{Edgar Wright considers casting Vin Diesel.}

For those not in the know and too lazy to look it up, Ant-Man is a scientist who shrinks down to tiny size and controls the thoughts of ants via a special helmet. Yeah. Pretty dumb. So why is Edgar Wright making a movie about this? He undoubtedly has a golden touch, but can he turn Ant-Man into something watchable? Turns out, he hasn’t given it too much thought.

I haven’t actually started the second draft yet–I’m not going to be able to until this film [Scott Pilgrim] is out–but what we wrote for the first draft, and what Marvel really liked, is that it’s funny, but it’s a genre film. It’s about the level of comedy that Iron Man has. The idea is to make a high-concept genre film where it’s within another genre. His suit and its power is the big gadget and it takes place in the real world. I just wanted to do something that was slightly different than the superhero origin film. I felt that between that and the various mad scientist, crazy doctor films that we’ve all seen, this would be a way into an origin that was slightly different. I’m not really a multi-tasker–I haven’t done anything since Marvel liked our first draft.

Word on the street is that Wright’s first draft is amazing. I still think it’s pretty dumb. Ants are really non-threatening unless you’re planning to commit some kind of picnic-based heist. Or if you’re lackadaisical when it comes to guarding your pee hole. And if that’s the case, maybe you’re just not well-suited for a life of crime. (Box Office Magazine)