ANT-MAN (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Paul Rudd (Anchorman), Michael Douglas (Behind the Candelabra), Evangeline Lily (The Hobbit), Corey Stoll (Midnight in Paris), Bobby Cannavale (Blue Jasmine), Michael Peña (Fury), T.I. (Get Hard), Wood Harris (Remember the Titans), Judy Greer (The Descendants), David Dastmalchian (The Dark Knight), John Slattery (Mad Men), Hayley Atwell (Captain America: The First Avenger), Jordi Mollà (Riddick), Abby Ryder Fortson (Playing It Cool)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Peyton Reed (Bring It On), director; Joe Cornish (Attack The Block), Adam McKay (Anchorman), Paul Rudd (Role Models) and Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead), writers; Kevin Feige (Guardians of the Galaxy), producer; Christophe Beck (Frozen), composer; Russell Carpenter (Titanic), cinematographer; Dan Lebental (Iron Man) and Colby Parker Jr. (Hancock), editors

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Scott Lang (Rudd), a petty thief, is recruited by his mentor Dr. Hank Pym (Douglas) to protect the mysteries of his extraordinary Ant-Man suit – which allows whoever wears it to decrease in size but increase in human strength – from dangerous threats willing to do anything to get it. To do so, Lang and Pym must plot and pull off a heist that could save the world…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Another Marvel movie is reason enough to be excited, but Ant-Man also marks the big-screen debut of one of their most classic superheroes who, in comic lore, was one of the founding members of the Avengers team and a valuable player in his own right.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 17TH JULY 2015

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