Paul Rudd’s Ant-Man, Scott Lang, will be among the Marvel headliners joining “Captain America: Civil War” (but I wonder if he’ll be a Giant Man by that point).
Rudd makes his debut as Lang when “Ant-Man” arrives on the big screen July 17.
“Civil War,” which depicts when happens when Iron Man and Captain America find themselves on opposite sides of a government plan for superheroes, features the same writing-directing team responsible for the spectacularly entertaining “Captain America: Winter Soldier.”
Arriving May 6 of next year, the third Captain America movie is actually the sixth movie in which Chris Evans plays Steve Rogers, and it’s gathering together an “Avengers”-size truckload of characters who have already been in Marvel superhero movies, among them:
Robert Downey Jr. as Tony “Iron Man” Stark;
William Hurt as Gen. Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross;
Scarlett Johansson as Natasha “Black Widow” Romanoff;
Don Cheadle as James “War Machine” Rhodes;
Jeremy Renner as Clint “Hawkeye” Barton;
Emily VanCamp as Sharon “Agent 13” Carter;
Anthony Mackie as Sam “Falcon” Wilson;
Sebastian Stan as Bucky “Winter Soldier” Barnes;
Frank Grillo as Brock “Crossbones” Rumlow;
Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda “Scarlet Witch” Maximoff; and
Paul Bettany as The Vision.
No word on Hulk or Thor, but Chadwick Boseman will use “Civil War” to introduce the African superhero Black Panther, and it’s widely assumed a teen Peter “Spider-Man” Parker will be part of the melee.
A synopsis Disney issued Thursday:
“Captain America: Civil War picks up where Avengers: Age of Ultron left off, as Steve Rogers leads the new team of Avengers in their continued efforts to safeguard humanity. After another international incident involving the Avengers results in collateral damage, political pressure mounts to install a system of accountability and a governing body to determine when to enlist the services of the team. The new status quo fractures the Avengers while they try to protect the world from a new and nefarious villain.”
I dare you not to see this movie.
