By Angie Han/Jan. 23, 2014 3:41 pm EST
The Edgar Wright-directed actioner is creeping forward to take Batman vs. Superman’s old July 17 slot, which falls two weeks before its previously planned July 31 date. More details after the jump.
Ant-Man will now duke it out at the box office with Joe Wright’s Peter Pan origin tale Pan. Warner Bros. had moved the picture from June to July to take the spot vacated by Batman vs. Superman.
Written by Wright and Joe Cornish, Ant-Man stars Paul Rudd as Scott Lang and Michael Douglas as Hank Pym. Although Marvel Studios has yet to confirm any plot details, Wright has hinted that the movie could be based on the “To Steal an Ant-Man” storyline, in which Lang steals Pym’s Ant-Man technology and then becomes the next Ant-Man. Michael Peña is also rumored to star.
