They moved it up because it was opening against Bond. Moving it later in November, or even early December would have it run into Finding Dory.
There is zero truth to Star Wars being delayed. It's all on the first page of this thread...
Ant Man moved up to Summer 2015
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They moved it up because it was opening against Bond. Moving it later in November, or even early December would have it run into Finding Dory.
There is zero truth to Star Wars being delayed. It's all on the first page of this thread...
Better running into Finding Dory then running into Batman vs Superman. If they release BvsS mid July, then Ant Man is going to get wrecked if it comes out late July. Summer is already oversaturated. They might try and release Ant Man in August or very early September but no way in hell are all three coming out in May, June, and July.
They are.
Mushroomer25
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The main question here, is will Superman V Batman devastate everything in its' path, leading to Ant-Man's inevitable failure. Man of Steel had a great, $160M opening, there's no denying that. But it sank to 6th place by its' third weekend. More than enough room for new films to prosper - even ones that crossed over with MoS' core demographic.
In other words, a sequel to Man of Steel isn't going to have a stranglehold on the charts for three straight weeks.
Net_Wrecker
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"Hahaha no?" Are you serious? I really enjoy Taratino's movies, but Edgar Wright's output is not "Hahaha, no" in comparison. Shaun of The Dead, Hott Fuzz, and The World's End are all great movies, and Scott Piglrim, while admittedly being a bit more divisive, is still extremely well made.
If Edgar Wright is allowed to do his thing, Ant Man could be a ton of fun.
Guardians of the Galaxy?
Well we'll find out. Pirates and World's Finest, both guaranteed to break clean up, have to fit in there as well and there is no reason to crunch all three.
Depends on when they release it, also remember that chances are the sequel will do much better. It's got theaters on lock for a guaranteed two weeks.
They officially announced Ant Man for July 31st today.
Like I said, we'll find out.
That's going to be awesome. The SDCC and D23 footage was amazing. El Mayimbe of Latino Review has the script and says it's the best Marvel's done yet.
Anticitizen One
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I think that some of you may not realize that Finding Dory, Pirates V, Ant Man, Avengers 2, and Episode VII are all owned by the same company and they can always move stuff around up till the last minute until they have a good fit.
Actually outside of Jurassic Park 4 and Superman vs. Batman are there any major movies coming out from rival studios? Well I guess Independence Day 2 lol
Actually outside of Jurassic Park 4 and Superman vs. Batman are there any major movies coming out from rival studios? Well I guess Independence Day 2 lol
At the same time, Disney is used to having consecutive monthly releases. Hell this year alone:
March: Oz
Late April/May: Iron Man 3
June: Monsters University
July: Lone Ranger
August: Planes
November: Thor 2
November: Frozen
December: Saving Mr. Banks
And that's excluding the Touchstone movies that are just Dreamworks.
2014 and 2015 have even more.
Pirates of the Carribean (last one still broke 1 billion sales wise), Inside Out(Pixar), and possibly Terminator.
Pirates and Inside Out aren't from a rival studio.
Anticitizen One
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First 2 are from the same company and Terminator aint coming out in 2015 lol
Yea I missed the rival part. Oh well, those are pretty much the major movies that are tentatively planned for summer of 2015.
They aren't tentative. Disney had set dates for all of them:
March 13th: Cinderella
May 1st: Avengers
Memorial Day (likely the 21st): Star Wars
June 19th: Inside Out
July 10th: Pirates
July 31st: Ant Man
November 25th (Thanksgiving): Finding Dory
Yea that schedule is going to change depending on when Batman decides to come out.
Batman is July 17th.
Yea I just checked, I thought that was more speculation but they did formally announce it.
DonasaurusRex
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yeah im sure most thought ant man would be an Avengers character if that proved successful but hey Stan Lee called it i guess.
Hot Coldman
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Awesome. The sooner I get to see this film, the better. The Marvel train will keep rolling regardless.
SCULLIBUNDO
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That sucks for Wright. Shit is going to get sandwiched between more familiar franchise fair. I don't want to see Wright get another bomb under his belt for a big studio. He's a director that I need studios to keep giving money to.
GuitarAtomik
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Damn. Disney is going to make bank in 2015.
immortal-joe
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All they need to do is tie it into the larger universe in the trailers, draw a relation to the Avengers, and bam! Asses on seats.
Guardians of the Galaxy will prove this theory.
Guardians of the Galaxy will prove this theory.
TDLink
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Releasing the same weekend as Bond would have been better?
NeoGeoOwner
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Please don't suck.
GuitarAtomik
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All of their movies minus the Iron Man sequels and Avengers (for obvious reasons) have been done in the $140-$150m range. I wouldn't expect this to be any different.
It will make more sense once you see it. Plus Ant-Man has a little more clout with kids since he was such a big part of the recent Avengers cartoon (before they changed it).
Sent to die with that date. Too close to B/S just two weeks later. After Avengers and B/S, the biggest names out there, do you really think audiences will be clamoring for something called Ant Man the same summer? August or September would be better, but I just think making a Ant Man solo movie is incredibly dumb. Should have just been part of Avengers.
Yeah. This wasn't a smart decision on Disney's part.
ViewtifulJC
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Will probably be the best movie of the summer
Sandwiched between what? It's in Superman/Batman's third weekend and nothing has been dated for August yet (which is a never big blockbuster month anyway). It's a hell of a lot better than opening opposite Bond.
Exactly. The movie would be DOA in its original release date. Disney was smart to move it a couple weeks after Batman/Superman.
Phoenician_Viking
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In Marvel i trust. This movie will be successful, because Ant Man will be in Avengers 2.
peanutbutterlatte
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Fucks sake this is so irritating. I have no doubt Ant-Man will probably be the highest quality film Marvel have put out, but this is suicidal, and disrespectful to Wright. Does this suggest big name casting for Ant Man/
or what?
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How is it suicidal moving it to three weeks after Man of Steel 2?
peanutbutterlatte
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You think MoS2's run will be over by then? And that no other movies will release in that time period?
BronsonLee
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I take it that it's safe to predict a Disney win at the box office for 2015
I think it's safe to say Disney is going to own the world by then
Damn them and their slick maneuvers
It might be, but the bomba will hurt even more. Baffling decision to put it up that close to BvS
Looking at the movies slated for 2015, there's nothing scheduled between Man of Steel 2 on July 17th and Ant Man on the 31st.
Three weeks really isn't that close...
Black-Wind
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I wont. I think GOTG actually has a lot of appeal to it as a concept ... which I don't see in Antman.
Hot Coldman
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It's not interesting as a concept, that's why. But that's not the point, Edgar Wright is the point.
Based on the test footage he showed, the movie will be pretty awesome...
someone else said it earlier, but Man of Steel had dropped to sixth place in its third weekend. The inclusion of Batman in the sequel will help things, but more than likely, the movie will still be pretty front-loaded and still do its biggest business in the first two weeks.
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People who have better credentials to be making movie production decisions than "reads GAF everyday" thought it was a good idea
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