Having successfully brought its Cinematic Universe together with The Avengers, Disney and Marvel Studios are now actively pushing on with Phase Two of the MCU; we already know that Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World, Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Guardians of the Galaxy will serve as a lead-in to the return of Earth's Mightiest Heroes in 2015 and now comes confirmation of the first movie to follow The Avengers 2... yes, it's none other than Ant-Man!First announced way back in 2006, progress on Edgar Wright's (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz) big screen adaptation has been painfully slow, with Wright and co-writer Joe Cornish (Attack the Block) working on several drafts over the past few years before things finally seemed to move up a gear earlier this year. At the San Diego Comic Con, Marvel debuted an official Ant-Man logo, as well as screening Wright's recent test footage, and now we finally have a release date, with Disney and Marvel Studios set to unleash the miniature superhero on November 6th, 2015. In additions, it's also been confirmed that both Iron Man 3 and Thor: The Dark World will be released in 3D when they hit screens next year... which isn't a surprise really, is it?
The official announcement of a release date for Ant-Man comes just days after Marvel Chief Creative Officer Joe Quesada teasing another Marvel offering during the New York Comic Con, telling Newsarama (via ComicBookMovie): "There is a project I am very much involved in. I'll give you this hint. I have to go to the West Coast to work on it. There have been rumours about it, little things have leaked here and there, but there has been no official announcement."
Given the fact that Ant-Man had already gone way past the 'rumours' stage before today's announcement, is it possible that Marvel has another mystery movie in the works? There have been plenty of rumours about Black Panther and Doctor Strange making it to the screen (with the latter even said to be in line for a surprise appearance alongside Chris Hemsworth's God of Thunder in Thor: The Dark World), while an Incredible Hulk sequel post-Avengers 2 surely isn't beyond the realms of possibility...
