Ant-Man cast list

[coheedswicked]

So the full cast list for Ant-Man is out and I've got to say... this is the first Marvel Studios movie I'm not 100% convinced is going to be awesome. I'm very confused as to who Darren Cross is and why he is also listed as Yellow Jacket and I'm very surprised to see no one cast as Cassie Lang... Scott Lang's entire motivation for becoming Ant-Man in the comics. I still wish the movie featured Hank Pym as Ant-Man but I was on board for the Scott Lang Ant-Man because how he became Ant-man was a good story of a father doing anything to save his daughter but now he's Ant-Man.... just 'cause?

 

[Guffe]

Maybe they just make his wife pregnant in stead?
I know next to nothing about AntMan but the cast list seems to have a few "older" characters, like Peggy Carter and Howard Stark in it. So either loads of flashback which give away a new origin or then his wife/gf is pregnant in stead of having an actual kid. I also have got the feeling AntMan would be a sort of anti-hero in this movie, like being a good guy but doing something everyone else sees as bad (it's still supposed to be about him doing a heist of some sort right?) to save someone or something.
We will wait and find out. As always, happy to see a new marvel movie since I really have enjoyed most of them, and just like with every movie before this one, not going to have my hopes that high, usually makes the movie better

And imdb has a list of actors out:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0478970/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

It sounds like Darren Cross and Scott Lang have had a run in in the comics, involving needing the same doctor to save Darren and Cassie:
http://www.comicvine.com/darren-cross/4005-104138/

And if picture from the movie towards the bottom of that page is real, the Yellowjacket suit looks pretty damn cool.

It seems Marvel is streamlining the Ant-man story, something they've done to all of the characters' arcs to some extent. One example is Whiplash in IM2 being a mash-up of both Whiplash and Crimson Dynamo from the comics.

I dunno about whether Cassie shows up or Lang's motivations for stealing. I do think that Hope van Dyne and Scott Lang will be an item eventually. Hope may even be Yellowjacket after Cross is dealt with, since Janet doesn't seem to be in the picture.

 

[DrOswald]

Child characters are always a big risk because child actors are terrible at what they do, perhaps they decided to change the origin story to avoid that potential pitfall?

 

[coheedswicked]

Child characters are always a big risk because child actors are terrible at what they do, perhaps they decided to change the origin story to avoid that potential pitfall?

Yes child actors are usually bad that's not always the case. I quite enjoyed the kid from Iron Man 3. Another one that springs to mind is the little girl from Pacific Rim... she mad everyone else in that movie look bad by comparison.