Ant Man

There's also an Ant Man movie in the pipeline. Though not as popular as the other Marvel superheroes, he was a founding member of The Avengers. Which has led to rumour that he will be the fifth member of the new film's lineup, alongside Iron Man, Hulk, Captain America, and Thor.

However further speculation is that this will be a seperate movie, and an action comedy at that. Edgar Wright, director behind Shaun Of The Dead and Hot Fuzz, will be in the chair. Which raises further rumours that Simon Pegg will be involved, maybe taking the lead role.

Ant Man will be a crime thriller dressed up like a superhero movie, much the same way as Shaun was a comedy dressed up as a zombie film. However, Marvel assure us it won't be a spoof. Wright plans an Elmore Leonard world, something like Oceans Eleven or Out Of Sight (both of which starred George Clooney, who also played an almost comedic comic version of Batman. More rumours abound). The element of the superpower is a curveball, common in this kind of movie.

Shrinking films are usually about the perils of being small. This will be an action adventure about a hero who can shrink and increase in size.

However, controversy abounds as Wright plans to choose second Ant Man Scott Lang, and bypass the Dr Henry Pym original storyline. The storyline will probably feature Lang, a burglar, stealing the suit from Pym, and them later teaming up. If it works, it could be a sharp, funny buddy-buddy movie.