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To say that the character Ant-Man is obscure in the minds of the general public is an understatement. In a recent interview with Wizard Universe director Edgar Wright reaffirmed his commitment to bringing his "A-game" for one of marvel's "D-list" heroes.

Currently working on the film's second draft, the Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead director admits, "The whole raison d'etre of the piece for me and my thing has always been to take something that would seem to be uncool and make it really cool and that's certainly the case with British cops in Hot Fuzz. To take the most seemingly kind of underwhelming concept and make something really cool out of it—I always liked that premise." His pedigree speaks for itself, but I'd say he's got his work cut out for him.

There have been three Ant-men in the history of Marvel's cannon and Wright's script purports to include all three of them via a series of flashes between the 60s and 80s. Ant-man is tentatively set for a 2011 release.