Edgar Wright’s Ant-Man movie set for 2015

Disney has set a release date of 2015 for “Ant-Man,” the Marvel superhero film to be directed by Edgar Wright (“Shaun of the Dead”), according to a report at Spinoff Online.

Disney will release the film on Nov. 6, 2015.

I talked to Wright back in 2007 about “Ant-Man,” when he was promoting the DVD release of his film “Hot Fuzz.”

At that time, Wright said his “Ant-Man” film would be based on a treatment Wright wrote circa 2001 that focuses on the Scott Lang Ant-Man, who was the second character to wear the costume.

Scott Lang was an electronics-savvy ex-con who stole the Ant-Man costume and shrinking capsules after his daughter, Cassie, became seriously ill. Using the capsules, Lang rescued a doctor who could cure his daughter. He attempted to turn himself in after his daughter was cured, but Hank Pym, the original Ant-Man, encouraged Lang to keep the costume — and to stay on the side of the law.