3. Ant-Man Will Build Ultron...
Why It's Rumoured: Edgar Wright is attached to the up-and-running production of
Ant-Man, whose protagonist creates the evil robot Ultron.
Why It's Implausible: Let's just start off with a quote from co-president of Marvel Studios, Mr. Louis D'Esposito on the status of whether or not
Ant-Man will even be a Marvel Studios Phase 2 film:
I'm not sure, so I can not make a definitive statement. Once we know the more accurate schedule, we will make this announcement publicly.
So, what does that mean? To put it simply, if at this point they're not even sure if
Ant-Man can be a Phase 2 film, and
The Avengers 2 already has a
May 1, 2015 release date, then how on earth would they be able to incorporate this character into that film, let alone have him start up a new villain that, if point 5 is correct, wouldn't even be introduced as an antagonist until what we could assume to be
The Avengers 4? Now, we're, at this point, not even getting confirmation that the Ant-Man in Wright's film will even be Hank Pym (though that's what it is assumed). If they wanted to curve-ball fans and bypass Ultron altogether, we could be treated to the Scott Lang interpretation of the character. However, Scott Lang throws off the correlation with Wasp being in an
Avengers or
Ant-Man movie, but it would somewhat fit in line with Joss Whedon if he wanted to introduce Ms. Marvel at some point. But, since Pym was the subject of this point, that, of course, leads us into the next rumor that Ultron...