Patrick Wilson Joins ‘ANT-MAN’, can’t possibly be worse than his other comic movie

Patrick Wilson was Owl-Guy in Zack Snyder’s fetishistic, slow-motion driven, intellectually challenged rendition of Watchermen. Now he’s back to the comic book stable, joining the cast of Ant-Man.

Patrick Wilson is joining Ant-Man, to be directed by Edgar Wright, in a role that is yet to be revealed. He was often brought up by speculators as a good choice for Hank Pym, the originator of the Ant-Man technology, but he won’t have that role in the film.

Wilson adds to the existing roster of Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, Evangeline Lilly, and Michael Pena. Rudd is playing Scott Lang, at one point a thief and eventually the second Ant-Man, while Douglas is playing Pym.

ScreenCrush has some solid speculation on the identity of Wilson’s character, thinking that he could well be playing Darren Cross, the owner of Cross Technology Enterprises.

Cross ties into the origin of Scott Lang, the primary character in the film. As the name of Cross’ company suggests, he’s a Tony Stark-type figure. He has a problem that is actually not dissimilar from Stark’s: a rare heart defect. Technology and surgery help him stay alive, but also mutate him to a certain degree.

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I actually quite enjoy Patrick Wilson, despite his contribution to the circle-defecation all over Moore’s classic. So yeah! Good for the flick.

How about you folks?

Post-Script: I really wanted to use this image for the header, but I figured a dude spread eagle on probably the last post of the day is not the best. Alas.