One of the best and most visually entertaining sequences of Ant-Man was the miniature fight scene that started in Scott Lang’s (Paul Rudd) daughter’s toy set and evolved into a street fight featuring a giant Thomas the Tank Engine. Now Ant-Man and the Wasp will do you one even better, all that but in a car chase.
The latest Ant-Man and the Wasp featurette promises us a car chase like we’ve never seen before. No, the explosions aren’t bigger and the cars aren’t nastier, but there is a whole lot of shrinking and growing involved. One of the standout set pieces seen in trailers for Ant-Man and The Wasp is a size-changing car chase through the streets of San Francisco. Now Marvel Studios has shed light on the filming of the sequence in a new behind-the-scenes look at director Peyton Reed’s sequel.
“Shrinking and growing as a visual concept, as a sci-fi idea, as a superhero idea is so cool,” executive producer Stephen Broussard says in the featurette. “One of the ideas of this film is that they exported shrinking beyond just suits and people,” executive producer Nick Broussard explains in the video. “Suddenly cars can shrink, entire buildings can shrink.”
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Utilizing a mix of both practical effects with mounted cameras filming in the streets of San Francisco and extensive use of green screens, the crew filmed seamless transitions between the traditional car chase and the visual effects-heavy sequences. The in-depth production special also teases a whole collection of size-changing cars at the heroes disposal as Luis (Michael Peña) gleefully borrows a tricked out Hyundai Veloster for his own use.
Ant-Man and the Wasp opens in theaters on July 6.
Source: Marvel Entertainment
