Ant-Man shifts release dates again

In the wake of the release date shift of Batman vs. Superman, Marvel has decided to jump on the opportunity. After shifting Ant-Man once already, Marvel has made the decision to shift the film once again to July 17, 2015. Yes that is the old Batman vs. Superman release date.

Ant-Man was originally slated for release in November 2015 and was shifted to July 31, 2015. With this new shift it will put it even closer to The Avengers: Age of Ultron and will pretty much seal the deal for Marvel taking over the summertime. One downside about this is the fact that the new release date of May 6, 2015 for the Man of Steel sequel puts it in the same weekend as the untitled Marvel project rumored to be Doctor Strange. I wouldn't be surprised if the untitled project is delayed or shifted up a week or two just to avoid the direct competition.

Ant-Man moved from November to July

Disney and Marvel have shifted the start of Phase Three a bit earlier as it was originally set to start on November 6, 2015. We now have word that Ant-Man will open on July 31, 2015 instead. Now it will not be competing directly next to Bond 24.

This puts it closer to The Avengers: Age of Ultron which opens in May, Inside Out which opens in June, and directly after Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales which opens in early July. This also adds more credibility to the story of Star Wars: Episode VII moving to December 2015. This also puts it right after Batman vs. Superman which opens on July 17, 2015.

Well, here we go. Yet another summer release for 2015.