One of the more highly anticipated Marvel comic adaptations, Ant-Man, has moved from November 6, 2015 to July 31, 2015, bumping it up almost four months earlier in the year. The film is said to be the launch of
Phase 3″ in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The new date has the film opening two weeks after Warner Bros. releases Zack Snyder’s still-untitled Superman/Batman film.

Ant-Man comes from director Edgar Wright with a script co-written with Joe Cornish. The film is intended to be the twelfth installment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Not much is known yet regarding the cast or plot of the upcoming film. Production is expected to begin in October 2013 with the filming beginning in early 2014.

Ant-Man was originally the superhero persona of Henry Pym, a brilliant scientist who invented a substance that allowed him to change his size. Henry Pym was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby and first appeared in Tales to Astonish #27; his first appearance in the Ant-Man persona was in Tales to Astonish #35. After Pym retired his Ant-Man identity, successors Scott Lang and Eric O’Grady have used Pym’s technology to take on the role of Ant-Man.

The release will be following the Avengers sequel, Avengers: Age of Ultron which also hits theaters in 2015.