Is this how Ant-Man will connect to the Marvel cinematic universe?


It was upsetting news when director Edgar Wright stepped away from Marvel's Ant-Man after being tied to it for so many years. It eventually came out that one reason he eventually cut ties with the film was that his Ant-Man film was designed to stand on its own but the studio wanted to make several changes so that it could be tied to the Marvel cinematic universe.

Starlog is now reporting that thanks to a source close to production that they have learned how Ant-Man will be tied to several films in the Marvel cinematic universe. At the moment this is just rumor but if it ends up being true then it's some pretty big news.

*Possible spoilers ahead*
"According to this anonymous party, ANT-MAN will take place alongside the events of AGE OF ULTRON, the fall-out of which will spur on the Superhuman Registration Act. While ANT-MAN is largely self-contained in nature, the references of the MCU will come from Pym’s past as a scientist for S.H.I.E.L.D. in the ’60s, having worked alongside Howard Stark, Arnim Zola and Alexander Pierce. However, in this flashback sequence, Pym will supposedly also have a run-in with a young military hot-head by the name of Thaddeus 'Thunderbolt' Ross, who Marvel fans have last seen in THE INCREDIBLE HULK as played by William Hurt.
The party goes on to say S.H.I.E.L.D.’s downfall in THE WINTER SOLDIER forced Pym into the private sector, which makes him vulnerable and essentially serves as catalyst for the events that follow in ANT-MAN. And according to the party, a shooting draft of ANT-MAN’s post-credit stinger shows the older Ross re-appearing to Pym, claiming he’d been sent by Tony Stark. When asked why, Ross allegedly responds, 'Haven’t you seen the news? We’re at war.'
The party also claims Ross will play a supporting role in CAPTAIN AMERICA 3, begrudgingly helping Tony Stark enforce the Superhero Registration Act and giving him military aid as Stark’s hesitant to use his own technology post-ULTRON. The party claims that rumors of Black Widow’s limited involvement in CAPTAIN AMERICA 3 is also true, as her character will be arrested for aiding fugitive superhumans in a power play by Stark (which will give actress Scarlett Johansson a break from the MCU to focus on her family), though the source says a potential Black Widow jailbreak in a future Marvel film may help bring Scott Lang’s Ant-Man into the AVENGERS fold."
That's a lot of information! The connections that are made here to the Marvel cinematic universe certainly make a lot of sense and seem like they would blend in perfectly. Do you think this source could be correct and these could be the connections for Ant-Man to the Marvel cinematic universe?

Source: Starlog

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