How "Ant-Man" Director, UNC Alum Peyton Reed Went From Bringing It On To Marvel's Weird Superhero

Posted Oct 20, 2015
Although the Marvel Cinematic Universe has its humorous moments—recall the Hulk-punch at the end of Avengers or nearly everything Chris Pratt says in Guardians—its specialty is spectacular setpieces. In assembling Ant-Man, the studio had to find a director capable of changing the ratio, and that's exactly what they found in Peyton Reed. (Fast Company)

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