Yesterday it was revealed that there was an alternate ending for ANT-MAN, which can be read here. Today, CinemaBlend revealed that director Peyton Reed told them about the original opening sequence for the film.
"It was basically a standalone sequence where you really did not see it was Hank Pym. He was retrieving some microfilm from this, originally Cuban general and then it because a Panamanian general… It really was designed in those early drafts to be almost like a Bond movie standalone scene in the beginning. It was going to show the powers. You never saw Ant-Man, it almost felt like an Invisible Man sequence, and it’s really, really cool."
Reed then revealed why it was cut out of the movie.
"It started to feel tonally disconnected from the movie we were making and story-wise, and it also kind of like, it set a standalone adventure, but it didn’t just connect to the rest of our story."
But there's a small chance the original opening could be seen. Maybe as a deleted scene or maybe as a One-Shot on the Blu Ray release because it was filmed and edited.
"We actually ended up shooting that sequence and cut it together and it’s fantastic, but the more we got into editing, it just felt too disconnected to the rest of the movie. It felt like vestige of those earlier drafts, which as a standalone thing was really cool. We actually talked at one point about releasing like a standalone, Hank Pym as Ant-Man. Who knows if that will still happen."
Please make this a One-Shot addition to the Blu Ray release. It's sounds too cool to not include.