'Ant-Man' sequel appears to be shooting in SF again and seeking extras

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"Ant-Man and the Wasp," a Disney and Marvel-produced sequel to 2015's "Ant-Man" superhero flick starring Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, and Michael Douglas, appears to be shooting in the Potrero Hill neighborhood of San Francisco beginning Friday and running until the following Wednesday. It also seems to have plans to shoot in Chinatown.

The production previously shot scenes in October.

It's not clear whether these are reshoots of previously filmed scenes or new scenes altogether, but street signs and flyer notices began appearing in Chinatown and Potrero Hill in early November for a production called "Cherry Blue" by a company called "Pym Particles." A Pym particle, for those who may not recall, was the name given to a rare group of subatomic particles that scientist Hank Pym (Douglas' character in "Ant-Man") isolated and utilized in his size-changing technology.

The production is also seeking extras of "all shapes and sizes" to play tourists, locals, "homeless types and people with cars."

Here's one sign found in Potrero Hill, and a notice for shooting to take place in Chinatown:

The 2018 film takes place after the events of "Captain America: Civil War," according to Variety. It sees Rudd reprise his role at the titular Ant-Man, whose real name is Scott Lang, Lilly as Hope Pym (who becomes the Wasp), and Douglas as famed scientist Hank Pym.

The sequel also adds Michelle Pfeiffer as Janet Pym, Hank's wife and former Wasp hero who was lost in the subatomic realm, and Lawrence Fishburne as Bill Foster, a scientist who worked with Hank. As the Hollywood Reporter outlines, Foster has his own important role in Marvel canon; he becomes Black Goliath, and later Giant-Man who, like Ant-Man, can change his size.

Fishburne recently commented on his new role, telling Collider earlier this month that there may be more of a future for this role than just appearing in "Ant-Man and the Wasp."

"I'm developing something else for Marvel that I can't talk about," he said. "It's gonna be really cool. It's gonna change the world, we hope. I went to Marvel and pitched them something that really couldn't work out—there was a lot of legal red tape that just (was) something they couldn't work out. But then they came back with the offer for 'Ant-Man and the Wasp' and then they said, 'Hey, what do you think of this?' and I went 'Oh yeah that, yes!' so..."

"Ant-Man and the Wasp" will also reportedly introduce a new villain to the Marvel film universe, named Ghost. According to the Reporter, Ghost is a "mysterious character (who is never seen unmasked) (who) started as an industrial saboteur by trade who quickly fell into a world of paranoid delusion where he trusted no one and worked for whichever side served his own best interests at the time."

"Ant-Man and the Wasp" is directed by Peyton Reed, and will debut in theaters July 6, 2018.

Requests for comment from Disney and the SF Film Commission were not immediately returned.

Alyssa Pereira is an SFGATE staff writer. Email her at apereira@sfchronicle.com or find her on Twitter at @alyspereira.

