This week Bennett takes a look at Ant-Man, Antboy , and two new animated series.

Marvel Studios’ Ant-Man , which stars Paul Rudd, won the weekend box office derby with a $58 million debut, but that total was, for Marvel Studios, tiny, like the diminutive superhero himself.

Months after reports linked Chiwetel Ejiofor to Marvel Studios’ Doctor Strange film, it has finally been revealed that the Oscar nominated-actor (for 12 Years a Slave ) will play Doctor Strange’s arch-nemesis Baron Mordo.

Disney XD has ordered new seasons of two animated Marvel mainstays, Avengers Assemble and Ultimate Spider-Man , with new titles.

This week’s home entertainment releases include the definitive high-def version of the classic Battlestar Galactica TV series, the latest season of the cult hit Bob’s Burgers , the complete run of the CW’s reboot of La Femme Nikitia , Gerry Anderson’s Supercar , and the DVD debut of the 1950s science fiction anthology that predated The Twilight Zone .

Here’s the latest news on a quartet of geek films.

In spite of some recent high profile successes by female superheroes on the print side of the busiensss, Marvel CEO Ike Perlmutter is not bullish on female-starring movies.

Marvel has announced Nicole Perlman and Meg LeFauve as scriptwriters for its upcoming Captain Marvel solo feature.

Marvel Studios has put out a call for extras to participate in Captain America: Civil War in scenes that will be shot in the Atlanta area in April.

When asked yesterday by Marvel’s Lorraine Cink whether there would be Marvel characters in Age of Ultron who have not been seen in the preview photos, characters that have been in other films or in other as yet un-filmed corners of the Marvel Universe, Joss Whedon said simply, “Yes."