My excitement for Edgar Wright’s Ant-Man film is almost as giant as my excitement was for The Avengers. So I am following every little scrap of news that comes out about the film. Hopefully you are too. This week sees some of the biggest little news yet, as apparently Edgar Wright has filmed a test reel showcasing the look and feel of the movie, as well as testing the special effects of Ant-Man’s shrinking. Holy awesome, that’s good news!

If any of us had shrinking powers…

A test real isn’t actual movie footage. I guess it’s just some test scenes, and again, a prototype for how the special effects might look. I’m sure everybody wanted to see how far the special effects for shrinking somebody have come since Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. There’s no word how long the test reel is, or what scenes are in it, or even who is playing Ant-Man. And we’ll probably never know. This is the kind of thing that will stay in the hands of the Marvel movie people.

But hot damn, this is exciting news! We’re one small step closer to the Ant-Man film, and I’m ecstatic. Rumor also has it that Ant-Man will be the focus of the post-credits scene in Iron Man 3. I have zero confirmation on this rumor, but wouldn’t that be brilliant?

Or best of all…San Diego Comic-Con is right around the corner. Could you imagine the excitement of the crowd if Marvel suddenly decided to show off the Ant-Man test reel? California might crack off the side of the country from the sheer magnitude of the geekgasm.