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Ant-Man is based on the Marvel comic book of the same name created by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby and Larry Lieber.

Yes, all Marvel Studios films made from 2008 onward are part of a single universe, one of the many parallel story arcs set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The original Ant-Man, Henry Pym, was a long-time member of the Avengers, under the names Giant-Man, Goliath, and Yellowjacket. Scott Lang was the second person to don the mantel of Ant-Man and was also a member of the Avengers. This film actually marks the final entry in Marvel's Phase Two and sets up (2016)—the third MCU Captain America movie—which starts Phase Three.

Both Hank Pym and Scott Lang will be in the film. Edgar Wright stated that an early draft of the script included Pym being the Ant-Man of the 1960s and Lang being the Ant-Man of the 2010s.

Scott Lang is the second person to don the Ant-Man helmet after Dr. Hank Pym. Lang, a burglar, completed his abandoned electrical engineering degree while in prison and was quickly hired by Stark Industries. Left with no choice, he returned to his old trade to save the life of his sick daughter, Cassie. He stole the Ant-Man helmet and used it to free the only scientist that could cure Cassie's illness. Lang returned the helmet to Pym, who agreed to train him as the new Ant-Man. Lang was created by David Michelinie (creator of Venom and writer of the "Demon in a Bottle" storyline in the Iron Man comics) and artist John Byrne. He first appeared in the comic books The Avengers #181 (March 1979) and Marvel Premiere #47 (April 1979). In the film, he is a skilled thief and was released from prison during the first act. Dr. Pym was looking for a protégé to take up the Ant-Man mantle, and tricked Scott Lang into stealing the suit after studying him for a few months. Pym then offers Lang a job involving a heist and agrees to train him to become the new Ant-Man.

Yes, there is both a mid-credits scene and a post-credits scene. The mid-credits scene features certain main characters returning and teasing the future roles they'll play, and the stinger after the credits is a huge scene that includes even more key characters and sets up Captain America: Civil War.

Stan Lee can be seen towards the end of the movie as a bartender when Luis is telling a story about how Falcon is looking for the Ant-Man.

In the movie Ant-Man, the ability to shrink and enlarge objects is achieved through the use of Pym particles. When an object is shrunk, its mass is compressed and concentrated into a smaller space, making it appear lighter. Conversely, when an object is enlarged, its mass is spread out over a larger space, making it appear heavier.

However, it is important to note that this portrayal of physics in the movie is fictional and not scientifically accurate. In reality, the mass of an object is determined by the number and type of particles it contains, and does not change when its size is altered. Therefore, the concept of mass being altered by shrinking or enlarging objects is purely a fictional element of the movie.