Fans are understandably focused squarely onAvengers: Infinity Warat the moment, but Marvel Studios doesn’t want them to forget they’ve got another movie coming just a couple months later.Ant-Man and the Waspserves as the follow-up to theAvengerssequel, and new plot details and images have been revealed to keep this one on folks’ radar.
Ant-MandirectorPeyton Reedreturns to helm this follow-up, and as revealed over atEW, the story finds Hope van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly) searching for her mother Janet (Michelle Pfeiffer), who was lost in the Quantum Realm decades ago. At the end ofAnt-Man,Paul Rudd’s Scott Lang entered and returned from the Quantum Realm, so Lilly says the follow-up is mainly focused on getting back:
“Scott entered the Quantum Realm in the first film and cameback, which is something they thought was impossible. The question has arisen, ‘Can Janet come back?’ So the entire film, my character is hell-bent on finding a way to get into the Quantum Realm and bring her back.”
While that’s the main thrust of theAnt-Man and the Waspstory, the movie also features Ghost as its main villain. In the comics, the character is male, but for the Marvel Studios film Reed opted to gender bend the character and castHannah John-Kamen, who was recently seen inReady Player One. Reed explained that decision to EW and teased some of her powers:
“The Ghost character could be male, female, anything, so it just seemed more interesting to us [to cast a woman. Ghost’s primary power is the ability to ‘phase,’ which allows Ghost to move through solid matter. She has all sorts of strange versions of that phasing power — it proves quite difficult for Ant-Man and Wasp to deal with.”
It’s interesting thatAnt-Man and the Waspgets this release position, as the initialAnt-Manalso had the misfortune of being released directly afterAvengers: Age of Ultron. In some ways it was nice to get a fun and flighty Marvel movie in the wake of something as dark asUltron, but it also madeAnt-Manfeel somewhat non-essential. Given how darkInfinity Warpromises to be, here’s hopingAnt-Man and the Waspisn’t similarly effected.
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