Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

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***Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania*** is a 2023 American superhero film based on Marvel Comics featuring the characters Scott Lang / Ant-Man and Hope Pym / Wasp. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is the sequel to *Ant-Man* (2015) and *Ant-Man and the Wasp* (2018) and the 31st film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The film was directed by Peyton Reed, written by Jeff Loveness, and stars Paul Rudd as Scott Lang and Evangeline Lilly as Hope van Dyne, alongside Jonathan Majors, Kathryn Newton, David Dastmalchian, Katy O'Brian, William Jackson Harper, Bill Murray, Michelle Pfeiffer, Corey Stoll, and Michael Douglas. In the film, Lang and Van Dyne are transported to the Quantum Realm along with their family and face Kang the Conqueror (Majors).

Plans for a third *Ant-Man* film were confirmed in November 2019, with Reed and Rudd returning. Loveness was hired by April 2020, with development on the film beginning during the COVID-19 pandemic. The film's title and new cast members were announced in December 2020. Filming in Turkey began in early February 2021, while additional filming occurred in San Francisco in mid-June, ahead of principal photography starting at the end of July at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire and ending in November.

*Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania* premiered in Los Angeles on February 6, 2023, and was released worldwide on February 17, 2023, as the first film in Phase Five of the MCU. The film received mixed reviews from critics.

## Plot

After the Battle of Earth, Scott Lang has become a successful author and has been living happily with his girlfriend Hope van Dyne. Lang's daughter Cassie has become an activist that results in her getting arrested and Lang having to bail her out. While visiting Hope's parents, Hank Pym and Janet van Dyne, Cassie reveals that she has been working on a device that can make contact with the Quantum Realm. Upon learning of this, Janet panics and tries to shut off the device, but the message is received, resulting in a portal opening and pulling the five of them into the Quantum Realm. Lang and Cassie are found by natives of the land who are rebelling against their ruler, while Hope, Janet, and Hank explore a sprawling city to get answers.

Hope, Janet and Hank meet with Lord Krylar, a former ally of Janet's, who reveals that things have changed since she left and that he is now working for Kang, the realm's ruler. The three are forced to flee and steal his ship. The Langs are told by the rebels' leader Jentorra that Janet, who had previously been to the Quantum Realm, is indirectly responsible for Kang's uprising, having helped rebuild his Multiversal Power Core after he was "exiled" before enlarging it beyond use, resulting in Kang taking over the Quantum Realm. The rebels soon come under attack by Kang's forces, who send his robotic subordinates led by M.O.D.O.K., who is revealed to be Darren Cross, having survived his apparent death at Lang's hands.

The Langs are taken to Kang, who demands that Lang help get his power core back or else he will kill Cassie. Lang is taken to the site and shrinks down, nearly losing his mind in the process, but the timely arrival of Hope results in the two of them acquiring the power core. However, Kang reneges on the deal, capturing Janet and destroying her ship with Hank on it. Hank is rescued by his ants, who were also pulled into the Quantum Realm, rapidly evolved, and became hyper-intelligent. He helps Lang and Hope as they make their way to Kang. Cassie, still imprisoned, rescues Jentorra, and they commence the uprising against Kang and his army. During the fight, Cassie manages to appeal Cross's better judgement and he helps fight Kang, at the cost of his life.

Janet fixes the power core as she, Hank, Hope, and Cassie jump through, but Kang attacks Lang, nearly beating him into submission. Hope returns as she and Lang destroy the power core and knock Kang into it, causing him to be pulled into oblivion. Cassie reopens the portal on her end for Lang and Hope to return home. As Lang happily resumes his life, he begins to rethink what Kang told him about Kang's death being the start of something terrible happening, but nonchalantly puts it aside.

In a mid-credits scene, elsewhere, numerous Kang variants commiserate over the death of one of their own and plan their multiversal uprising. In a post-credits scene, Loki and Mobius M. Mobius spot another Kang variant named Victor Timely in the 1920s.

## Cast

* Paul Rudd as Scott Lang / Ant-Man:
An Avenger and former petty criminal with a suit that allows him to shrink or grow in scale while increasing in strength. After the events of *Avengers: Endgame* (2019), Lang has become a well-known celebrity to the public, as well as the author of an autobiographical book titled *Look Out for the Little Guy*, which tells a different version of how he helped save the universe from Thanos in *Endgame*.
* Evangeline Lilly as Hope van Dyne / Wasp:
The daughter of Hank Pym and Janet van Dyne who is handed down a similar suit and the Wasp mantle from her mother. She serves as the head of the Pym van Dyne Foundation, which uses the Pym Particles for humanitarian efforts.Template:Third-party inline Lilly said the film would explore how the character deals with her "fragilities and her vulnerabilities", continuing from how *Ant-Man and the Wasp* (2018) showed how powerful and capable she was.
* Jonathan Majors as Nathaniel Richards / Kang the Conqueror:
A "time-traveling, multiversal adversary" trapped in the Quantum Realm who needs Pym Particles to get his ship and a device online that would allow him to go anywhere and when in time. Kang is an alternate-timeline variant of the character He Who Remains, the creator of the Time Variance Authority (TVA) introduced in the first season of *Loki* (2021). Kang was described by *Loki* season one head writer Michael Waldron as the "next big cross-movie villain" for the MCU, while *Quantumania* writer Jeff Loveness described Kang as a "top-tier, A-list Avengers villain". Majors said Kang is different from He Who Remains, who is not in *Quantumania*, with a shifted psychology, portraying Kang differently from He Who Remains due to the different characters surrounding him and transitioning from a series to a film. He was attracted to Kang's "character and dimensions" and the potential that presented to him as an actor, noting Kang would be a different type of villain to the MCU than Erik Killmonger and Thanos were, as well as the possibility of playing a complex villain about whom everyone has to be careful, akin to Iago in William Shakespeare's tragedy *Othello*. Loveness wanted to focus on Kang as a human being by exploring his humanity and vulnerability as a "very lonely" character before he reaches "apocalyptic, Avengers-scale heights". He contrasted this to Thanos by not creating him entirely from computer-generated imagery, and said Kang would be "Thanos on an exponential level". He also said that because the concept of time travel had already been explored in *Endgame*, he had to broaden his approach to Kang to focus more on the multiverse, his dimensionality, and his "limitless freedom" from his time, and how different versions of the character would destroy it and make it their own. Loveness researched the different versions of Kang from the comics such as Rama-Tut and the Scarlet Centurion and described him as an "infinite snake eating infinite tails" in being "a man literally at war against himself". Director Peyton Reed likened the character to Alexander the Great as a reference point for Majors, who also found inspiration in Genghis Khan and Julius Caesar. Majors said that Kang would be the "supervillain of supervillains" and looked to contrast Tony Stark / Iron Man, who he called the "superhero of superheroes". Majors added Template:Convert of muscle for the role, focusing on strength and conditioning training. Reed said *Quantumania* would show a "different flavor" of Majors' approach to Kang's alternate versions and explained that Kang "has dominion over time", calling him a warrior, strategist, and "all-timer antagonist" compared to the antagonists of the prior *Ant-Man* films as a "force of nature", one that adds "tonal diversity, real conflict and real friction". Given his work with time, Kang does not live a linear life.
	+ Majors also portrays numerous Kang variants including Immortus, Rama-Tut, Scarlet Cneturion, and Victor Timely.
* Kathryn Newton as Cassie Lang:
Scott Lang's 18-year-old daughter who acquires a suit similar to her father's. She is scientifically inclined, and gains an interest in Pym's old notes and learning more about the science and technology from the Quantum Realm. Reed said that he wanted to further develop the relationship between Cassie and Scott, as it was central to the previous *Ant-Man* films. The character was previously portrayed as a child by Abby Ryder Fortson in the previous *Ant-Man* films and as a teenager by Emma Fuhrmann in *Endgame*.
* David Dastmalchian as Veb: A slime-like creature that lives in the Quantum Realm. Dastmalchian previously portrayed Kurt in the first two *Ant-Man* films.
* Katy O'Brian as Jentorra: A freedom fighter trying to right the injustices facing the communities in the Quantum Realm.
* William Jackson Harper as Quaz: A telepath who lives in the Quantum Realm.
* Bill Murray as Lord Krylar:
The governor of the lavish Axia community in the Quantum Realm, who has a history with Janet van Dyne in the Quantum Realm. Reed believed Murray's character represented a person's past "always find[ing] a way to show up again" and the film's theme of secrets between family members and how they are each affected by them.
* Michelle Pfeiffer as Janet van Dyne: Pym's wife, Hope's mother, and the original Wasp, who was lost in the Quantum Realm for 30 years.
* Corey Stoll as Darren Cross / M.O.D.O.K.:
Pym's former protégé who was shrunken to subatomic size in the Quantum Realm and became a mutated, cybernetically enhanced individual with an oversized head known as M.O.D.O.K.. Loveness described the character as a cross between Kevin Kline's Otto West from *A Fish Called Wanda* (1988) and Frank Grimes from *The Simpsons* season eight episode "Homer's Enemy" (1997). Loveness felt M.O.D.O.K. to be his favorite character in the film because they put a "little extra" on him, and said M.O.D.O.K.'s ego would be crumbled throughout the film whenever he is challenged, but like Otto West, easily kills as a "real loose cannon".
* Michael Douglas as Hank Pym: A former S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, entomologist, and physicist who became the original Ant-Man after creating the suit.

Additionally, Randall Park briefly reprises his role as FBI agent Jimmy Woo from previous MCU media, along with Gregg Turkington as Baskin-Robbins store manager Dale from *Ant-Man* (2015). Ruben Rabasa appears as a coffee shop attendant. Tom Hiddleston and Owen Wilson make uncredited cameo appearances as Loki and Mobius M. Mobius, respectively, in the film's post-credits scene.

## Production

### Development

Ahead of the release of *Ant-Man and the Wasp* (2018), director Peyton Reed said there were elements of that film that leave "a lot to play with" in a potential third film in the franchise. He highlighted the Quantum Realm, which was introduced in *Ant-Man* (2015) and explored further in *Ant-Man and the Wasp*; Reed said they were "just dipping our toes into it" for the previous films. Reed added that he and Marvel Studios were hopeful about a third film and had discussed potential story points for such a sequel. In February 2019, Hank Pym actor Michael Douglas confirmed that informal discussions regarding a sequel to *Ant-Man and the Wasp* had taken place, though by that time Evangeline Lilly had not heard of any plans for her character Hope van Dyne / Wasp following her role in *Avengers: Endgame* (2019). Lilly stated that "Hope is mid-journey. I don't see her journey as being over by any stretch." That October, Michelle Pfeiffer expressed interest in reprising her role of Janet van Dyne in a sequel, while Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige was asked about the future of Paul Rudd's Scott Lang / Ant-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) following *Endgame*, and responded that "the chess pieces were arranged very purposefully" at the end of that film, with some taken "off the board" and others, like Ant-Man, "still on [the board, so] you never know". Rudd was asked whether he would be returning to the role, either in a third *Ant-Man* film or as part of another hero's MCU franchise, and said that both of those options had been discussed.

Reed officially signed on to direct a third *Ant-Man* film at the start of November 2019. Rudd was set to star as Lang, with Lilly and Douglas also returning. Filming was scheduled to begin in January 2021 for a likely release date in 2022. Reed was hired again, despite Marvel's interest in new filmmakers bringing different takes to their heroes for each film, because executives felt he had "a real grasp on the *Ant-Man* universe and want[ed] to see him return to wrap up his trilogy". Jeff Loveness was hired to write the script for the film during "the early days of Hollywood's shutdown" due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and he had begun working on the screenplay by April 2020. At that point, it was no longer clear when production would begin on the film due to the effects of the pandemic on all film productions. In August 2020, Reed confirmed that development on the film was continuing during the pandemic. He said that Lilly would continue to get equal billing in the film alongside Rudd as she is "a very, very important part" of the partnership between Ant-Man and the Wasp, despite rumors that her role would be reduced following controversial comments about the pandemic. Reed added that the story for the film had been "cracked", though "nothing [was] official yet", and said the third film would be a "bigger, more sprawling movie than the first two [with] a very different visual template". Reed stated they wanted to further explore the Quantum Realm in the film as a "massive world-building undertaking", and compared its design to electron microscope photography, the *Heavy Metal* magazine issues of the 1970s and 1980s and his favorite science fiction cover artists such as Jean Giraud for fantastical realism. Marvel Studios producer Brian Gay said the film would "feel like a real departure" from the first two *Ant-Man* films and be a big adventure. Fellow Marvel Studios executive Stephen Broussard was producing the film alongside Feige.

### Pre-production

In September 2020, Jonathan Majors was cast in a "lead role" for the film, which was reported to be Kang the Conqueror. Because the actor cast as Kang would first portray an alternate version of the character, named He Who Remains, in the Disney+ series *Loki*, Kate Herron and Michael Waldron—the director and head writer of *Loki*'s first season, respectively—were involved in casting Majors in addition to Reed and executives at Marvel Studios; Majors was approached for the role without an audition, and later noted he had been involved in the film "since the beginning" before joining *Loki*. Reed was interested in having Ant-Man and the Wasp go up against a formidable foe in the film, believing Kang to be one of Marvel Comics' "all-timers" like Loki and Doctor Doom. In November, filming was expected to start in 2021. In December, Pfeiffer confirmed her involvement and that filming would begin in mid-2021. Shortly after at Disney's Investor Day, Feige revealed the film's title as *Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania*, confirmed the return of Rudd, Lilly, Douglas and Pfeiffer, alongside Majors as Kang, and revealed that Kathryn Newton had joined the film as Cassie Lang. Emma Fuhrmann, who played the character as a teenager in *Avengers: Endgame*, was saddened by the announcement of Newton taking over the role, and hoped to be involved in the MCU in the future. Later that month, Loveness revealed that he had turned in the first draft of the script, and said Marvel had used the COVID-19 pandemic break to "do something new and weird" with the film. Loveness was inspired by several "father and daughter" films starring Steve Martin or Robin Williams from the 1990s, like *Father of the Bride*, *Hook* (both 1991) and *Jumanji* (1995), with Loveness feeling that because he admired all those father characters, he could mix the "underdog dad" hero energy with Rudd's likability to make it a through line for the film. Pfeiffer and Douglas both indicated that the film would be released in 2022. Reed planned to feature comedian Tom Scharpling again in the film, after his cameos in the previous two films were ultimately cut from the theatrical releases; however, the scene in which he would have been featured was cut before it was filmed. Broussard described the film as a "family adventure" film that becomes "an epic sci-fi war movie and a coming-of-age story".

### Filming

On February 4, 2021, Turkey's Minister of Culture and Tourism Mehmet Ersoy announced that shooting for the film had begun in the country's region of Cappadocia, with the production also set to film in other parts of Turkey. At the beginning of March, Tip "T.I." Harris was revealed to not be returning as his character Dave from the first two *Ant-Man* films. This news came after sexual abuse allegations against Harris and his wife Tameka Cottle arose at the end of February, but *Variety* reported that this was unrelated and Harris was never set to return for the sequel. In early May 2021, Marvel Studios announced that the film would be released on February 17, 2023. In mid-June, Rudd and Douglas headed to England to prepare for filming. Shooting to capture exterior shots and background plates took place at the San Francisco Police Department Central Station in North Beach, San Francisco on June 19 and 20, with filming of the station's interior, the outward view of the building, and downtown San Francisco. In July, Joanna Robinson of *Vanity Fair* reported that Corey Stoll would reprise his role as Darren Cross / Yellowjacket from *Ant-Man* in "some shape" for *Quantumania*.

Principal photography began on July 26, 2021, at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire, using the working title *Dust Bunny*, with William Pope serving as cinematographer.Template:Third-party inline Industrial Light & Magic provided the same StageCraft virtual production technology Reed used while directing episodes of the Disney+ *Star Wars* series *The Mandalorian*. Will Htay served as production designer.Template:Third-party inline Principal photography was previously set to begin in January 2021, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was then expected to take place between May 31 and September 24. By September 16, over 50 crew members from Pinewood Studios productions, including *Quantumania*, contracted norovirus following an outbreak at the studio. The main cast was not affected. In October, the film's release was delayed to July 28, 2023. Later that month, Bill Murray revealed he had shot material for a Marvel film with Reed, which was believed to be *Quantumania*. Murray explained he joined the project as he liked Reed and his work on *Bring It On* (2000), despite not being interested in superhero films, before he further indicated his involvement in the film, but said he could not comment on his prior statement; Murray later said he was playing a "bad guy" in the film. Principal photography was completed in November 2021. Filming was also expected to take place in Atlanta, and the production was slated to move to San Francisco in 2022 with the cast.

### Post-production

In April 2022, the film was moved back to its February 17, 2023, release date, swapping places with *The Marvels* given *Quantumania* was further along in production than that film. In September 2022, Randall Park was confirmed to be reprising his role as Jimmy Woo, and Feige called the film "a direct line" into Phase Five and *Avengers: The Kang Dynasty* (2025), with Majors reprising his role in *The Kang Dynasty*. Reed stated that *Quantumania* would have a "profound impact" on the MCU and that the impact of Kang's appearance in this film was discussed with Loveness for *The Kang Dynasty*, which he was also writing. Loveness felt that having Kang as the main villain of *Quantumania* would set up the dynamic story he was developing for *The Kang Dynasty*. Reed also hoped the film would not be viewed as a "palate cleanser" the previous two films had been following *Avengers* films, but would instead feel as big as an *Avengers* film. Gregg Turkington was also revealed to be reprising his role as Dale, a Baskin-Robbins manager, from *Ant-Man*. In October 2022, William Jackson Harper was revealed to be appearing in the film in an undisclosed role, and in November, Katy O'Brian was revealed to be appearing in the film alongside David Dastmalchian, who portrayed Kurt in the first two films, after he previously said he was not involved in *Quantumania*. In January 2023, Dastmalchian, Harper, O'Brian, Murray, and Stoll were revealed to be playing Veb, Quaz, Jentorra, Lord Krylar, and M.O.D.O.K., respectively. Pick-up shots with Rudd occurred by then. Adam Gerstel and Laura Jennings serve as co-editors on the film, while Jesse James Chisholm is the visual effects supervisor.Template:Third-party inline

## Music

Christophe Beck was revealed to be composing the score by July 2022, after previously working on the previous two *Ant-Man* films, as well as the MCU Disney+ series *WandaVision* and *Hawkeye* (both in 2021). The soundtrack album was released digitally by Hollywood Records and Marvel Music on February 15, 2023, with its first track, "Theme from *Quantumania*", released digitally on February 12.

## Marketing

The first footage from the film was shown at the 2022 San Diego Comic-Con where Feige, Reed, and the cast promoted the film and discussed the characters. Further footage was shown at D23 in September, which Ryan Leston at *IGN* called "an intriguing glimpse" into the film. A teaser trailer for the film was released on October 24, 2022. It featured "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" by Elton John. Tom Chapman at *Den of Geek* noted the trailer was "darker than ever" compared to the comedic tone of the prior two *Ant-Man* films and featured "dramatic pauses and tense musical cues", but felt it was "another MCU teaser trailer that does a little too much teasing" to not reveal key details, such as the absence of the character M.O.D.O.K. who was shown in the D23 footage. Charles Pulliuam-Moore of *The Verge* compared the trailer to Disney's then-upcoming film *Strange World* (2022) and highlighted the Quantum Realm's appearance as being "beautiful and nonsensical," while *Empire*'s Owen Williams compared the Quantum Realm to Ego's planet from the MCU film *Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2* (2017).

A new trailer for the film debuted during the 2023 College Football Playoff National Championship on January 9 before it was released online. Daniel Chin of *The Ringer* noted the trailer had revealed "a lot" as compared to the teaser one, including the lay out of the film's plot and the first look at M.O.D.O.K. Chin felt the trailer had featured "some misdirections... but it seems to supply more advance knowledge than Marvel typically dispenses." That month, Heineken released a commercial featuring Rudd to promote their non-alcoholic beer and the film. The following month, Volkswagen released a commercial that was directed by Anthony Leonardi III to promote the film and their SUV model ID.4. Additionally, Lang's fictional memoir, *Look Out for the Little Guy*, was announced to be published by Hyperion Avenue, created alongside Marvel Studios and the filmmakers, and will be available on September 5, 2023. It features "over 20 short pieces exploring different aspects of Scott's experiences" as a father and Avenger.

## Release

*Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania* had its world premiere at Regency Village Theatre in Westwood, Los Angeles on February 6, 2023, and was released in the United States and China on February 17, 2023. The film was previously set to be released in 2022, before being officially announced as releasing on February 17, 2023, in May 2021. It was delayed to July 28, 2023, in October 2021, and returned to the February 2023 date in April 2022. It is the first film of Phase Five of the MCU.

## Reception

### Box office projections

In January 2023, *Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania* was projected to earn $120 million in North America over the four-day Presidents' Day opening weekend. The following month, it was projected to debut to $105-110 million domestically and $280 million globally on its opening weekend.

### Critical response

The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 48% with an average rating of 5.7/10, based on 260 reviews. The site's critics consensus reads: "*Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania* mostly lacks the spark of fun that elevated earlier adventures, but Jonathan Majors' Kang is a thrilling villain poised to alter the course of the MCU." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 48 out of 100, based on 58 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

Owen Gleiberman from *Variety* was critical of the film, calling it "at once fun and numbing" and stating "...if this is what Phase 5 looks like, God save us from Phases 6, 7 and 8."

### Accolades

*Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania* received a nomination for Best Music Supervision in a Trailer – Film at the 2023 Guild of Music Supervisors Awards.

## Future

In June 2015, Reed proposed a prequel film focused on a younger version of Hank Pym, an idea that Douglas expressed interest in by June 2018. In February 2023, Douglas said he would be interested in returning for a fourth film if Pym died in it, while Broussard said that he had started to discuss a potential fourth film with Feige and Reed.

## Notes

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1. ↑ As depicted in *Avengers: Endgame* (2019)
2. ↑ As depicted in *Ant-Man and the Wasp* (2018)
3. ↑ As depicted in *Ant-Man* (2015)
4. ↑ The events are set after the first season of *Loki* (2021)

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