Ant-Man and the Wasp: Reborn

> *"The microverse is my home now."*
> ― Janet Van Dyne
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**Ant-Man and the Wasp: Reborn** is a superhero film based on the Marvel Comics heroes of the same name. It is the 29th installment in the Rebooted MCU, and the second installment in both Phase 4 and the Galaxy and Mutant Saga. The film was released on May 24th, 2023.

## Plot

The film starts as Janet collects a bunch of quantum energy from the microverse, as she is pulled back to the basement by Eric O'Grady, accompanied by Ava Starr. She harnesses the quantum energy to Ava, and tells her that she is now free from quantum phasing, as Ava thanks her emotionally. She thanks both of them, and Eric tells her that they need her back at Pym Technologies. Both of them leaves the Van Dyne household. Janet also gets into her car and sees a picture of Hank, and breaks down after a while.

While Janet is having a meal in a pizza restaurant, she meets Maria Hill, and joins her. They catch up on what's happening in their lives, and Janet tells Hill she's doing fine. After Janet orders a beer, Hill gets worried, as it's only 11 AM. She asks her if she actually is okay, and if she still went to grief counseling, to which Janet replied that it didn't help. Hill assures her that if she needs any help, she can always talk to her. Janet then asks about a 'stolen Ant-Man suit', to which Hill replies that a thief named Scott Lang has been using it to commit multiple thievery acts, including leaking classified documents from Vista Corp, to which he is considered a hero by some. Hill tells Janet that he's not harmed anyone or done anything malicious, and has only robbed a few banks and a toy store. Janet stays silent and gets mad, seeing Hank's legacy being tarnished.

At night, in her bedroom, she reminiscences the good times with Hank, and breaks down again, thinking about Scott and the legacy of Ant-Man. She then went to her basement and clicked a few things on a computer, managing to find the location of the stolen suit to an apartment. She calls Eric, and tells him to drop her off so she can fight Scott and bring him to justice.

Eric drops her off, and she shrinks and enters the apartment, eavesdropping to Scott complaining about late rent. She reveals herself to Scott and confronts him. Scott tells her that this was all a misunderstanding as they fight. Janet overpowers Scott, who is still an amateur in using the suit. In the hallway of the apartment, Scott tells her that she has it all wrong, as he is hit by a baseball bat by Eric, who tells Janet that she's taking too long, and he's worried. The police arrests Scott outside of the apartment, and Jimmy Woo thanks Janet, telling her he will join 'some of her old friends' in New York State Prison. As the police leaves, Janet thanks Eric and tells him that "Ant-Man and the Wasp will be back in action", suggesting that he becomes Ant-Man. Maria Hill, who was also at the scene, was worried about this, and has a small conversation with Janet, in which Janet assures her that she knows what she's doing.

For months, Eric and Janet train together, as Eric gets better and better at using the Ant-Man suit, and Janet looks like she's never been happier. In New York State Prison, Lyle Getz was sitting in a visitation room, where he is visited by a man named Andrew Forson. Getz asks Forson about the process to 'rebuiling A.I.M', to which Forson replies that he's 'working with the new recruit on his suit', and he taps on a walkie-talkie and talks with M.O.D.O.K, from the Raft. Forson tells M.O.D.O.K that Janet's "new associate" Eric is not who he claims to be, and that money speaks. He tells him that if they have enough money, they can get Eric to give them Pym Technologies. M.O.D.O.K likes the plan, but asks Forson what if Janet tries to stop them, to which Forson said that it's time for him to test his new recruit.

In Pym Technologies, Janet is signing some paperwork, making Eric a majority owner. Eric doubts he is capable of it, and Janet assures him that Hank would be proud. They turn on the news and sees that a man in a metallic green suit is trying to destroy New York by spinning fast enough to destroy things. Janet and Eric get in their suits and confronted the man, who reveals himself to be David Cannon, and calls himself Whirlwind. Janet and Eric begins to fight him, but they both get overpowered, until Eric outsmarts Cannon and causes a swarm of ants to enter his helmet. Cannon is defeated and is taken away by the police as people cheered for Janet and Eric. Forson watches from the distance, talking into the walkie-talkie and saying that they might have a dual purpose for the gentleman. Meanwhile, Eric gloats in an interview about becoming the new Ant-Man

While New York is cleaned from the damage, a girl is sitting in a bar, as Eric enters the bar and sits besides her, introducing himself to her. She tells him that she's called Daisy Johnson, and he tells her that he's Ant-Man, to which she compliments him. Hearing this, he begins to sexually harass her, as she starts to get uncomfortable, telling him that she wasn't into him, but only complimenting him. Eric told her that it's not about whether or not she was into him, but giving him what he deserves. Eric grabs her arm, and she slaps him and walks away from the bar, to which Eric tells her he didn't think she was that pretty anyway. Eric is then approached by Forson, who asks him why he wants to be a hero. Eric tells him about his past, that he was caught drinking at work by S.H.I.E.L.D and was fired, and he lied on his resume to be able to work in Pym Technologies. He tells Forson that he became the hero just so he could be famous. Forson tells him that he shouldn't be in the shadow of Janet and that he deserves more recognition. Eric agrees with him and Forson tells him that he will make him be the most beloved hero, and Eric agrees to work with Forson. Under the table is a listening device, and Daisy is outside, listening to the conversation, while communicating with Maria.

In Janet's house, she hears a knock at the door while she was watching The Godfather: Part II. She opens the door to Eric, who confronts her, telling her that he thinks she wants to overshadow him, and Janet is disbeliefed by the accusation. Eric tells her that he never cared about Hank's legacy, and that he has a new employer. He also tells her that he will give Pym Technologies to someone who will make himself bigger than ever, and asks her for the microversal entry point. Janet is enraged and attacks Eric, but Eric overpowers her, and shrinks the entry point, taking it to a van outside. In the van, Forson tells Eric that it's time for him to make 'alterations to the suit'.

In New York State Prison, Cannon and Getz are waiting in their cells, doubting if Eric was ever going to come, until a bunch of guards are knocked out by Eric, wearing a brand new suit, and he releases both of them. Getz took a gun from one of the unconscious guards and shot Elihas Starr in a nearby cell.

In Janet's house, Hill comforts her, while Jimmy Woo told her that he will conduct an investigation on Eric. Steve Rogers was also there and comforts Janet. Daisy then walked in and reveals she was a S.H.I.E.L.D agent sent by Hill. She told them that while Eric was owner of Pym Technologies, he almost bankrupted the company twice and didn't report it, and Janet breaks down even more, thinking she tarnished Hank's legacy. Hill tells her she needs to go but she'll be back soon. Janet remembers Hank once again, but then turns on the news and sees a kid named Cassie Lang has won the All-State Karate Championship. Janet wears her wasp suit as she takes an altoids can in her basement with a spare Ant-Man suit. She grabs it and flies away.

In New York State Prison, a guard is telling at Scott who is taking a piss, telling him to hurry up. All of a sudden, he sees the Ant-Man suit enlarging, with a note telling him to wear it and escape. He wears it and makes his escape, as a bunch of ants carry him to a nearby forest, where he met Janet. He was confused but Janet told him to tell her why he did everything, otherwise she will send him back to prison. He told her he did it all for Cassie, his daughter. When he worked in VistaCorp, he intends to sell the data, but decides to leak it instead when he realizes it includes shady cases that were covered up. However, he still lost custody of her and she was sent to foster care. Janet was moved by this and told Scott about how she met Hank, and told him that she sees a lot of Hank in him, saying they should pay Cassie a visit.

In Cassie's foster house, Janet and Scott visit her, as Janet invites her out to dinner. In the car, Janet got a call from Hill, saying Scott has escaped, to which she said they can always find him again. However, Maria also called to report to her about Eric.

In Pym Technologies, Eric, Getz, Forson, and Cannon are looking at the microversal entry point. Forson reveals his plan: he wants to release creatures and inhabitants from the microverse and unleash them to New York. When New York is already crippling, Eric, now called Black Ant, and Cannon can be heroes. He will use his own suit, the Supreme Scientist suit to bring the creatures back and take revenge on the people who want to bring A.I.M down.

In Janet’s basement, she worries that they are outnumbered. Scott suggests that they call the Avengers, but Janet says that they are unavailable. Meanwhile, Cassie stumbles upon a purple Wasp suit, which Hank built for Janet that is too small for her, and she tells Cassie to keep it as a memento. After debating a while, Janet and Scott decides to fight Eric themselves. Cassie asks if she can join them, but Scott says no, assuring her that no matter what, he’ll make sure that he’ll return home.

In Pym Technologies, an intruder alert is activated. Cannon wears his Whirlwind costume and goes outside, seeing Janet and Scott. Daisy and Hill, who has discovered Ant-Man is Scott joins them, telling Janet and Scott to go to the lab while she and Daisy fights Whirlwind. Janet and Scott enters the lab, where the microversal entry point is, where they meet Forson in his Supreme Scientist suit, who wants revenge on Janet. Eric then grows to his normal size and threatens Janet. Janet fights Forson while Scott fights Eric. Meanwhile, the fight between the S.H.I.E.L.D agents and Whirlwind goes to the hallway, and they are overpowered, so are Janet and Scott. Whirlwind mocks them, but was sent flying back by Ava Starr in her Ghost costume. She reveals to Hill that the quantum energy didn’t stop the phasing, but instead helps her control it. She tells them to step aside as she found out that Getz killed her father Elihas, and is out for revenge. She phases inside Whirlwind’s suit and breaks it into pieces.

Inside the lab, Eric is overpowering Scott, grabbing him by the neck and mocking him. Forson defeats Janet and confronts her, aiming to kill her. Janet gives Scott a sign as she sees ants chewing a wire in the control box, sparking it. Janet tells Forson to just kill her, and he fires an energy beam at her. She yells at Scott, and they both shrink, as the energy beam hits control box. She grabs Scott and flies him outside with Hill, Daisy, and Ava, while the building is sucked into a vortex. However, Eric survives and tries to kill Janet, until a swarm of ants enter his suit and causes him to pass out.

After the events, Eric is taken to the raft, Hill manages to help Scott get custody of Cassie, and Ava became a S.H.I.E.L.D agent along with Daisy, Cassie trains using the purple Wasp suit with Janet and Scott and takes the name ‘Stinger’, and Janet building a new microversal entry point in an abandoned building. A few weeks later, Hill asks Janet outside the abandoned building if she wants to do this, to which Janet responded that she is sure, and thanks Hill. Inside, she is joined by Scott and Cassie. Scott asks her if she is sure she wants to go to the microverse for a week, and she tells him she’s sure. She told Scott to continue being Ant-Man, and tells Cassie to take care of her father. She enters the microverse, but the microversal entry point was nowhere to be seen. Scott freaks out, until he sees a message from Janet on the computer next to it, telling him the microverse will be her new home, and for Scott and Cassie to continue their legacy as Ant-Man and the Stinger.

In the first post-credit scene, Janet goes into the microverse and stumbles across a man called Arcturus Rann, telling her he could use her help.

In the second post-credit scene, a woman dressed in purple named Agatha Harkness walks into a dark room, taking a mysterious glowing black book. She talks to shadowy figures in the room, and tells them that ‘Chthon has spoken’, and that the Scarlet Witch is almost awakened and the secret is the X-Gene. She tells her that it’s time to make the elder god proud.

## Cast

* Emily Blunt as Wasp/Janet Van Dyne
* Steven Yeun as Ant-Man/Scott Lang
* Dan Stevens as Black Ant/Eric O'Grady
* John Cusack as Scientist Supreme/Andrew Forson
* John Glazer as Lyle Getz
* Kellan Lutz as Whirlwind/David Cannon
* Oona O'Brien as Stinger/Cassie Lang
* Chloe Bennet as Quake/Daisy Johnson
* Hannah John-Kamen as Ghost/Ava Starr
* Cobie Smulders as Maria Hill
* Randall Park as Jimmy Woo
* Bill Hader as M.O.D.O.K
* Rainn Wilson as Egghead/Elias Starr
* Chris Evans as Captain America/Steve Rogers
* John Krasinski as Hank Pym/Ant-Man
* Zachary Levi as Arcturus Rann (post-credit scene)
* Kathryn Hahn as Agatha Harkness (post-credit scene)