“Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” Writer Jeff Loveness Spotlights Marvel’s Wackiest Characters
Honey, I Shrunk the Baddest Supervillain in the Multiverse might have been the alternate title for Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. Evil things come in little packages – but with big punchlines – in the pivotal first entry in Marvel’s Phase 5.
Screenwriter Jeff Loveness was tasked with introducing a new supervillain into the MCU that has to top Thanos, but don’t expect him to do it with a straight face.
“Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania” Composer Christophe Beck on Kang, the Langs, & Depeche Mode
Christophe Beck is one of the most prominent composers in the Marvel sandbox. He not only scored all three Ant-Man films but co-composed Hawkeye and, to great acclaim, WandaVision. After eight years of collaborating with the Marvel team, Beck is well-versed in the MCU’s sonic landscape.
The composer’s first collaboration with director Peyton Reed was years before he composed themes for Ant-Man’s miniaturized adventures.
“Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania” Offers Two Great Villains: One Pure Charisma, the Other Pure Lunacy
Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania arrives in theaters on February 17, and the reviews are already calling it a mind-melting, psychedelic sci-fi extravaganza and a stellar way to kick off Marvel’s Phase 5. If you’ve been keeping up with director Peyton Reed’s film, you know by now it introduces the next Big Bad in the MCU—Jonathan Majors’ Kang the Conqueror. Unsurprisingly, critics say Majors absolutely crushes his performance. There’s a reason he’s one of the most sought-after actors of his generation.
“Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania” Early Reactions: Jonathan Majors Excels as Supervillain Kang
A truly satisfying superhero film needs a truly compelling villain, and in Peyton Reed’s Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantamania, you have just that in Jonathan Majors’ Kang the Conqueror. With the world premiere of the film last night, early reactions are pouring in, and they are practically uniform in calling out what a complex, mighty new villain Kang is. We’ve known for a while now that Majors was going to be a major force in the MCU,
“Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania” Teaser Focuses on the MCU’s New Big Bad Kang the Conqueror
“You come from above…like him.” These words, which come at the top of a new teaser released by Marvel Studios, are directed at Ant-Man (Paul Rudd), the Wasp (Evangeline Lilly), and their assorted family in the Quantum Realm. They’re not the welcoming words of people enthused to have visitors from above, and the “him” Ant-Man and friends are being compared to is not a beloved visitor to the miniaturized universe, but Marvel’s latest Big Bad.
New “Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania” Teaser Shows Scott Lang Outmatched by Kang
The new teaser for Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania opens with a little light parenting. Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) is telling his daughter, Cassie (Kathryn Newton), to breathe. Cassie’s understandably a little panicked as she finds herself, along with dad Scott, his girlfriend Hope Van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly), Hope’s mom Janet (Michelle Pfeiffer), and Dr. Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) are no longer on Earth. Well, not the Earth that they know.
New “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” Photos Reveal the MCU’s New Boss Villain & More
In the new trailer for director Peyton Reed’s Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, the stakes of the MCU’s first Phase 5 film are clear. On the hand, you’ve got the Lang/Van Dyne/Pym family, consisting of Scott (Paul Rudd) and Cassie Lang (Kathryn Newton), Hope Van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly), Janet Van Dyne (Michelle Pfeiffer), and Hank Pym (Michael Douglas). As the film opens, things for this super-family are going pretty well—Scott had a new book coming out,
“Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” Trailer Unleashes Marvel’s New Big Bad
The new trailer for Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania opens with one man reaching out across time and space (quantum space, in this case) to connect with another. “You’re an interesting man, Scott Lang,” a voice says at the trailer’s opening, listing some of the most salient facts of Scott Lang’s life; he’s an Avenger, he’s the father to a daughter, and, here’s the kicker, that Scott has lost a lot of time over the years (while half of the living universe was snapped out of existence by Thanos for five years,
“The Legacy of Ant-Man” Special Looks Reveals Glimpse at “Quantumania”
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania officially kicks off Marvel’s Phase 5. Now, thanks to a special look at the legacy of Ant-Man revealed at Brazil’s Comic-Con, we’ve got fresh footage of the microscopic mayhem coming our way in Quantumania.
Quantumania will find Scott Lang (Paul Rudd), his daughter Cassie (Kathryn Newton), Hope Van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly), Janet Van Dyne (Michelle Pfeiffer), and Dr. Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) all heading into the Quantum Realm.
“Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” has a New Villain – Bill Murray
Bill Murray might not strike you as the villainous type, but the beloved actor is ready to change your perception. During a recent interview on The Eli Manning Show, Murray confirmed that not only is he in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania but that the lovable legend is playing a villain.
Manning wasn’t exactly plying Murray for the goods. He simply asked Murray if it wasn’t true that he was going to be in a superhero movie coming out and,
Bill Murray Reveals He’s in “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania”
If Bill Murray gets to play a wacky villain in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, all will be right in the world. Okay, not all, but you have to love this revelation. While speaking to the German language Faz about Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch, Bill Murray casually revealed he’s in Peyton Reed’s upcoming Marvel film. This is the type of news we can use.
“Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania” Begins Filming
It begins, as director Peyton Reed informs us via Twitter. He’s talking about filming for Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, the third installment in his Ant-Man trilogy, which officially begins production today. Reed’s film is a crucial part of Marvel Studios’ Phase 4, which was launched with director Cate Shortland’s Black Widow.
The image Reed included in his tweet is a callback to the film that started Scott Lang’s journey,
“Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” Director Peyton Reed Shares Set Photo
Just how revolutionary is the technology created for Disney+’s The Mandalorian? It’s being used by major franchises far outside the Star Wars galaxy, from Matt Reeves’s upcoming The Batman for Warner Bros., to Peyton Reed’s Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania for Marvel. The latter became known today, when Reed took to Twitter to share the first photo from the Ant-Man set—which revealed that the production is utilizing technology to help create some of the film’s big effects and locations,
