Marvel heroes who have gotten solo movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe have had at least three, and Paul Rudd's Scott Lang is no different – so what's known about Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania? The MCU as the world now knows it began in 2008 with Jon Favreau’s Iron Man, which set the basis for the tone of the movies that followed and prepared the ground for the arrival of the Avengers. As the MCU progressed, more characters from Marvel Comics got their big-screen debut, among those Scott Lang a.k.a. Ant-Man.
After a couple of obstacles in pre-production, with director Edgar Wright leaving the project and Peyton Reed taking the lead, Ant-Man was released in 2015. The movie followed Scott Lang, a master thief who ended up taking part in the experiments of Dr. Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) involving a super-suit that allows him to shrink in scale but increase in strength. Ant-Man was praised for its sense of humor and got a sequel in 2018, titled Ant-Man and the Wasp, with Evangeline Lilly reprising her role as Hope van Dyne a.k.a. Wasp.
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Though Ant-Man and the Wasp was well-received by critics and viewers, Marvel has dedicated serious time to its third Ant-Man film, which ended up being left out of the MCU’s Phase 4. Thankfully, Ant-Man 3 will now serve as the opening movie for MCU Phase 5, closely followed by the Disney+ show Secret Invasion and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. Here’s everything that's known so far about Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania and what to expect from it.
Ant-Man 3 will be the first movie to come out of the MCU Phase 5, and its scheduled release date is February 17th, 2023. As Phases 4, 5, and 6 are now dubbed
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