Ant-Man and the Wasp is an upcoming American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics characters Scott Lang / Ant-Man and Hope van Dyne / the Wasp. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is intended to be the sequel to 2015's Ant-Man, and the twentieth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The film is directed by Peyton Reed with a screenplay by the writing teams of Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers, Andrew Barrer and Gabriel Ferrari, and Paul Rudd. The film stars Rudd as Ant-Man and Evangeline Lilly as the Wasp, alongside Bobby Cannavale, Michael Peña, Tip "T.I." Harris, Judy Greer, David Dastmalchian, Michael Douglas, Michelle Pfeiffer, Laurence Fishburne, Hannah John-Kamen, Randall Park, and Walton Goggins. In Ant-Man and the Wasp, Lang teams up with van Dyne to embark on a new mission from Hank Pym.
Talks for a sequel to Ant-Man began shortly after the film was released, with Ant-Man and the Wasp officially announced in October 2015, with Rudd and Lilly returning to reprise their roles. Reed officially joined the film a month later to direct, also returning from Ant-Man. Filming began in August 2017 at Pinewood Atlanta Studios in Fayette County, Georgia, with additional filming in Metro Atlanta, San Francisco, Savannah, Georgia and Hawaii; filming concluded in November 2017.
Ant-Man and the Wasp is scheduled to be released on July 6, 2018, in the United States in IMAX and 3D.
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Premise
Set after the events of Captain America: Civil War, Scott Lang tries to balance his home life as a father with his responsibilities as Ant-Man, when Hope van Dyne and Hank Pym present him with a new mission to bring to light secrets from their past, requiring him to team up with van Dyne as the new Wasp.
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Cast
- Paul Rudd as Scott Lang / Ant-Man:
A former petty criminal who acquired a suit that allows him to shrink or grow in scale but increase in strength. On Lang's story after the events of Captain America: Civil War, in which he becomes a Raft prison escapee, Reed said, "Well he's a fugitive in most of the first Ant-Man movie. He's just a bigger fugitive now. I think that's one of the fun things and challenges about the Marvel movies for us, for the directors and for the writers, is you do have to sort of consider what happened in the previous movies in terms of your jumping-off point for those characters. It's something we talked a lot about early on and we definitely have stuff figured out, so there will be some big leaps forward." - Evangeline Lilly as Hope van Dyne / Wasp:
The daughter of Hank Pym and Janet van Dyne, who is bequeathed a similar suit and the Wasp mantle from her mother. Reed said the writers were "so excited about now being able to show [Hope] fully formed and what she is as a superhero. Her power set, how she fights, and what are the injustices that matter to her that she wants to right. That's part of the really fun thing of the [film]." - Bobby Cannavale as Paxton: A San Francisco Police Department officer who is engaged to Lang's ex-wife Maggie.
- Michael Peña as Luis:
Lang's former cellmate and a member of his crew. Peña said that there was less opportunity for improvisation with his character compared to Ant-Man. - Tip "T.I." Harris as Dave: A member of Lang's crew.
- Judy Greer as Maggie: Scott's ex-wife.
- David Dastmalchian as Kurt: A member of Lang's crew.
- Michael Douglas as Hank Pym:
A former S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, entomologist, and physicist who became the original Ant-Man in 1963 after discovering the subatomic particles that make the transformation possible. He later mentored Lang to take over the role. - Michelle Pfeiffer as Janet van Dyne: The wife of Pym, mother of Hope and the original Wasp, who got lost while shrinking into the Quantum Realm years ago during a mission with Pym.
- Laurence Fishburne as Bill Foster:
An old friend of Pym's who was once his assistant. Fishburne had approached Marvel about joining the MCU, pitching them a few ideas for who he could portray, before Marvel offered him the role of Foster in the film. Despite having already portrayed Perry White for the DC Extended Universe, Fishburne admitted that he had always fantasized about being in a Marvel Cinematic Universe film, admitting that he considered himself a "Marvel guy". - Hannah John-Kamen as Ghost
- Randall Park as Jimmy Woo: A S.H.I.E.L.D. agent.
- Walton Goggins as Sonny Burch
Additionally, Abby Ryder Fortson reprises her role as Cassie, the daughter of Lang and Maggie. Ant-Man and Wasp co-creator Stan Lee has a cameo in the film.
Production
Development
In June 2015, Peyton Reed, director of Ant-Man, stated, "If we were lucky enough to be able to do a sequel or even a prequel, I'd be way into it. I've really fallen in love with these characters... [T]here's a lot of story to tell with Hank Pym." In July, Michael Douglas, who portrayed Pym, expressed the desire to have his wife Catherine Zeta-Jones play Janet van Dyne, while Evangeline Lilly hoped to see Michelle Pfeiffer in the role. Douglas also revealed he was not signed for any additional films, but "would look forward to more if it comes my way". Producer Kevin Feige revealed that the studio had "a supercool idea for the next Ant-Man film, and if audiences want it, we'll find a place to do it." Reed also mentioned that there had been talks of doing a standalone adventure with Hank Pym as Ant-Man, possibly including the original opening to Ant-Man that featured Jordi Mollà, which had been cut from the final film. Eric Eisenberg of Cinema Blend opined that a standalone adventure with Pym and the cut sequence would be a good candidate to revive the Marvel One-Shots short film series. By the end of the month, David Dastmalchian expressed interest in returning for a sequel as Kurt.
In October 2015, Marvel Studios confirmed the film, titled Ant-Man and the Wasp, with a scheduled release date of July 6, 2018. By the end of the month, Reed entered negotiations to direct the sequel, confirming that he would return to direct in November. Reed mentioned one of the appealing things to returning for the sequel was being "able to build it from the ground up this time," having joined the first film late in the process after the departure of original writer and director Edgar Wright, as well as having "stuff that we clearly set up in the first movie that we want to pay off and have fun with" in the sequel. He said that he planned to begin working on an outline for the sequel, and noted that now "we know [the characters'] origins, we can go in some weird, unique and different territory." Commenting on including the Wasp in the film's title (the first MCU film to have a female character in the title), Reed called it "organic" for both characters, and noted the Wasp's final line in Ant-Man--'It's about damn time'--as "very much about her specific character and arc in that movie, but it is absolutely about a larger thing. It's about damn time: We're going to have a fully realized, very very complicated hero in the next movie who happens to be a woman." Reed would also push to ensure the Wasp received equal publicity and merchandise for the film, and even though Janet van Dyne had yet to be cast, he had "definite ideas" of who should portray her, as well as the desire to explore her backstory in the film. That month, Adam McKay, one of the writers of Ant-Man, expressed interest in returning to write the film, while Douglas confirmed that he was in talks to return as well.
In early December 2015, Reed stated that the film may "call back" to the heist film genre and tone of Ant-Man, but that Ant-Man and the Wasp would "have an entirely different genre template". Reed said he hoped to incorporate additional flashback sequences in the film, as well as explore Pym's various identities from the comics and his psychology. Reed also said he was "excited" about exploring and discovering the film version of the Ant-Man and Wasp relationship that is "a romantic partnership and a heroic partnership" in the comics, as it is "a different dynamic than we've seen in the rest of the [MCU], an actual partnership." Additionally, Reed mentioned that pre-production would "probably" start in October 2016, with filming scheduled for early 2017. Also in the month, production writers Gabriel Ferrari and Andrew Barrer from the first film signed on to write the script along with Rudd. Reed stated that writing would start "in earnest in January", and in February 2016, McKay confirmed that he would be involved with the film in some capacity.
In April 2016, Feige provided an update, saying, "we are in early days now of working on it...we certainly want to stay true to what made [Ant-Man] so unique and different". Feige also teased the potential of seeing the Giant-Man version of Lang in the film, after that version was introduced in Captain America: Civil War. Reed added, "We've been holed up in a room, Paul Rudd, myself, Adam McKay, Gabriel Ferrari, and Andrew Barrer...we're all brainstorming the story. I think the only thing I can tell you with certainty at this point [about the sequel] is that it's going to have stuff in it that you've never ever seen in a movie before."
In June 2016, Reed commented on what comic stories he was looking to for inspiration for the film, saying he was looking at "early Avengers stuff and all the way up to the Nick Spencer stuff now. I just sort of devour it all. And really in terms of maybe even more than story stuff, just looking at imagery and for me what were iconic images and how we can squeeze those into the movie." Additionally, he said there was "definitely a chance" for Michael Peña, Tip "T.I." Harris, and Dastmalchian to reprise their roles as Luis, Dave, and Kurt, respectively, from the first film. At San Diego Comic-Con International 2016, Feige stated that Reed and Rudd were still working on the script, and that filming was expected to begin in June 2017. Rudd explained, "We've been coming up with the story, just turned in a treatment, but it's so preliminary. We'll see. We have an idea of what it might look like, but it could change a lot from where we're at now." The next month, Peña was confirmed to be returning as Luis, while filming was revealed to be taking place in Atlanta, Georgia. In early October 2016, Lily revealed an initial script had been completed for the film that was awaiting approval from Marvel.
Pre-production
At the start of November 2016, Reed said that the film's production would be transitioning from "the writing phase" to "official prep" that month, adding "we're starting to get into all of the visual development stuff". He talked about sharing characters with other MCU films, stating his disappointment in the Giant-Man introduction happening in Civil War, but reiterating his excitement for introducing the Wasp and "really designing her look, the way she moves, the power set, and figuring out, sort of, who Hope van Dyne is as a hero". Reed added that he spends "a lot of time" talking with the other writers and directors of MCU films, and that he and the writers on this film wished to maintain "our little Ant-Man corner of the universe. Because it's a whole different vibe tonally, but also just in terms of who Scott Lang, who Ant-Man is: ... he's very much just like a normal guy who has come into contact with some incredible power. So, we like that aspect of" it.
In February 2017, Douglas confirmed that he would reprise his role as Hank Pym in the film. During the Hollywood premiere of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 in April, Dastmalchian confirmed his return as Kurt, and a month later, Harris confirmed his return as Dave as well. Through that May, Marvel was meeting with several actresses for a "key role" in the sequel, with Hannah John-Kamen cast in the part at the beginning of June. The following month, Randall Park joined the cast as Jimmy Woo, and Walton Goggins was cast in an undisclosed role. At San Diego Comic-Con 2017, Park was confirmed as Jimmy Woo; John-Kamen and Goggins were announced as playing Ghost and Sonny Burch, respectively; Pfeiffer was revealed to have been cast as Janet van Dyne; and Laurence Fishburne was announced to be portraying Bill Foster. The following week, Judy Greer was confirmed to reprise her role as Maggie from the previous film.
Filming
Principal photography began on August 1, 2017, at Pinewood Atlanta Studios in Fayette County, Georgia, under the working title Cherry Blue, with Dante Spinotti serving as director of photography. Filming also took place in Metro Atlanta, with filming locations including the Atlanta International School, the Midtown and Buckhead districts of Atlanta and the Samuel M. Inman Middle School in the city's Virginia-Highland neighborhood, as well as Emory University and the Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia. At the start of filming, Marvel revealed that Bobby Cannavale and Abby Ryder Fortson would also be reprising their roles from the first film as Paxton and Cassie, respectively. They also revealed the writing team of Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers also contributed to the screenplay. Additional filming took place in San Francisco in September 2017, in Savannah, Georgia in late October, and in Hawaii. Principal photography wrapped on November 19, 2017.
Post-production
In late November, Lilly described the impact Ant-Man and the Wasp could have on future MCU films, saying, the characters are trying "to safely enter the quantum realm and return back from it" given what Lang was able to do in the first film. She continued, that if the characters were able to succeed, "then that does open a whole entire new multi-verse to enter into and play around in."
Music
In June 2017, Reed confirmed that Christophe Beck, who composed the score for Ant-Man, would return for Ant-Man and the Wasp.
Release
Ant-Man and the Wasp is scheduled to be released in the United States on July 6, 2018, in IMAX and 3D.
Marketing
Concept art and "pre-CGI video" was shown at the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con.
References
External links
- Ant-Man and the Wasp on IMDb
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