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The story behind Ant-Man and the Wasp’s hilarious (and heartbreaking) post-credits scenes

2018-07-16T15:28:06-04:00

Warning: the following post contains spoilers for the end of Avengers: Infinity War and Ant-Man and the Wasp.

When Marvel's Ant-Man and the Wasp hit theaters on July 6th, one big question needed to be answered: how would it tie into Avengers: Infinity War? That movie ended with Thanos (Josh Brolin) killing half the universe's population - including half its superheroes. Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman), Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch), Spider-Man (Tom Holland), and many others were reduced to ash, making it unclear how Marvel's latest movie, released barely a month later, could follow the blockbuster without addressing its massive los …

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The best superhero stories admit that superheroes are ridiculous

2018-07-11T13:41:47-04:00

Ant Man and the Wasp has plenty of laugh-out-loud moments, including a fight that weaponizes a human-sized Hello Kitty Pez dispenser, and a sequence that turns Scott Lang, aka Ant-Man (Paul Rudd), into a kind of adult toddler. In that sequence, he has to visit his daughter's elementary school to pick up an important bit of tech. He tries to shrink to insect-size to sneak into the building, but the regulator on his costume that lets him change sizes is malfunctioning, and he ends up about three feet tall - child size. He has to put on a child's sweatshirt and pretend to be a student in order to sneak past the hall monitor. When he finally get …

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Ant-Man and the Wasp director Peyton Reed on how Marvel avoids superhero fatigue

2018-07-09T09:45:34-04:00

When Peyton Reed stepped in to direct 2015's Marvel Cinematic Universe movie Ant-Man, he was joining a project that was already in motion. Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz writer-director Edgar Wright had spent years developing the project and co-writing a script with Joe Cornish before leaving in 2014 over the oft-cited "creative differences." Like Wright, Reed had a career making comedies, including the Jim Carrey vehicle Yes Man, teen comedy Bring It On, and episodes of Mr. Show with Bob and David. His sense of humor and comedic timing paid off, and the movie became a pint-sized hit, grossing more than half a billion dollars worldwide.

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Ant-Man and the Wasp is a solid improvement on Ant-Man

2018-07-06T12:43:31-04:00

Given the far-ranging, universe-shaking implications of Avengers: Infinity War just a few months ago, it's hard to remember that there are still stories to be told within the Marvel Cinematic Universe that don't take place on cosmic stages, or have world-shaking stakes. Ant-Man and the Wasp, the third and final MCU film planned for 2018, jumps back in time and scale from Infinity War. Instead of taking in the fate of every sentient being in existence, it focuses on the attempts to rescue one woman who's been gone for 30 years. And instead of enlivening suffocating dread with occasional banter, it fully invests in its silly sight gags and end …

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The new Ant-Man and the Wasp trailer features a first look at Ghost, its intangible villain

2018-05-01T10:49:55-04:00

With all the buzz over the recently released Avengers: Infinity War, it's been easy to forget that Marvel has another superhero movie coming out this summer. To help audiences remember, the studio has just released a new trailer for Ant-Man and the Wasp.

Like the original teaser from January, the new trailer (which Marvel coyly promoted earlier in the week with an Infinity War star-studded video) shows off plenty of shrinking superhero action by Ant-Man (Paul Rudd) and his new partner, Wasp (Evangeline Lilly). We also get a good look at Ant-Man and the Wasp's mysterious new foe Ghost (Hannah John-Kamen) for the first time. Luis (Michael Peñ …

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The first trailer for Ant-Man and the Wasp teases more shrinking superhero action

2018-01-30T08:55:05-05:00

It may not have the hype of Black Panther or feature dozens of superheroes packed into a single movie like Avengers: Infinity War, but Marvel Studios does still have a third movie planned for 2018: Ant-Man and the Wasp. And it just got its first teaser trailer today.

Set as a sequel to the 2015's Ant-Man, Ant-Man and the Wasp once again sees Paul Rudd suit up as the shrinking superhero Ant-Man, this time joined by Evangeline Lilly, who'll be joining in on the action as Wasp (in case you didn't quite get that from the title). Also returning is Michael Douglas as Hank Pym, the inventor of the shrinking technology that gives both Ant-Man and t …

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Marvel’s Ant-Man and the Wasp casts Michelle Pfeiffer and Laurence Fishburne

2017-07-22T21:30:27-04:00

Marvel Studios finally took the stage at San Diego Comic-Con today, and president Kevin Feige started things off my talking about the sequel Ant-Man and The Wasp. The standout news was several casting additions: both Michelle Pfeiffer and Laurence Fishburne will be joining the cast.

Pfeiffer be playing the character Janet van Dyne, the wife of inventor Hank Pym, who was played by Michael Douglas in the original film. Van Dyne is an essential character in Marvel lore. She was the original person to take on the moniker of The Wasp, who appeared in a brief flashback sequence in the 2015 film. But in the comics she was even more integral as a f …

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Marvel’s magic factory: a behind-the-scenes look at Black Panther, Thor: Ragnarok, and more

2017-04-18T12:13:07-04:00

Marvel's Cinematic Universe has become a template for the entire entertainment industry, with nearly every studio trying to duplicate Marvel's ability to weave film after film into one serialized, interconnected, long-form narrative. For most other companies, imitating Marvel has been nearly impossible, in large part due to the development and creative process that Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige architects out of the company's offices on the Disney lot in Burbank, California.

Having originally sprung to life in a small office in West Los Angeles, Marvel Studios now takes up the entire second floor of the sprawling Frank G. Wells build …

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Marvel Studios is making room in its schedule for an Ant-Man sequel

2015-10-08T12:41:22-04:00

Since Ant-Man received a very solid reception at the box office this summer, Marvel is charging ahead with a sequel. Disney just announced that Ant-Man and The Wasp will hit theaters on July 6th, 2018, with Scott Lang and Hope Van Dyne returning as the headlining stars.

The decision to launch an Ant-Man sequel speaks to the film's frankly surprising success. In addition to earning fairly positive reviews, the movie managed to pull in $178.4 million at the domestic box office. All that after Edgar Wright walked away from the project early in production. Also, that the Wasp is in the title now makes that character the first female Marvel supe …

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