Henry Austin 
Quantumania Is Breaking Ant-Man's Own MCU Tradition
Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania is one of the MCU’s most anticipated movies, but it is breaking a key trend when it comes to Ant-Man films. Peyton Reed will return to direct Quantumania, which will see Paul Rudd’s Scott Lang/Ant-Man appear for the first time since Avengers: Endgame and a brief Marvel’s What If…? appearance. Rudd will be joined again by Evangeline Lilly as Hope van Dyne/Wasp and Michael Douglas as Hank Pym in another adventure that will see the shrinking superheroes explore more of the Quantum Realm.
Paul Rudd’s Ant-Man has become an important part of the MCU since his introduction in 2015. Ant-Man’s unique powers come from Hank Pym’s technology which allows Lang to manipulate his size when he battles villains and teams up with the Avengers. Having been off screen since 2019, he will return in Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania in February 2023 as part of the MCU’s Phase 5, but the movie’s scheduled release makes a change from previous Ant-Man films.
Up until now, the Ant-Man movies have come at the end of MCU phases, but Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania will buck the trend by kicking off Phase 5. Ant-Man was the final film of Phase 2, and Ant-Man And The Wasp came towards the end of Phase 3, but arguably both should have started the following phases. Phase 2 of the MCU, for example, should have ended with Avengers: Age Of Ultron given the chapter was centered on the original MCU Avengers, but instead, Ant-Man was the last movie. Rather than bringing Phase 2 to an end, Ant-Man introduced new characters and crucial new concepts, such as the Quantum Realm, which had important repercussions down the line, like Avengers: Endgame‘s time heist, so arguably it would have been a better fit to start Phase 3. Given that Ant-Man’s movies have a tendency to set up key MCU storylines, it’s a good decision to have Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania open Phase 5.
Why Ant-Man 3 Begins MCU Phase 5
Kang the Conquerer is set to appear as the lead villain in Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania and is the main reason why the movie will open Phase 5. Played by Jonathan Majors, Kang is being set up to be the lead villain, and the MCU’s Thanos replacement, of the entire Multiverse Saga (Phases 4 to 6). “He Who Remains” first appeared in Loki where he was introduced as a variant of the multiverse conquerer. At San Diego Comic-Con 2022, Majors promised that the conquering will continue in Ant-Man 3, which Ant-Man and the Wasp will find out as they travel through the Quantum Realm. Majors’ warning will likely come true as the MCU works to make Kang a credible tyrant ahead of Avengers: The Kang Dynasty in 2025.
Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania will also continue Phase 4’s trend of introducing the new crop of Avengers. Kathryn Newton will play Cassie Lang, Scott’s daughter, who is set to suit up and enter the dangerous Quantum Realm after years of wanting to save people like her father. Ant-Man 3 will also introduce new characters who could have a big impact on Phase 5, most notably M.O.D.O.K., one of the Avenger’s most recognizable villains from the Marvel comics. The Quantum Realm opens up endless possibilities for the MCU to introduce new storylines and ideas, which makes Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania a natural fit to open Phase 5.
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