Ant-Man and the Wasp is a 2018 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics characters Scott Lang / Ant-Man and Hope van Dyne / Wasp. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is the sequel to "Ant-Man" (2015) and the 20th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The film is directed by Peyton Reed and written by the writing teams of Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers, and Paul Rudd, Andrew Barrer and Gabriel Ferrari. It stars Rudd as Scott Lang and Evangeline Lilly as Van Dyne, alongside Michael Peña, Walton Goggins, Bobby Cannavale, Judy Greer, Tip "T.I." Harris, David Dastmalchian, Hannah John-Kamen, Abby Ryder Fortson, Randall Park, Michelle Pfeiffer, Laurence Fishburne, and Michael Douglas.
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Ant-Man and the Wasp
Ant-Man and the Wasp | Introduction
Action, comedy. A film that is focused on the actions of one or more superheroes. It is focused on the actions of one or more superheroes: individuals who usually possess extraordinary – generally superhuman – abilities relative to a normal person and are dedicated to protecting the public. It is a film that is focused on the actions of one or more superheroes: individuals who usually possess extraordinary – generally superhuman – abilities relative to a normal person and are dedicated to protecting the public.
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It is an American superhero film.
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Two years after Scott Lang was placed under house arrest due to his involvement with the Avengers, in violation of the Sokovia Accords, Hank Pym and his daughter Hope van Dyne briefly manage to open a tunnel to the quantum realm.
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The family theme represents the film's two father-daughter relationships, between Scott Lang and his daughter Cassie, and between Hank Pym and his daughter Hope van Dyne. Beck also intended for it to "signify the emergence of Hope as something of a hero herself". Additionally, the villainous Yellowjacket has "a more traditional theme, presented in traditional fashion, but augmented with processed electronics to convey the crazed and obsessed nature of the character". Of the many ant species featured in the film, Reed and Beck felt that the bullet ants deserved their "own identity"; since the species is primarily indigenous to South America, Beck used ancient Aztec drums and tribal flutes to give them a "regional flavor".
Music of the Marvel Cinematic Universe | "Ant-Man"
Two years after Scott Lang was placed under house arrest due to his involvement with the Avengers, in violation of the Sokovia Accords, Hank Pym and his daughter Hope van Dyne briefly manage to open a tunnel to the quantum realm. They believe Pym's wife Janet van Dyne might be trapped there after shrinking to sub-atomic levels in 1987. When he had previously visited the quantum realm, Lang had unknowingly become quantumly entangled with Janet, and now he receives an apparent message from her. With only days left of house arrest, Lang contacts Pym about Janet, despite the strained relationship they have because of Lang's actions with the Avengers.
Ant-Man and the Wasp | Plot
In the mid-credits scene, Hope van Dyne, Hank Pym, and Janet van Dyne are disintegrated as a result of the events of "Avengers: Infinity War".
Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase Three | "Ant-Man and the Wasp" (2018)
Because it's a whole different vibe tonally". Quantum physicist Spyridon Michalakis from the Institute for Quantum Information and Matter at the California Institute of Technology returned to consult on the film, after doing the same on "Ant-Man", and explained the science behind getting extremely small to the filmmakers. Michalakis described the subatomic realm as "a place of infinite possibility, an alternative universe where the laws of physics and forces of nature as we know them haven’t crystallized" and suggested it should be represented in the film by "beautiful colors changing constantly to reflect transience." In February 2017, Douglas confirmed that he would reprise his role as Hank Pym in the film.
Ant-Man and the Wasp | Pre-production
In "Ant-Man and the Wasp", the titular pair work with Hank Pym to retrieve Janet van Dyne from the quantum realm. Talks for a sequel to "Ant-Man" began shortly after that film was released. "Ant-Man and the Wasp" was officially announced in October 2015, with Rudd and Lilly returning to reprise their roles. A month later, "Ant-Man" director Reed was officially set to return. He had joined the first film later in the process and was excited to develop this one from the beginning. He also looked forward to introducing Hope van Dyne as the Wasp in this film, and insisted on treating Lang and her as equals.
Ant-Man and the Wasp | Introduction
He and his daughter, Hope van Dyne, train Scott to be the new Ant-Man for the role. After a successful raid and the defeat of Cross. He reappears in Captain America's side in the Civil War of the Avengers eventually transforming to Giant-Man. He returns in "Ant-Man and the Wasp" being in house arrest due to being in Captain America's side and returns to his heroics by helping Hank and Hope (now as the Wasp) release their mom/wife (Janet van Dyne) from the quantum realm. After rescuing her. Hank, Janet, and Hope try a test with Scott going through the quantum realm only to have Scott stuck through the realm after the snap of Thanos erased the existence of Hank, Hope, and Janet.
Characters of the Marvel Cinematic Universe | Scott Lang / Ant-Man
Scott Lang tries to balance his home life with his responsibilities as Ant-Man, when Hope van Dyne and Hank Pym present him with a new mission, requiring him to team up with Van Dyne as the Wasp. "Ant-Man and the Wasp" was announced in October 2015. Peyton Reed confirmed that he would return to direct in November 2015, and that Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lilly would reprise their roles as Scott Lang / Ant-Man and Hope van Dyne / Wasp, respectively. In December 2015, Andrew Barrer, Gabriel Ferrari, and Rudd were confirmed to write the screenplay, with Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers revealed to have also contributed to the script in August 2017.
Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase Three | "Ant-Man and the Wasp" (2018)
Believing that this will kill Janet, Pym refuses to help them and escapes with Hope, Lang, and the lab.
Ant-Man and the Wasp | Plot
He also stated his disappointment in the Giant-Man introduction happening in "Civil War", rather than an Ant-Man film, but noted that the appearance provided character development opportunities between Lang, Pym, and Van Dyne since Pym is "very clear in the first movie about how he feels about Stark and how he feels about The Avengers and being very protective of this technology that he has", and so Reed thought Pym would be "pissed" and Van Dyne would feel betrayed, which was Reed's "in" for those characters' starting dynamics. 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.
Ant-Man and the Wasp | Pre-production
Stephanie Zachareck, writing for "Time", said it was "hard to actively dislike" the film, which she thought had reasonably fun action and stand-out moments between Rudd and Fortson; but she was not as impressed with the larger, effects-heavy action sequences and felt the focus on Lilly as a better hero than Rudd was "just checking off boxes in the name of gender equality."
Ant-Man and the Wasp | Critical response
Reed stated in early December 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". 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, 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.
Ant-Man and the Wasp | Development
In February 2017, Michael Douglas confirmed he would reprise his role as Hank Pym in the film. Michelle Pfeiffer was revealed as having been cast as Janet van Dyne in July 2017. Filming began in August 2017 in Atlanta with additional filming in San Francisco, and ended in November 2017. Stephen Broussard also served as a producer on the film. "Ant-Man and the Wasp" had its premiere in Hollywood on June 25, 2018, and was released in the United States on July 6, 2018. The film is set two years after the events of "Captain America: Civil War" and before the events of "Avengers: Infinity War".
Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase Three | "Ant-Man and the Wasp" (2018)
It's about damn time: We’re going to have a fully realized, very complicated hero in the next movie who happens to be a woman." Reed would push to ensure the Wasp received equal publicity and merchandise for the film, and wanted to explore the backstory of Janet van Dyne as well. He had "definite ideas" of who should portray that character. Reed said the alternate title "Wasp and the Ant-Man" was briefly considered, but was not chosen due to fan expectation given the comics history of the phrase "Ant-Man and the Wasp". That month, Adam McKay, one of the writers of "Ant-Man", expressed interest in returning to write the film, and Douglas confirmed that he was in talks to return as well.
Ant-Man and the Wasp | Development
Justin Chang of "Variety" said the film "succeeds well enough as a genial diversion and sometimes a delightful one, predicated on the rarely heeded Hollywood wisdom that less really can be more." Todd McCarthy of "The Hollywood Reporter" remarked, "Although the story dynamics are fundamentally silly and the family stuff, with its parallel father-daughter melodrama, is elemental button-pushing, a good cast led by a winning Paul Rudd puts the nonsense over in reasonably disarming fashion." Kenneth Turan of the "Los Angeles Times" wrote, "Playful in unexpected ways and graced with a genuinely off-center sense of humor, "Ant-Man" (engagingly directed by Peyton Reed) is light on its feet the way the standard-issue Marvel behemoths never are." Kim Newman of "Empire" wrote that it "straddles as many genres as the Avengers films have characters but manages to do most of them pretty well.
Ant-Man (film) | Critical response
Ant-Man and the Wasp is a 2018 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics characters Scott Lang / Ant-Man and Hope van Dyne / Wasp. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is the sequel to "Ant-Man" (2015) and the 20th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The film is directed by Peyton Reed and written by the writing teams of Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers, and Paul Rudd, Andrew Barrer and Gabriel Ferrari. It stars Rudd as Scott Lang and Evangeline Lilly as Van Dyne, alongside Michael Peña, Walton Goggins, Bobby Cannavale, Judy Greer, Tip "T.I." Harris, David Dastmalchian, Hannah John-Kamen, Abby Ryder Fortson, Randall Park, Michelle Pfeiffer, Laurence Fishburne, and Michael Douglas.
Ant-Man and the Wasp | Introduction
Extremely likable, with a few moments of proper wonder." A. O. Scott of "The New York Times" said, "This film is a passable piece of drone work from the ever-expanding Marvel-Disney colony." For some critics, "Ant-Man" is seen as one of the more exceptional films in the Marvel franchise. Richard Brody of "The New Yorker" cited the film as "the non-bombastic superhero movie" that strays from the grandiose tone of other films in its genre, stating that the film is "a bracing, giddy delight... [a neoclassical comedy] more closely related to Alfred Hitchcock’s ["To Catch a Thief"] and to hectically skimpy B-movies than to the other members of the Marvel family." Matt Zoller Seitz of RogerEbert.com praised how the film "[f]eels handmade, not Marvel factory-approved.
Ant-Man (film) | Critical response
Two years later, while Lang is on house arrest due to his involvement with the violation of the Sokovia Accords, Pym and van Dyne briefly manage to open a tunnel to the quantum realm, believing Janet van Dyne might be trapped there. When he had previously visited the quantum realm, Lang had unknowingly become quantumly entangled with Janet, and now he receives an apparent message from her. With only days left of house arrest, Lang contacts Pym about Janet despite the strained relationship they have due to Lang's actions with the Avengers. Hope and Pym kidnap Lang, leaving a decoy so as not to arouse suspicion from FBI agent Jimmy Woo.
Scott Lang (Marvel Cinematic Universe) | Returning to the role of Ant-Man
In late November, Lilly said that the characters would try to enter the quantum realm in the film, and their potential success would "open a whole entire new multi-verse to enter into and play around in" for the MCU. The film includes a clip from "Animal House" (1978), which Reed was reminded of while discussing the quantum realm science for the film. Reed insisted that the film be shorter than two hours since it would be following the "massive epic" "Infinity War" and because it is "an action/comedy, and it didn't want to overstay its welcome". Dan Lebental and Craig Wood edited the film.
Ant-Man and the Wasp | Post-production
The trio work to build a stable quantum tunnel so they can take a vehicle to the quantum realm and retrieve her. They arrange to buy a part needed for the tunnel from black market dealer Sonny Burch, who has realized the potential profit that can be earned from Pym's research and double-crosses them. Hope, in the Wasp outfit, fights off Burch and his men until she is attacked by a quantumly unstable masked woman. Lang tries to help fight off this "ghost", but the woman escapes with Pym's lab, which has been shrunk to the size of a suitcase.
Scott Lang (Marvel Cinematic Universe) | Returning to the role of Ant-Man
At the start of November 2016, Reed said that the film's production would transition from "the writing phase" to "official prep" that month, beginning with visual development. Reed reiterated 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 was inspired by the films "After Hours" (1985), "Midnight Run" (1988), and "What's Up, Doc?" (1972) for the look and feel of "Ant-Man and the Wasp". While the first film was more of a heist film, Reed described this as part action film, part romantic comedy, and was inspired by the works of Elmore Leonard where there are "villains, but we also have antagonists, and we have these roadblocks to our heroes getting to where they need to be".
Ant-Man and the Wasp | Pre-production
The consensus of review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reads, "Led by a charming performance from Paul Rudd, "Ant-Man" offers Marvel thrills on an appropriately smaller scale – albeit not as smoothly as its most successful predecessors." Todd McCarthy of "The Hollywood Reporter" remarked, "Although the story dynamics are fundamentally silly and the family stuff, with its parallel father-daughter melodrama, is elemental button-pushing, a good cast led by a winning Paul Rudd puts the nonsense over in reasonably disarming fashion." For "Ant-Man and the Wasp", the critical consensus on Rotten Tomatoes reads, "A lighter, brighter superhero movie powered by the effortless charisma of Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lilly, "Ant-Man and The Wasp" offers a much-needed MCU palate cleanser." Simon Abrams of RogerEbert.com felt that the film managed to juggle its many subplots while giving Rudd's Lang some decent character development.
Scott Lang (Marvel Cinematic Universe) | Reception
Wright said that he was looking to "do a prologue where you see Pym as Ant-Man in action in the 60s, in sort of "Tales to Astonish" mode basically, and then the contemporary, sort of flash-forward, is Scott Lang's story, and how he comes to acquire the suit, how he crosses paths with Hank Pym, and then, in an interesting sort of Machiavellian way, teams up with him." The next February, Wright said that the project was in "a holding pattern" while the script was being revised, and that he had been doing research for the film by studying nanotechnology.
Ant-Man (film) | Development
For a scene where Ant-Man infiltrates the Avengers compound, Beck quotes Silvestri's Avengers theme and Jackman's Falcon motif from "Winter Soldier".
Music of the Marvel Cinematic Universe | "Ant-Man"
Peter Travers, writing for "Rolling Stone", gave the film 3 out of 4 stars and praised Rudd and Lilly, saying, "The secret of "Ant-Man and the Wasp" is that it works best when it doesn't try so hard, when it lets charm trump excess and proves that less can be more even in the Marvel universe." Richard Roeper of the "Chicago Sun-Times" praised the lightweight tone as a treat and a breath following the "dramatically heavy conclusion" of "Avengers: Infinity War". He also praised the cast, especially Rudd and Fortson, as well as the visual effects and inventive use of shrinking and growing in the action scenes.
Ant-Man and the Wasp | Critical response
A sequel, "Ant-Man and the Wasp" was released on July 6, 2018, with Reed once again returning as director. Production writers Barrer and Ferrari also return to write the screenplay with Rudd, Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers. Rudd, Lilly, Cannavale, Peña, Harris, Greer, Dastmalchian, Fortson and Douglas all reprise their roles from "Ant-Man", and are joined by Michelle Pfeiffer, Laurence Fishburne, Hannah John-Kamen, Randall Park and Walton Goggins as Janet van Dyne, Bill Foster, Ghost, Jimmy Woo, and Sonny Burch, respectively.
Ant-Man (film) | "Ant-Man and the Wasp"
Ahead of the release of "Ant-Man and the Wasp" (2018), Peyton Reed noted that he and Marvel were "hopeful" about a third "Ant-Man" film, having discussed potential story points. Reed was confirmed to return to direct a third "Ant-Man" film by November 2019, with Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lily returning as Scott Lang / Ant-Man and Hope van Dyne / Wasp. In April 2020, Jeff Loveness was hired to write the script. Filming was expected to begin in January 2021, however, it was unclear as of April 2020 if the COVID-19 pandemic would affect the start of production. The film has a possible release date in 2022.
List of Marvel Cinematic Universe films | Untitled "Ant-Man and the Wasp" sequel
On the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 87% with an average rating of 6.98/10, based on 425 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads, "A lighter, brighter superhero movie powered by the effortless charisma of Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lilly, "Ant-Man and The Wasp" offers a much-needed MCU palate cleanser." On Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 70 out of 100, based on 56 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A–" on an A+ to F scale, down from the "A" earned by the first film.
Ant-Man and the Wasp | Critical response
Thief Scott Lang must aid his mentor Dr. Hank Pym in safeguarding the mystery of the Ant-Man technology, which allows its user to decrease in size but increase in strength, from various menaces and plot a heist to defend the Earth. "Ant-Man" is directed by Peyton Reed with a screenplay written by Edgar Wright & Joe Cornish and Adam McKay & Paul Rudd, from a story by Wright & Cornish, that includes both Scott Lang and Hank Pym. Edgar Wright was initially slated to direct and write the film, but left the project in May 2014 due to creative differences.
Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase Two | "Ant-Man" (2015)
In June 2015, "Ant-Man" director Peyton Reed expressed interest in returning for a sequel or prequel to that film, saying that he had "really fallen in love with these characters" and felt "there's a lot of story to tell with Hank Pym". A month later, Pym actor Michael Douglas said he was not signed for any additional films, but "would look forward to more if it comes my way", and expressed the desire to have his wife Catherine Zeta-Jones cast as Janet van Dyne for a potential follow-up. Evangeline Lilly—who played the daughter of Pym and Van Dyne, Hope van Dyne—wanted to see Michelle Pfeiffer in the role.
Ant-Man and the Wasp | Development
Joe Russo added that "Ant-Man and the Wasp" would have "some [plot] elements that stitch in" closely with "Avengers: Infinity War", more so than some of the other films leading up to the Avengers films. Reed knew "Ant-Man and the Wasp" would be "a fairly stand-alone movie but... could not ignore the events of "Infinity War"", with the biggest connection occurring in the film's mid-credit scene. Since the events of "Ant-Man and the Wasp" occur over 48 hours, the timeline in relation to "Infinity War" was "left purposefully ambiguous" with Reed noting there had been discussions of placing "little Easter eggs along the way, to start to reveal to the audience where the movie takes place in the timeline, [but t]hat felt not very fun to us and kind of obvious." Reed also liked how the film ends with closure and on a positive note "and then to BANG — give the audience a gut punch right after the main credits", with the sequence showing Hank Pym, Janet van Dyne, and Hope van Dyne disintegrating due to the events of "Avengers: Infinity War".
Ant-Man and the Wasp | Pre-production
He did caution that this was "not quite the same thing as humanity. But it's enough to qualify as the miniature version." At "The Washington Post", Ann Hornaday called the film "instantly forgettable" and criticized its plot, which she felt included some "filler" subplots, but found the film to be "no less enjoyable" because of this. She particularly praised Rudd along with the action and effects. Writing for "The Boston Globe", Ty Burr called the film the perfect "summer air-conditioning movie", finding it fun, funny, superficial and an improvement over the first. He also wrote that the film had too many subplots and not enough of Pfeiffer, but was pleased with the lack of connection that the overall story had to the rest of the MCU, and with the focus on "pop trash" comedy.
Ant-Man and the Wasp | Critical response
In June 2017, "Ant-Man and the Wasp" director Peyton Reed confirmed that Christophe Beck, who composed the score for "Ant-Man", would return for "Ant-Man and the Wasp". Beck reprised his main theme from "Ant-Man", and also wrote a new one for Hope van Dyne / Wasp that he wanted to be "high energy" and show that she is more certain of her abilities than Scott Lang / Ant-Man. When choosing between these themes for specific scenes throughout the film, Beck tried to choose the Wasp theme more often so there would be "enough newness in the score to feel like it’s going new places, and isn’t just some retread." Hollywood Records and Marvel Music released the soundtrack album digitally on July 6, 2018.
Ant-Man and the Wasp (soundtrack) | Background
The film also has a post-credit scene that shows the ant who doubled for Lang while under house arrest performing a drum solo.
Ant-Man and the Wasp | Pre-production
In June 2017, Reed confirmed that Beck would be returning to score "Ant-Man and the Wasp".
Music of the Marvel Cinematic Universe | "Ant-Man and the Wasp"
Still suffering from his daughter's death, he decided to aim all the Foundation's resources towards making Doctor Doom pay for his crime; in the meantime he engaged in a romantic relationship with Darla Deering, aka Ms. Thing. After a heated battle, Scott managed to exact his revenge on Doctor Doom by gradually overwhelming and defeating him, and by having him believe he had killed Valeria Richards. He also determined the true meaning of Pym Particles, and how they operate on three distinct axes determining size, strength and durability.
Ant-Man (Scott Lang) | Return
The film belongs to the genre of nudie cuties, narrative-based films featuring female nudity. It was an evolution of earlier films, which featured striptease and burlesque shows. These predecessors mostly depicted actual stage performances, sometimes attached to a frame story.
Orgy of the Dead | Genre
Hope and Pym kidnap Lang, leaving a large ant with Lang's ankle-monitor on as a decoy so as not to arouse the suspicions of FBI agent Jimmy Woo. Believing the message from Janet is confirmation that she is alive, the trio work to build a stable quantum tunnel so they can take a vehicle to the quantum realm and retrieve her. They arrange to buy a part needed for the tunnel from black-market dealer Sonny Burch, but Burch realizes the potential profit to be made from Pym's research and double-crosses them. Donning the Wasp outfit, Hope fights off Burch and his men until she is attacked by a quantumly unstable masked woman.
Ant-Man and the Wasp | Plot
This in turn led fans in the country to start a Change.org petition to have Disney move the release date up several weeks, similarly to how "Avengers: Infinity War"s United States release was moved up a week the previous May.
Ant-Man and the Wasp | Theatrical
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 making a standalone adventure with Hank Pym as Ant-Man, possibly including the original opening to "Ant-Man" featuring Jordi Mollà which was 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 July, David Dastmalchian expressed interest in returning for a sequel as Kurt.
Ant-Man and the Wasp | Development
In 1989, scientist Hank Pym resigns from S.H.I.E.L.D. after discovering their attempt to replicate his Ant-Man shrinking technology. Believing the technology would be dangerous if replicated, Pym vows to hide it for as long as he lives. In the present day, Pym's estranged daughter, Hope van Dyne, and former protégé, Darren Cross, have forced him out of his company, Pym Technologies. Cross is close to perfecting a shrinking suit of his own, the Yellowjacket, which horrifies Pym. Upon his release from prison, well-meaning thief Scott Lang moves in with his old cellmate, Luis. Lang visits his daughter Cassie unannounced and is chastised by his former wife Maggie and her police-detective fiancé, Paxton, for not providing child support.
Ant-Man (film) | Plot
During the events of the limited series "", Iron Lad takes the Young Avengers and an amnesiac Wanda Maximoff into the past, back to the day that the events of "Avengers Disassembled" began. Here, despite Iron Lad's assurance that they could not interact, Scott Lang is hugged by his daughter, and to take him away from the zombified Jack of Hearts who is revealed to be the real Jack of Hearts under the control of an insane Scarlet Witch. When Jack explodes, the Scarlet Witch regains her memories and returns them to the present, including Scott (thus his death is retconned as having never actually happened, as he was merely taken from his time and brought forward).
Ant-Man (Scott Lang) | Return
When Jack of Hearts reappears on the grounds of Avengers Mansion in a zombified state, Scott Lang rushes to Jack, only for Jack to blow himself up, destroying much of the mansion and seemingly killing Scott. This Jack may have been some type of "apparition" created by an insane Scarlet Witch rather than the actual Jack of Hearts, starting the crisis known as "Avengers Disassembled". His daughter Cassie Lang subsequently takes the name Stature as a member of the Young Avengers, having apparently taken enough Pym particles over the years to enable Cassie to automatically grow and shrink in size whenever she wants.
Ant-Man (Scott Lang) | "Death"
Ant-Man is a 2015 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics characters of the same name: Scott Lang and Hank Pym. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is the 12th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The film was directed by Peyton Reed from a screenplay by the writing teams of Edgar Wright and Joe Cornish, and Adam McKay and Paul Rudd. It stars Rudd as Scott Lang / Ant-Man alongside Evangeline Lilly, Corey Stoll, Bobby Cannavale, Michael Peña, Tip "T.I." Harris, Anthony Mackie, Wood Harris, Judy Greer, David Dastmalchian, and Michael Douglas as Hank Pym.
Ant-Man (film) | Introduction
When asked what "Stung" was "really about", director Benni Diez answered: "Capitalism! Well, not really. But it's the hard working underdogs who have to save the day, as the upper class crowd virtually turns into flesh eating über-wasps. A survival thriller with a warm heart." Asked if he was influenced by German genre filmmakers, Diez said he was not, preferring instead American classic horror films like "Jaws" and "Aliens", going so far as to say the "whole film is an homage to films like that". Robinson pointed out that the film has the atmosphere of 1950s creature features, "and the humor is very much up to the moment in terms of camp." Agreeing, Diez referenced "Them!" (1954), a giant-ant movie, "and other really old black-and-white movies" where the filmmakers did not care about photo-realism, but rather asked, "What's the psychology behind a menacing monster attack? What are the middle layers between? What does this do to people?" Those old American monster movies were what drew Diez to Adam Arresty's script to begin with: "it's a kind of genre where I thought there are way too few movies of that kind that are—you know, that are old-school creature movies that leave you with a fun feeling when you get out of the theater." According to Diez, the questions he and his colleagues as modern independent filmmakers were asking was:"How can we try to put an indie-movie sensibility into this classic monster drama, and create characters that you believe, because they're very down to earth?" "Stung" isn't really mumblecore, but it's borderline sometimes.
Stung (film) | Themes, influences, and genres
Production writers for the first film, Gabriel Ferrari and Andrew Barrer, signed on to write the script along with Rudd, with writing starting "in earnest" in January 2016. The next month, McKay stated that he would be involved with the film in some capacity. By April, the four writers and Reed had been "holed up in a room ... brainstorming the story", with Reed promising that it would have "stuff in it that you've never ever seen in a movie before". Feige added that they wanted to "stay true to what made ["Ant-Man"] so unique and different", and teased the potential of seeing the Giant-Man version of Lang that had been introduced in "" (2016).
Ant-Man and the Wasp | Development
Ant-Man and the Wasp (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the film score for the Marvel Studios film "Ant-Man and the Wasp". The score was composed by Christophe Beck. Hollywood Records released the album digitally on July 6, 2018.
Ant-Man and the Wasp (soundtrack) | Introduction
The film's main credits sequence is a "table-top" version of its action sequences, and was created by Elastic. An alternative idea that had been considered was to create a "fake behind-the-scenes documentary" that would have made the film look like it was a 1950s-era Godzilla movie with "people in suits stomping on model cityscapes".
Ant-Man and the Wasp | Post-production
Terrified, he returns the suit to the house, but is arrested, and then broken out of jail by the homeowner, Hank Pym. Pym reveals that he had previously operated as the superhero Ant-Man and had manipulated Lang through an unknowing Luis into stealing the suit as a test. Pym wants Lang to become the new Ant-Man to steal the Yellowjacket suit from Pym's former protégé, Darren Cross, who has reverse-engineered Pym's Pym particle technology. Pym and his daughter, Hope Van Dyne, train Lang to fight and to control ants. Pym reveals that Hope's mother, Janet, known as the Wasp, disappeared into a subatomic quantum realm while disabling a Soviet nuclear missile.
Scott Lang (Marvel Cinematic Universe) | Taking up the mantle of Ant-Man
Hope van Dyne (portrayed by Evangeline Lilly) is based on the Marvel Comics Marvel Comics 2 incarnation of Hope Pym and known as the second Wasp. Van Dyne was created by Tom DeFalco and Ron Frenz. In the films, she is portrayed as the love interest of Scott Lang and later as the second incarnation of the Wasp. She first appears in "Ant-Man" and becomes the Wasp in "Ant-Man and the Wasp". , the character appears in 3 films: "Ant-Man", "Ant-Man and the Wasp" and "Avengers Endgame".
Characters of the Marvel Cinematic Universe | Hope van Dyne / Wasp
In June 2017, Reed confirmed that Christophe Beck, who composed the score for "Ant-Man", would return for "Ant-Man and the Wasp". Beck reprised his main theme from "Ant-Man", and also wrote a new one for Wasp that he wanted to be "high energy" and show that she is more certain of her abilities than Lang. When choosing between these themes for specific scenes throughout the film, Beck tried to choose the Wasp theme more often so there would be "enough newness in the score to feel like it’s going new places, and isn’t just some retread." Hollywood Records and Marvel Music released the soundtrack album digitally on July 6, 2018.
Ant-Man and the Wasp | Music
The anarchic comedy film, as its name suggests, is a random or stream-of-consciousness type of humour which often lampoons a form of authority. The genre dates from the silent era, and the most famous examples of this type of film would be those produced by Monty Python. Others include "Duck Soup" (1933) and "National Lampoon's Animal House" (1978).
Comedy film | Anarchic comedy
Scott Lang / Ant-Man fights with his enemies such as Yellowjacket, Whirlwind, Egghead and miniature alien invasions along with Hope van Dyne / Wasp and Hank Pym.
Ant-Man (2017 TV series) | Plot
Manohla Dargis at "The New York Times" felt the film's "fast, bright and breezy" tone was a vast improvement over the first film, praising Reed's direction. She also praised Rudd, felt Lilly found "her groove" in the film, and wrote that the supporting cast all had "scene-steal[ing]" sequences. Simon Abrams of RogerEbert.com said the film was "good enough", a "messy, but satisfying" sequel that he felt managed to juggle its many subplots while giving Rudd's Lang some decent character development. "Variety"s Owen Gleiberman called the film "faster, funnier, and more cunningly confident than the original," and felt Reed was able to give the film enough personality to overcome its two-hour runtime and effects-heavy climax.
Ant-Man and the Wasp | Critical response
B is obsessed with proving his leftist bonafides, boasting of his relationship with a black sitcom star and his constant use of a strange non-binary pronoun "thon". His daughter is an estranged filmmaker whose work receives negative reviews from her father, who is himself obsessed with both ultra-obscure experimental films and the works of Judd Apatow. B's attempts to psychologically reconstruct the three-month movie send him to a wide variety of psychiatrists and hypnotists, most notably the sinister Barassini, whose work begins to have perverse effects on his body. He finds himself beginning to shrink in size, and is constantly falling down manholes.
Antkind | Synopsis
For the sequence where Janet van Dyne communicates through Lang, inspiration was taken from "All of Me" (1984) in which Lily Tomlin's character is trapped in the body of Steve Martin's character. There were discussions about having Pfeiffer perform the scene first to give Rudd an idea of how she would act, but the group ultimately decided to let Rudd invent the scene completely himself. For the chamber in Ghost's lair, the production team under production designer Shepherd Frankel wanted to create an environment that was unique to the MCU, and designed the chamber with fresnel lenses to give it concentric-circle patterns that served a practical purpose for the film's story as well as differentiating the esthetics of it from other sets and creating mystery about the character.
Ant-Man and the Wasp | Filming
Lang tries to help fight off this "ghost", but the woman escapes with Pym's lab, which has been shrunk down to the size of a suitcase. Pym reluctantly takes Hope and Lang to visit his estranged former partner Bill Foster, who helps them locate the lab. The ghost captures the trio and reveals herself to be Ava Starr. Her father, Elihas, another of Pym's former partners, died along with his wife during the experiment that caused Ava's unstable state. Foster reveals that Ava is dying and in constant pain as a result of her condition, and they plan to cure her using Janet's quantum energy.
Ant-Man and the Wasp | Plot
Margaret Tarrat says in her article "Monsters of the id" that "[Big bug movies] arrive at social comment through a dramatization of the individual's anxiety about his or her own repressed sexual desires, which are incompatible with the morals of civilized life." By this theory, gigantic swarming insects could represent the huge, torrential—but repressed due to the demands of society—sexual desires possessed by the creator and viewer of the Big Bug movie.
Arthropods in film | Horror
Lang's escape from the dimension gives Pym hope that he may one day see his wife again. The realm appeared again in "Ant-Man and the Wasp" (2018) as Hank Pym attempts to find his wife again. He is successful in his mission. In "", Lang along with the team use the realm to travel back in time to get all six Infinity Stones to reverse the effect from Thanos' snap.
Micronauts | Marvel Cinematic Universe
Steven Price was announced as the composer for "Ant-Man" by director Edgar Wright, who he had previously worked with, in February 2014, but they both left the film that March. In January 2015, Christophe Beck was hired to score the film, having previously worked with the new director, Peyton Reed. Beck and Reed began experimenting with "high concept" electronic music to create a "glitched out, digital, electronic, skittery score" that could represent the insect and technology aspects of the film, but it was ultimately "too weird and quirky ... almost weird for its own sake". Feige asked that they instead take "the classic symphonic approach with big themes and bold brass", which Beck did with the unique twist of "a sneaky sense of fun since it is, after all, not only a superhero movie, but also a heist comedy." That heist genre gave Beck "a little latitude to use a rhythm section and something a little bit more funky and jazzy and groovy that I wouldn’t otherwise have been able to get away with." Beck composed two main themes for the film: the Ant-Man superhero theme and a theme for family.
Music of the Marvel Cinematic Universe | "Ant-Man"
Critical response for "Antrum" has been mostly positive, with critics praising the film's unnerving atmosphere, retro 70s style, and blurring the lines between fiction and reality. Anya Stanley from "Dread Central" rated the film three out of five stars, writing, ""Antrum" is a multilayered indulgence of the imagination that uses both internal narrative and a mockumentary structure to blur the line between fiction and reality." Dolores Quintana of "Nightmarish Conjurings" called it "a film both fascinating and deeply odd that crawls under your skin", praising the films atmosphere, dreamlike style, cinematography, and performances. Kat Hughes from "The Hollywood News" awarded the film three out of five stars, praising the films atmosphere, blurring of fiction and reality, growing sense of unease, and recreation of 1970s style cinema, while criticizing the film's character development.
Antrum (film) | Critical response
Lang's escape from the dimension gives Pym hope that he may one day see his wife again. The realm appeared again in "Ant-Man and the Wasp" (2018) as Hank Pym attempts to find his wife again. He is successful in his mission. In "", Lang along with the team use the realm to travel back in time to get all 6 Infinity stones to reverse the effect from Thanos' snap.
Micronauts (comics) | Marvel Cinematic Universe
Screenwriter Eric R. Williams contends that labels such as comedy or drama are too broad to be considered a sub-genre. In his screenwriters' taxonomy, Williams categorizes them as a “film type”.
War film | Comedy
Paul Rudd portrays Scott Lang / Ant-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films "Ant-Man", "", "Ant-Man and the Wasp", and "". A third Ant-Man film is in development.
Ant-Man (Scott Lang) | Film
Paracinema is an academic term to refer to a wide variety of film genres out of the mainstream, bearing the same relationship to 'legitimate' film as paraliterature like comic books and pulp fiction bears to literature.
Paracinema | Introduction
The movie did not fare well with critics. In the Minneapolis "Star Tribune", a reviewer commented that the movie "continues a great, cheesy tradition of ant-menace movies." The "Encyclopedia of Fantastic Film" calls it a "standard SF-thriller."
Legion of Fire: Killer Ants! | Critical reception
It has also been noted that it is a critically rather than industrially constructed genre, having been defined in retrospect rather than at the time of the films' production. The woman's film was seen as closely related to and even synonymous with melodrama. Other terms commonly used to describe the woman's film were "drama", "romance", "love story", "comedy drama", and "soap opera". Since the late 1980s, the woman's film has been an established film genre. Film scholar Justine Ashby, however, has observed a trend in British cinema that she calls "generic eclipse" whereby films that adhere to all the fundamental tenets of the woman's film are subsumed under other genres.
Woman's film | Definition
Pym shared his discovery with his new girlfriend Janet van Dyne, who became his crime-fighting partner The Wasp. The duo would become founding members of the Avengers, fighting recurring enemies including Pym's own robotic creation Ultron. Scott Lang was a thief who became Ant-Man after stealing the Ant-Man suit to save his daughter Cassandra "Cassie" Lang from a heart condition. Reforming from his life of crime, Lang soon took on a full-time career as Ant-Man with the encouragement of Hank Pym. He became an affiliate of the Fantastic Four, and later became a full-time member of the Avengers. In the mid-2000s, Kevin Feige realized that Marvel still owned the rights to the core members of the Avengers, which included Ant-Man.
Scott Lang (Marvel Cinematic Universe) | Character concept, creation, and characterization
Janet van Dyne is pulled into space and placed in a situation where she is expected to fight to the death with other heroes and villains. Instead of following the wishes of the Stranger—who they thought to be the Beyonder—Janet falls into the leadership position for the group, giving tactical orders in battle and calling upon her years of experience with the Avengers to handle the threats thrown at them. After tension between her and her ex-husband, Janet explains to Medusa why she can't reconcile with Hank Pym, despite an attempt to do so while in London. Upon learning that the Space Phantom has taken on the form of Spider-Man, Janet leads the group and keeps one of the team from being trapped in limbo when the Space Phantom attempts to take the person's form.
Wasp (character) | Beyond!
Pym's estranged former partner Bill Foster helps them locate the lab, where the ghost captures the trio and reveals herself to be Ava Starr. Her father Elihas, another of Pym's former partners, died along with his wife during the experiment that caused Ava's unstable state. Foster reveals that Ava is dying and in constant pain as a result of her condition, and they plan to cure her using Janet's quantum energy. Believing that this will kill Janet, Pym refuses to help them and escapes with Hope, Lang, and the lab.
Scott Lang (Marvel Cinematic Universe) | Returning to the role of Ant-Man
In January 2013, Feige stated that "Ant-Man" would be the first film in Phase Three of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. However, in October 2014, it was revealed that the film would be the last film of Phase Two. Pre-production started in October 2013, and principal photography took place from August to December 2014, in San Francisco, Fayette County, Georgia at Pinewood Atlanta, and Downtown Atlanta. In December 2013, Rudd was cast as Ant-Man, followed in January 2014 with the casting of Michael Douglas as Pym and the confirmation of Rudd as Lang. "Ant-Man" had its world premiere in Los Angeles on June 29, 2015, and was released in France on July 14, and in the United States on July 17.
Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase Two | "Ant-Man" (2015)
In response to this, Feige said, "What's fun about "Civil War" though is, as you know from the comics, it's a very simple story. And it really has to be, to accommodate that many players. It's very much a Captain America movie and it's very much a sequel to the "Winter Soldier" in ways I don't think people [will expect]... It's a very simple structure that allows you to have these amazing character interactions in a way that I don't think becomes overwhelming." Feige also revealed that Hope van Dyne / Wasp was in an original draft of the film, after receiving the Wasp costume at the end of "Ant-Man", but was cut because "there are so many characters in "Civil War" that we didn't want to do her a disservice," saying Marvel was "saving" the character for a better environment to reveal van Dyne in the Wasp costume for the first time and see "her dynamic with Scott [Lang] in a way it could play out".
Captain America: Civil War | Filming
After the apparent death of Janet van Dyne, her ex-husband Hank Pym became the second Wasp and joined the Mighty Avengers as their leader. After founding the Avengers Academy, Pym returned to wear his Giant-Man suit, and helped the Avengers to rescue Janet from the Microverse.
Wasp (character) | Hank Pym
Hope Pym is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The daughter of Hank Pym and Janet van Dyne in the MC2 universe, she is first depicted as the supervillain Red Queen. Evangeline Lilly portrays a different version of the character, Hope van Dyne, in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film "Ant-Man" (2015) and appears as the successor of the Wasp in the films "Ant-Man and the Wasp" (2018) and "" (2019).
Hope Pym | Introduction
They stall enough for the Avengers to attack the cell and rescue them before Pym causes the enemy ship to teleport to Earth-9939. On a mission against Father (the creator of the World facility) with the Secret Avengers, O'Grady is seemingly beaten to death by Father's henchmen while defending a child's life.
Eric O'Grady | "Ant-Man and The Wasp"
It has a possible release date in 2022, with Douglas confirming his involvement and announcing that filming will begin in January 2021. In April 2020, Jeff Loveness was hired to write the script. By that September, Jonathan Majors was cast in a lead role, which was reported to be Kang the Conqueror.
Ant-Man and the Wasp | Sequel
Film historian Roberto Curti noted that the film is often misleadingly described as a spy film. Curti described it as mixture of "adventure, mystery and science fiction" that was closer to 1930s and 1940s American film serials.
The Devil's Man | Style
In June 2015, Feige confirmed that the character of Janet van Dyne would be seen, though the film would not address Pym and Van Dyne's infamous domestic abuse storyline in the comics, saying, "We hint at a temper in a way that people who know the stories might go, 'Oh, perhaps that's a bit of [Hank's] character,' but not in a way that would ever indicate [he beat his wife]." Also in the month, Reed confirmed there would be a post-credit sequence "that may tie into the other films." Feige revealed the post-credit sequence was footage shot by Anthony and Joe Russo for "", saying the clip would be seen in that film, though it may be "different takes...different angles." On June 25, 2015, Reed announced on social media that production of "Ant-Man" was officially complete.
Ant-Man (film) | Post-production
An obscure genre, that was described by writer on "Flickering Myth" as difficult to define.These films combined the intensity of a horror film with the fighting or brutality of an action film.
Action film | Action-horror
In October 2015, Marvel Studios confirmed the sequel, titled "Ant-Man and the Wasp", with a scheduled release date of July 6, 2018. Reed was in negotiations to direct the sequel by the end of the month, and announced his return in November, along with the confirmation of Paul Rudd and Lilly returning as Scott Lang / Ant-Man and Hope van Dyne / Wasp, respectively. Despite being offered the chance to direct sequels in the past, Reed had never done so out of a lack of interest, but was excited to work on "Ant-Man and the Wasp" because there was "a lot more story to tell with these characters that I have a genuine affection and kind of protective feeling about".
Ant-Man and the Wasp | Development
When the woman's film was still at a nascent stage, it was not regarded as a fully independent genre. Mary Ann Doane, for example, argued that the woman's film is not a "pure genre" because it is crossed and informed by a number of other genres such as melodrama, film noir, the gothic, and horror film. Similarly, film scholar Scott Simmon argues that the woman's film has remained "elusive" to the point of having its very existence questioned. This elusiveness, he argues, is partially due to the fact that the woman's film is an oppositional genre which can only be defined in opposition to male-centered genres like the Western and gangster film.
Woman's film | Definition
At the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con International, Wright remarked that because his film would be an origin story and would not be released until after "The Avengers", the first "Avengers" film would not include Ant-Man, although Wright acknowledged that the character might appear in future "Avengers" films. In January 2011, Wright stated that he had resumed writing the script for the film following the conclusion of the international promotion for "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World", and by April he and Cornish delivered the second draft of "Ant-Man" to Marvel. At the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con International, Wright revealed a third draft had been handed in.
Ant-Man (film) | Development
Pym designs a costume made of unstable molecules to prevent bites or scratches from the ants, and reinvents himself as the superhero Ant-Man. After several adventures, Pym is contacted by Dr. Vernon van Dyne asking for aid in contacting alien life. Pym refuses, but is attracted to Vernon's socialite daughter Janet van Dyne. Vernon is subsequently killed by an alien criminal who teleports himself to Earth, and Janet asks for Pym's help in avenging Vernon's death. Pym reveals his secret identity to Janet, and uses Pym particles to graft wasp wings beneath her shoulders, which appear when Janet shrinks. Janet assumes the alias of the Wasp, and together they find and defeat Vernon's killer.
Hank Pym | 1960s
After a rat activated the machine that sent him to the realm sent him back to Earth. He convinced the remaining Avengers to use time travel to help bring back the existence of the ones who were snapped away by Thanos. , the character appears in 4 films, "Ant-Man", "Captain America: Civil War", "Ant-Man and the Wasp" and "Avengers: Endgame".
Characters of the Marvel Cinematic Universe | Scott Lang / Ant-Man
The horror film genre is a movie genre containing multiple subgenres. A goal of this genre includes invoking responses of trepidation and panic from the audience. Critics and researchers claim that these films depict graphically detailed violence, contain erotically or sexually charged situations which verge on becoming pornographic, and focus more on injuring or killing female as opposed to non-female characters.
Gender in horror films | Introduction
"Ant-Man and the Wasp" had its world premiere at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood on June 25, 2018, and was released in the United States on July 6, 2018, where it opened in 4,206 theaters, of which 3,000 were in 3D, 403 were in IMAX, over 660 were in premium large format, and over 220 were in D-Box and 4D. The film is part of of the MCU. The film was scheduled to be released in the United Kingdom on June 29, 2018, but was rescheduled in November 2017 to August 3, 2018, in order to avoid competition with the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
Ant-Man and the Wasp | Theatrical
The film apparently is a delirious amalgam of the then popular materials from Satan, witch hunter horror and Nunsploitation.
Satánico pandemonium | Genre
A sequel, "Ant-Man and the Wasp", was released in 2018. A third film is in development for a potential 2022 release.
Ant-Man (film) | Introduction
Types of fiction which may seem unrelated can also combine to form hybrid subgenres, such as the melding of horror and comedy in the "Evil Dead" films. Other popular combinations include the romantic comedy, some vampire films, and the action comedy film. Alan Williams distinguishes three main genre categories: narrative, avant-garde and documentary. Genre movies are "commercial feature films which, through repetition and variation, tell familiar stories with familiar characters and familiar situations". Genre affects how films are broadcast on television, advertised, and organized in video-rental stores. One can also classify films by the setting, theme, topic, mood, format, target audience or budget.
Film genre | Introduction
We put those kind of characters into monster situations and then just see what happens. And hopefully, people get emotionally involved because of it. Reviewers such as Andy Webster and Dennis Harvey, who notes that the film's giant wasps are in fact attacking WASPs, recognize that "Stung" is also a "horror-comedy". Diez cites comedic and satirical horror films such as "Tremors", "Gremlins", and "Slither" as additional influences: "we didn't want to play it too seriously because when you ask the audience to buy into human-sized wasps attacking people, you have to wink once in a while and make a little bit of fun of it."
Stung (film) | Themes, influences, and genres
Thankfully it was a small movie and not a disaster. If we were there and on top of it, it would have been a[n] amazing movie. I look at the {horror} genre, and I think 'Sh--, I can't believe this'. We've learned our lesson."
Man-Thing (film) | Post-production
He encountered Rick Jones and Alpha Flight, and then battled Dire Wraiths alongside Rom and Starshine. Scott was serving in an Avengers back-up team created when Baron Helmut Zemo's Masters of Evil took control of the Mansion and captured some of the current team; he even helped the Wasp defeat the Absorbing Man and Titania when they attacked a hospital in an attempt to kill a comatose Hercules. He accidentally shrank Spider-Man and battled the Scarlet Beetle. He also battled Dragonfly.
Ant-Man (Scott Lang) | Hero
Shortly after, Scott Lang donned the Ant-Man costume on various occasions, primarily to assist Iron Man and the Avengers. Scott came to the rescue when Iron Man was trapped in his armor in the aftermath of a system overload. He also helped Yellowjacket (Hank Pym's alias at the time) attempt to rescue the Wasp captured by Dr. Parnell Solomon, and alongside the Avengers he first battled Taskmaster. He then battled Odd John's mutated insects, and encountered Biotron of the Micronauts. Alongside Spider-Man, he again battled Taskmaster, exploiting Taskmaster's belief that he was Pym by using his growth capsules on one of his ants as a surprise tactic.
Ant-Man (Scott Lang) | Hero
In addition to using the traditional brass for the Ant-Man theme, Beck used an alto flute and violas, which he felt had "a little bit of the sound world of the heist movie and the spy movie, the old James Bond sound." For a sequence where Ant-Man surfs down a water pipe on a raft made of ants, Beck began arranging the theme as a "regular action cue" but found it "a little too intense for the scene". Reed wanted it to have more of a sense of fun, and Beck eventually wrote a piece evoking the "classic guitar surf music", but with the orchestra rather than a guitar.
Music of the Marvel Cinematic Universe | "Ant-Man"
But "Flame" ["& Citron"] should pull in a niche group of World War II connoisseurs and will delight art-house and fest audiences with its innovative mix of drama and history filtered through genre."
Flame &amp; Citron | Art-house film status
The film is set several months after the events of "Avengers: Age of Ultron". Scott Lang attempts to infiltrate the new Avengers headquarters in Upstate New York featured in "Age of Ultron", and confronts Sam Wilson / Falcon, played by Anthony Mackie. McKay and Rudd decided to add Falcon to "Ant-Man" after watching "Captain America: The Winter Soldier". The Russo brothers filmed the post-credit scene, which was footage from 2016's "", and features Mackie as Falcon, Chris Evans as Steve Rogers / Captain America, and Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier.
Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase Two | "Ant-Man" (2015)
Judy Greer was confirmed to be reprising her role as Maggie from the previous film the following week. Louise Frogley served as costume designer on the film after doing so for Marvel's "" (2017), and worked with Ivo Coveney to create the superhero suits for the film. Based on designs by Andy Park, the suits are updated for the film from the 1960s-inspired designs used in the first "Ant-Man" to more modern designs. The Wasp suit included practical wings which were replaced with digital wings for when they are expanded and ready for flight. The Russo brothers, directors of "" and "", which were filming while "Ant-Man and the Wasp" was preparing to film, were in constant discussion with Reed in order to ensure story elements would line up between the films.
Ant-Man and the Wasp | Pre-production
"S&Man" is about voyeurism as it relates to underground films. Interviews with horror film directors and Carol J. Clover, a writer on the horror genre, are weaved between clips from horror films. In the beginning of the film, clips show the directors and Clover commenting on a horror film that is not shown onscreen and with the title not mentioned. The film then moves on to Petty's meetings with Eric Rost (Erik Marcisak), Bill Zebub, and Fred Vogel. He interviews these men and actress Debbie D., while clips from horror films and facts and opinions provided by Clover about the genre are interspersed.
S&amp;Man | Summary
In response to the film, Richard Corliss of "Time" questioned whether we can always believe what we see. Allan Dart's review of "S&Man" for "Fangoria" was mixed. Although he described the film as "thought-provoking", he did not like the focus on whether Eric Rost's films are actual snuff. Casey Broadwater of Blu-ray.com also disliked the fictional portion, but said that ""S&Man" delivers an occasionally insightful dialectic about the psychological nature of horror. Meg Hewings from "Hour Community" described the film as "a doc that flails in a dark, nihilistic pool" and deemed its fans "geeky", "twisted", "unstable", or "delusional". A "TMZ" article stated that "S&Man" "impolitely asked horror genre aficionados to question just why they so enjoy watching human suffering so much."
S&amp;Man | Reception
As well, he has asked whether there is a "... finite taxonomy of genres or are they in principle infinite?" and whether genres are "...timeless essences ephemeral, time-bound entities? Are genres culture-bound or trans-cultural?" Stam has also asked whether genre analysis should aim at being descriptive or prescriptive. While some genres are based on story content (the war film), other are borrowed from literature (comedy, melodrama) or from other media (the musical). Some are performer-based (Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers films) or budget-based (blockbusters, low budget film), while others are based on artistic status (the art film), racial identity (Race films), location (the Western), or sexual orientation (Queer cinema).
Film genre | Pure and hybrid genres
The Micronauts' homeworld the Microverse makes a featured appearance in the film, "Ant-Man" (2015). The dimension appears in a scene in which Scott Lang / Ant-Man goes subatomic in order to defeat the villain Darren Cross / Yellowjacket. Lang manipulates his suit to sabotage Darren's suit, and accidentally begins to continuously shrink into what Hank Pym calls the Quantum Realm. While within the microverse, Lang sees glimpses of Pym's long-lost, presumed to be dead wife Janet van Dyne / Wasp (who had previously gone subatomic to destroy a Soviet nuclear missile). Previously believed to simply be one of Pym's theories, Lang's entrance into the Microverse is a key plot point and hints at the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe's ventures into alternate dimensions and realities being largely explored in "Doctor Strange" (2016).
Micronauts (comics) | Marvel Cinematic Universe