Marvel Studios are of course planning a sequel to Ant-Man, the superhero movie starring Paul Rudd. The sequel is officially titled Ant-Man and the Wasp. The release date is currently set to July 6, 2018.
There’s no official plot synopsis yet. But the mid-credits scene of the first Ant-Man movie already suggested that Hope Van Dyne (played by Evangeline Lilly) would have a larger role as the Wasp thanks to that new suit revealed by her father:
Ant-Man – Wasp suit revealed!
The official title of Ant-Man 2 just confirms she will indeed have a more prominent role in the sequel..
A few words from Director Peyton Reed about the sequel:
“I think one of the appealing things about coming back for a sequel is to be able to build it from the ground up this time, Also, there’s stuff that we clearly set up in the first movie that we want to pay off and have fun with in the second movie. Since we know the characters’ origins, we can go in some weird, unique and different territory.
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It just happened to be organic for the characters of Ant-Man and Wasp, so it worked Her last line in the movie — ‘It’s about damn time’ — is 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.”
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It just happened to be organic for the characters of Ant-Man and Wasp, so it worked Her last line in the movie — ‘It’s about damn time’ — is 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.”
Director Peyton Reed
Stay tuned with us for more details about Ant-Man 2 aka Ant-Man and The Wasp!
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