Marvel Studios’ “Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania” is an epic sci-fi adventure featuring twists, turns, and action-packed excitement. It’s the third film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) led by Super Heroes Scott Lang / Ant-Man (played by Paul Rudd) and Hope Van Dyne / The Wasp (Evangeline Lilly). This is a must-see film for MCU fans, as it sets the stage for most of the next big things from Marvel for years to come and really introduces us to Kang. The visual effects are mind-blowing, and Kang is simply terrifying and amazing, and one of the most intriguing characters in the MCU, played by one of the most captivating actors working today.
Scott Lang is an ordinary guy who accidentally became a Super Hero — an Avenger, no less, who literally saved the world. Life is good in San Francisco, as Scott enjoys promoting his book and treasures his relationship with Hope, enjoying time together atop the Golden Gate Bridge as Ant-Man and The Wasp, and hanging out with Hope’s parents, Hank (Michael Douglas) and Janet (Michelle Pfeiffer). More than anything, Scott wants to make up for lost time with his daughter, Cassie Lang (Kathryn Newton), now 18. “He’s missed half her life,” says screenwriter Jeff Loveness.
“One of the most fun things about ‘Quantumania’ is that the first two ‘Ant-Man’ [movies] are basically Earthbound—San Francisco,” says director Peyton Reed. “They’re really fun and you get to juxtapose the shrinking and growing to what we know around us. But what happens if we take these characters we’re familiar with and throw them into this environment that’s completely alien to them?”
“While retaining the intimacy of the family story, we decided we wanted to go really big,” says director Peyton Reed. “And to do that, we needed a world-class villain in a movie like this. As a kid who grew up reading all the comics, I always loved Kang the Conqueror. He was one of the great antagonists in the comics.”
Kang the Conqueror (Jonathan Majors) is quite possibly the biggest threat the MCU has ever encountered, with multiple versions of the villain—each more terrifying than the last. Time, it seems, is Kang’s secret weapon, and he intends to use his unique understanding of it to conquer worlds far beyond the Quantum Realm.
Kang is able to experience past, present and future at the same time. Known as He Who Remains in “Loki,” this new and profoundly dangerous version of Kang intends to up his game, triggering a concerted effort from Scott, Hope, Janet, Hank and Cassie to stop him before it’s too late.
“I think the film is ultimately about our relationship to time as human beings and how time plays within our relationships,” says Majors. “Love, friendship, legacy: That’s what the story is about and every character from Hank to Janet to Scott—all of us are touched by that and deal with the threat or promise of time in a different way.”
