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ANT-MAN & THE WASP QUANTUMANIA directed by Peyton Reed (2023)
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Peyton Reed to Direct 'Ant-Man 3' (Exclusive)

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The Ant-Man corner of the Marvel Cinematic Universe will continue to be Peyton Reed’s Place. The director, who helmed 2015’s Ant-Man and 2018’s Ant-Man and the Wasp, has signed on to helm a third Ant-Man movie, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. 

 

Paul Rudd is expected to return as Scott Lang, the heist-hearting hero with the power of petiteness in the new installment. It would be Rudd's fifth time out as the character, barring any other surprise appearances.

 

Plot details are being kept hidden in the Quantum Realm.

 

No release details have been confirmed but sources say the plan is to shoot at the end of 2020 or top of 2021 for a likely release in 2022. Sources say that sequels Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and Thor: Love and Thunder will shoot before Ant-Man 3.  

 

Much like his fellow Marvel cohorts Joe and Anthony Russo, Reed started off in the comedy worlds of TV and movies, making his feature directorial debut with cheerleading comedy Bring It On. Movies such as Down with Love, The Break-Up and Yes Man followed.

 

He was brought into the Marvel universe when, late in the movie’s development process, he replaced Edgar Wright to helm Ant-Man. The movie grossed $519.3 million. The sequel, which Reed was more involved with, grew to a $622.6 million gross.

 

Reed is repped by WME and Sloane Offer.

 

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Pass here. I still have not seen the second one, after viewing the first one on the small screen at home. That was the first Marvel movie my kids got up and walked out of the room on instead of watching until the end. lol 

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On 11/7/2019 at 12:34 PM, kimik said:

Pass here. I still have not seen the second one, after viewing the first one on the small screen at home. That was the first Marvel movie my kids got up and walked out of the room on instead of watching until the end. lol 

Really!?

I thought the first Ant-Man was one of the best-paced MCU films.

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eff Loveness, whose written for shows like Rick and Morty, TBS’ Miracle Workers, and Jimmy Kimmel Live!, has signed on to write the screenplay for the third installment of the Ant-Man franchise, which has Peyton Reed returning to direct. Franchise stars Paul Rudd as Scott Lang/Ant-Man and Evangeline Lilly as Hope van Dyne/ The Wasp are also expected to return.

 

No word on when the film will go into production and the studio has yet to announce an official release date. Earlier today, Disney/Marvel unveiled new dates for upcoming Marvel films, having to push back its slate due to theater closures amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

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NEWS 
According to a new report by Geeks WorldWide, the heinous Marvel villain MODOK (Mechanized Organism Designed Only for Killing) was included in a previous draft of a -script written for Ant-Man 3, which was written by actor Paul Rudd himself. On top of starring as the titular hero in both films, Rudd has a screenplay credit for 2015's Ant-Man, as well as credit for helping write the -script for the 2017 sequel, Ant-Man and the Wasp.

 

In Ant-Man and the Wasp, one of the film's main antagonists was never actually revealed to the audience, but instead stayed in the shadows behind the shrouded villain's second-in-command, Sonny Burch. Now, Thomas Polito at GWW admits that he "revealed a casting call for a 'mysterious benefactor'" awhile back and believed it was for the role of Norman Osborn, but is now being told that it's "possibly for MODOK."

 

Also mentioned in the GWW report is further confirmation that Marvel Studios does in fact want to move forward with their own incarnation of the Young Avengers - something that The Direct has already been following. The report says that, despite originally wanting to include the Fantastic Four in the third Ant-Man installment, the studio has since elected to use this threequel as an opportunity to assist in introducing the team of younger heroes to the MCU audience. This Young Avenger team is said to likely be comprised of Cassie Lang (the daughter of Scott Lang), Kate Bishop (the "new" Hawkeye), and Wiccan & Speed (the children of Wanda Maximoff and Vision).

 

WHAT THIS MEANS 
It is worth noting that just because MODOK was included in one draft of the Ant-Man 3 -script does not necessarily mean that the character will end up in the movie. MODOK has, however, been a character that Marvel Studios has had their eyes on since as early as 2014's Captain America: The Winter Soldier, in which MODOK was originally going to appear as the main antagonist of the film, before that idea was scrapped and replaced with the villain Alexander Pierce. Director Peyton Reed has already expressed interest in using MODOK in the MCU as well, and that he and actor John Hodgman "always talk" about the character, as Hodgman has been "lobbying for years" to play the maniacal evildoer.

 

Considering Marvel Studios recently acquired the talents of screenwriter Jeff Loveness (Rick & Morty) to helm the Ant-Man 3 -script, this new report should appear as nothing short of encouraging to fans to see that talks of using the character in a future MCU project are still very much on the table, and that Marvel Studios has brought in a well-versed writer that can potentially take on a character as wacky as the project's potential antagnoist. And taking into account that MODOK is in fact one of the oddest, most eccentric villains that Marvel has to offer, it is very exciting to see that Marvel Studios is continuing to push the envelope in the industry of superhero film. 

 

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On 4/6/2020 at 8:12 AM, theCapraAegagrus said:

Personally not keen on the idea of the FF being introduced in AM3.

Agree, I was thinking Spider-Man. Can’t wait to see Marvel do Galactus, they really can’t screw it up based on what we’ve been given before.

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1 minute ago, Grails said:

Agree, I was thinking Spider-Man. Can’t wait to see Marvel do Galactus, they really can’t screw it up based on what we’ve been given before.

Lost did the Cloud Beast best - topping even Fox Studios. (:

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5 hours ago, Bosco685 said:

By the way, Johnathan Majors has been really good with HBO's Lovecraft Country. This was a great casting grab.

Lovecraft Country is great - though the sound always seems to be ropy.

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