‘Ant-Man and the Wasp Quantumania’ First Reactions

Marvel Studios kicked off Phase 5 this week with its premiere of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.

Quantumania is the third film in the Ant-Man trilogy, following 2015’s Ant-Man and 2018’s Ant-Man and the Wasp.

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The third installment stars Paul Rudd, Evangeline, Lilly, Jonathan Majors, Michelle Pfeiffer,

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and Michael Douglas, alongside a supporting cast that David Dastmalchian, William Jackson Harper, Katy O’Brian, and Bill Murray.

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Marvel Studios wrapped Phase 4 with the anticipated-for-years Black Panther: Wakanda Forever in November.

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It debuted atop the box office with a record-setting $181.4 million in the U.S. and has earned $831.2 million globally since premiering two months ago.

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Peyton Reed, who’s back in the director’s chair for Quantumania, told Entertainment Weekly he hopes to bring the gravitas of Avengers films to the latest Ant-Man and the Wasp.

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Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lily return as Scott Lang, aka Ant-Man, and Hope van Dyne, aka the Wasp, with a new mission to further explore the Quantum Realm.

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Michael Douglas and Michelle Pfeiffer reprise their respective roles as the van Dyne scientists

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and original Ant-Man and the Wasp, while Kathryn Newton (“Freaky”) makes her Marvel debut as the older version of Scott’s daughter Cassie.

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