While promoting her new crime drama South of Heaven with Ted Lasso's Jason Sudeikis, MCU star Evangeline Lilly, who portrays Hope van Dyne/ Wasp, was able to discuss some details surrounding Marvel Studios' Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, praising the upcoming phase 4 entry's script.
Recently speaking with Collider, Lilly spoke highly of Ant-Man 3's script, which was penned by Rick and Morty writer Jeff Loveness. Loveness gained notability after writing numerous season 4 episodes for the Emmy-winning animated sitcom series, eventually hopping on board to join the ongoing superhero universe.
"I think he is phenomenal. I think he’s one of the best writers we’ve ever had. I think he’s got an incredible mastery of voice," Lilly shares. "So, on the page, I could hear all the characters, and I knew that he’d really kind of harnessed each person’s unique personality. I just think that it’s going to be really special. I actually think it has the chance to be the best one we’ve done yet.” Although 2015's Ant-Man and 2018's Ant-Man and the Wasp were both met with much praise, especially towards the comedic relief and overall lighter tones, it seems that Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania may just be the strongest film out of the three, pushing the characters into exciting new territories.
Even though she admits she hasn't kept up with every MCU project following Avengers: Endgame, Lilly would also go on to speak highly of other fan-favorite works in the MCU such as the newly released series for Disney+, WandaVision, and Loki. "I think WandaVision was phenomenal, and I think it was probably the best they’ve ever represented a female character. It was so incredible to see her be so complicated and so flawed and yet so redeemable and so lovable, the way we have typically historically treated our male characters. I think it was an epic female protagonist story.” As for Loki, “The science geek in me loves that element of how smart they are and how they tackle such enormous topics that most kind of fluff popcorn movies are not going to tackle. They tackled chaos theory. That’s really brave and really bold and really cool.”
With so many other big films and series preceding Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania like Eternals, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Hawkeye, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, and Thor: Love and Thunder, details will be kept under wraps for a little longer regarding the adventures of Paul Rudd's Scott Lang/Ant-Man and the rest of the ensemble. What is known, though, is that the film will center around more of the Quantum Realm and feature Jonathan Majors' Kang the Conqueror, who briefly appeared in Loki's finale, as the main antagonist of the film. Majors became an instant favorite for his villainous portrayal, with many believing him to be a worthy followup villain to Thanos that will surely have dire consequences for the future of the MCU.
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania will also star Michael Douglas as Hank Pym, Michelle Pfeiffer as Janet van Dyne, and Kathryn Newton as Cassie Lang (replacing Emma Fuhrmann who played the character in Avengers: Endgame). Peyton Reed will be returning once again to direct the film, who is coming off of his directing work on season 2's hit Star Wars series for Disney+, The Mandalorian.
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, originally set for a 2022 release date, will now release in theatres on February 17th, 2023.
Source: Collider