Ant-Man and the Wasp (film)

Ant-Man and the Wasp

Title

Ant-Man and the Wasp

Aliases

Ant-Man 2, Cherry Blue (working title)

Release Date(s)

July 4, 2018
July 6, 2018 (USA)

Film Details

Directors

Peyton Reed

Producers

Kevin Feige; Stephen Broussard

Comic Book Writers

Stan Lee; Larry Lieber; Jack Kirby

Screenplay Writers

Chris McKenna, Erik Sommers, Paul Rudd, Andrew Barrer, Gabriel Ferrari

Musicians

Christophe Beck

Cinematographers

Dante Spinotti

Editors

Dan Lebental; Craig Wood

Distributors

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Production Companies

Marvel Studios

Running Time

118 minutes

Rating

MPAA: PG-13 for sci-fi action violence and brief suggestive material

Budget

$130 million

Associated Websites

On Marvel Cinematic Universe wiki

Ant-Man and the Wasp (film)

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Ant-Man and the Wasp (film)

Previous and Next Films
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Ant-Man (July 14, 2015) Captain America: Civil War (April 27, 2016)	Avengers: Endgame (April 24, 2019) Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (July 28, 2023)

Appearances

Featured Characters:

Wasp/"Susan" (Hope Van Dyne) (First appearance as Wasp) (Main story and flashback) (Death)
Ant-Man (Scott Lang) (Main story and flashback)

Supporting Characters:

Dr. Hank Pym (Main story and flashback) (As Ant-Man in flashback only) (Death)
Janet Van Dyne (First full appearance) (Main story and flashback) (As the Wasp in flashback only) (Death)
Cassie Lang (Main story and flashback)
X-Con Security Consultants (First appearance)
- Luis (Main story and flashback)
- Dave
- Kurt
Ant-Man's Ants
- Ulysses S. Gr-Ant (First appearance)
- Ant-onio Banderas (Only appearance; dies)^[1]
- Numerous unnamed ants

Antagonists:

F.B.I.
- Agent Jimmy Woo (First appearance)
- Agent Burleigh (First appearance)
- Agent Stoltz (Only appearance; dies)^[1]
- Agent Pearson (First appearance)
- Numerous unnamed agents
Ghost (Ava Starr) (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
Sonny Burch (First appearance)
Uzman (First appearance)
Knox (First appearance)
Anitolov (First appearance)
Dr. Bill Foster (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)

Other Characters:

Rose (Only appearance)^[1] (Only in flashback)
S.H.I.E.L.D. (Only in flashback)
Captain America (Steve Rogers) (Mentioned)
Maggie Lang
Jim Paxton
Avengers (Mentioned)
Hydra (Mentioned)
Elihas Starr (Only appearance; dies)^[1] (Only in flashback)
Catherine Starr (Only appearance; dies)^[1] (Only in flashback)
George Washington (Mentioned)
George Jefferson
MI6 (Mentioned)
Captain Daniel Gooobler (First appearance)
Stan Lee

Races and Species:

Humans (Main story and flashback)
Ants (Main story and flashback)
Tardigrades (First appearance)

Locations:

Earth-199999 (Main story and flashback)
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
  - United States of America (Main story and flashback)
    - California (Main story and flashback)
      - San Francisco (Main story and flashback)
        Brookemont Elementary School
        
        San Quentin Prison (Only in flashback)
        
        Fisherman's Wharf
        
        San Francisco Bay
    - Minnesota (Mentioned)
  - Germany (Mentioned)
  - Argentina (Only in flashback)
- Quantum Realm

Items:

Sokovia Accords (Mentioned)
Ant-Men's Suits and Helmets (Main story and flashback)
Wasps' Suits and Bio-Synthetic Wings (Main story and flashback)
Pym Particles
Pym Discs
Hank Pym's Portable Lab (First appearance)
Ghost's Suit (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
Quantum Tunnel (First appearance)

Vehicles:

X-Con Security Van

Plot

Plot not yet listed

Cast

Paul Rudd as Ant-Man / Scott Lang^[2]

Evangeline Lilly as The Wasp / Hope Van Dyne^[2]
- Madeleine McGraw portrays young Hope

Michael Peña as Luis^[3]

Walton Goggins as Sonny Burch^[4]^[5]

Hannah John-Kamen as Ghost^[6]^[7]
- RaeLynn Bratten potrays young Ava

David Dastmalchian as Kurt^[8]

Tip "T.I." Harris as Dave^[9]

Judy Greer as Maggie Lang^[10]

Bobby Cannavale as Jim Paxton^[11]

Randall Park as Agent Jimmy Woo^[12]

Abby Ryder Fortson as Cassie Lang^[11]

Michelle Pfeiffer as Janet Van Dyne^[7]
- Hayley Lovitt portrays young Janet

Laurence Fishburne as Dr. Bill Foster ^[7]
- His son Langston Fishburne portrays young Bill

Michael Douglas as Dr. Hank Pym^[13]
- Dax Griffin portrays young Hank

Additionally, Divian Ladwa, Goran Kostić and Rob Archer portray Uzman, Anitolov, and Knox, respectively.^[14] Sean Kleier, Benjamin Byron Davis, and Suehyla El-Attar appear as FBI agents Stoltz, Burleigh, and Pearson, respectively. Michael Cerveris and Riann Steele portray Elihas and Catherine Starr, respectively. Tim Heidecker makes a cameo as Captain Daniel Gooobler. Stan Lee makes a cameo as a pedestrian whose car is shrunk. Julia Vera-Andrews portrays Luis' grandmother. Darcy Shean appears as Rose the nanny. Brian Huskey cameos as Cassie's teacher. The Best Show hosts Tom Scharpling and Jon Wurster make cameos as Burch's SUV drivers.

Notes

Ant-Man co-writer Adam McKay stated he would have a contribution to the film in some sort of capacity.^[15]
Filming for this film began on August 1, 2017, and wrapped on November 19, 2017.^[16]^[17]
The film takes place two years after Captain America: Civil War.^[18]

Trivia

Marvel Studios announced Ant-Man and the Wasp on October 8, 2015, almost a year after the original slate of Phase 3 films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe was first announced.^[19]
Early on, the film included a flashback scene of Hank Pym and Bill Foster's younger years working together, in which audiences would've been able to actually see Foster growing in size. The idea was scrapped, according to director Peyton Reed, because it was from a narrative perspective "too much of a left turn."^[20]
Writers Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers were told at one point to add a piece of dialogue about Hope Van Dyne losing her cat, which would have had ramifications in Avengers: Endgame. McKenna believes it's possible that instead of a rat, Hope's cat would have been responsible for setting up the Quantum Tunnel to free Ant-Man from the Quantum Realm.^[21]