by The Quantum Ream from Ant-Man 3 was revealed by Marvel Studios CEO Kevin Feige at the press conference for Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania.
Marvel audiences have only caught brief glimpses of the enigmatic Quantum Realm, just like Kang the Conqueror.
Marvel audiences have only caught brief glimpses of the enigmatic Quantum Realm, just like Kang the Conqueror.
On February 17, however, everything is about to change as this peculiar and frequently perplexing realm assumes centre stage as the threequel’s main setting.
While the Quantum Realm’s full potential and future effects on the MCU are unknown to fans, Kevin Feige gave them a subatomic crash course before the release of Ant-Man 3.
An Explanation of Ant-Quantum Man’s Realm
Kevin Feige made an effort to explain Quantum Realm and its MCU history during the press conference for Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania.
The MCU CEO began by stating that “the first ‘Ant-Man’ film” introduced viewers to the Quantum Realm, and that it was Paul Rudd, who played Ant-Man, who originally suggested pursuing the “storytelling, and inventiveness, and fun that you couldhave” with a subatomic realm.
“Well, we first saw it in the first ‘Ant-Man’ film. And I was reminded recently that this was an idea that Paul [Rudd] had early on before we started filming the first ‘Ant-Man’ film, to, ‘What if we explore this quantum mechanics,’ which I’m happy to discuss at length today if you guys want. Things act very differently at the quantum level. And Paul was talking about the amount of storytelling, and imagination, and fun that you could have there.”
Marvel Studios disclosed more information about the Quantum Realm during the Ant-Man series.
The first ‘Ant-Man’ movie was mainly about meeting the characters and the origin story, of course, but at the very end of that,“we got a taste of it and that is what led to where we took it in [Avengers:] Endgame“
“The first ‘Ant-Man’ movie was mainly about meeting the characters and the origin story, of course, but at the very end of that, we got a taste of it and that is what led to where we took it in ‘[Avengers:] Endgame.'”
The president of Marvel Studios explained that the Quantum Realm is “an entire universe below the surface” and that it exists “on the subatomic level where space and time act differently:”
“And it is a place that is on the subatomic level where space and time act differently. And that allowed us to time travel, at Scott Lang’s suggestion, in ‘Endgame.’ And it allowed us to have this entire, manic Quantum-ness in this film, where we go to a point where only Janet had ever seen before and, as Evangeline said, she didn’t talk about it too much, where there is an entire universe below the surface, where we meet all sorts of fun, crazy characters.”
Regarding the Quantum Realm’s visual style, Feige acknowledged Ant-Man director Peyton Reed as having “worked on this look” and added that the graphics had been “in the works for a very long time”:
“Well, Peyton [Reed], I think you can talk a little more about that, because it was in the works for 3.5 years, working on this look and taking audiences to a place that they had not been before. We talked about parallels to The Wizard of Oz a lot in terms of taking and meeting a family down there. But the visuals, which have been in the works for a very long time, was all Peyton and his team.”
The Second Quantum Realm Issue
Fans of Quantumania have expressed doubt and even criticism about the CGI-heavy universe and its peculiar look even though the film hasn’t yet been released in theatres.
The presentation of the Quantum Realm in the movie and how confused it is will likely be received by critics is a crucial question, especially given that this MCU setting might be here to stay.
After all, Kang lives in the Quantum Realm, which has even been called “the basement of the Multiverse,” whether he likes it or not.
Since the MCU is now mired in the Multiverse Saga, it is a matter of when rather than if a Marvel project would return to this strange, time-traveling universe.
For the time being, in typical Kang manner, only time will tell how this Marvel Cinematic Universe universe will be welcomed and how it will continue to influence the Multiversal storyline within the MCU.
On February 17, Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania hits theatres.
