by The greatest star in the movie claims that Thor: Ragnarok and Ant-Man3 and The Wasp: Quantumania are both MCU epics.
Only a few weeks remain till the release of the Paul Rudd-starring Marvel Studios blockbuster, and much is being said about how unique this Ant-Man movie is.
Ant-Man 3 has been touted as taking a “hard left turn” for the Ant-Man franchise, coming off “a little darker” than the previous two films, since Ant-Man and Ant-Man and The Wasp were portrayed as straight comedy (something that probably impacted Ragnarok’s radical tonal shift for Thor).
But how could Ant-Man 3 be influenced by one of the funniest MCU films if it is leaving humour in the rearview? Paul Rudd claims that it is.
Ant-Man 3 is emulating Thor 3.
Thor: Ragnarok had a significant effect on Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, according to Paul Rudd in an interview with Empire Magazine.
According to the acclaimed actor, the crew behind Quantumania noticed “something appealing about doing something unexpected,” when comparing it to what they accomplished for Ragnarok.
“I really didn’t have time to do it, but we kept talking during the process. I kept thinking about ‘Thor: Ragnarok,’ where it was like, ‘Whoa, we can’t believe this is the third one, it seems so different.’ Ther
For the impending threequel, according to director Peyton Reed, they “wanted to really pivot into something on a much larger canvas”:
”We wanted to really pivot into something on a much larger canvas. And also that went darker than you might expect.”
The movie’s writer, Jeff Loveness, likens the whole event to an Avengers movie:
“The first discussions we had was, ‘What if Ant-Man is accidentally in an Avengers movie by himself?’”
Michael Douglas, Rudd’s Ant-Man co-star, commented that he could tell there was a change in tone for the series due to “how beat up [Rudd would be]” at the conclusion of each day of filming:
“I’d see Paul at the end of the day, how beat up he was, how sore he was. There’s a tougher tone on this one.”
One Formula One movie at a time, changing the MCU
It is amazing to see that the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) is still flexible after 30 movies and a lot of streaming shows. Ragnarok was a turning point for the series by demonstrating that not every hero or unique brand within the MCU has to be one thing.
The Ant-Man 3 crew and Peyton Reed could have sat back and made another Edgar Wright-style comedy for Quantumania, but they chose not to.
They decided to build something bigger instead. Something deserving of the entrance of Kang the Conqueror. A sort of Avengers 4.5.
These most recent statements are in keeping with a pattern of the movie’s producers advocating for its “dark and difficult ” storyline.
That does not mean there won’t be any laughter in the Ant-most Fam’s recent journey. Bill Murray and other comic greats are still included in the MCU blockbuster.
However, viewers can anticipate a movie that will take the Ant-Man concept to new heights.
On February 17, the motion picture Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania will be released.
