NewAnt-Man and the Waspart has arrived fresh from the Comic-Con convention floor. This is after Marvel studios brought down the house, as per usual, during their Hall H presentation at San Diego Comic-Con. They decided to open their big show with a showing forAnt-Man and the Wasp, which probably just shot much higher up on everyone’s most anticipated 2018 movies list. Not only did they confirm a bunch of new cast members, includingMichelle Pfeifferas Janet Van Dyne, but they also debuted some early footage from the movie. And it sounds pretty great.
Sadly, Marvel decided not to release this footage online, which was the case with most of what they showed this year. Though, they did release a very sweet new trailer forThor: Ragnarok. However, we do have a description of the footage that was shown fromAnt-Man and the Waspcourtesy ofScreen Rant. Here is how the footage played out.
“The presentation started out withconcept art from Ant-Man and The Waspand then proceeded to show Wasp in action, flying up to a ledge and looking down, as well as an approximately two-foot tall Ant-Man riding on a little girl’s backpack (presumably his daughter’s). Then, attendees saw more artwork, this time showing Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) in a white suit. The footage concluded with a car chase showing a van shrinking and driving underneath another car, and then growing back to its original size and flipping said car, with Giant-Man peeking out of an alleyway at the end.”
Considering thatAnt-Man 2just started shooting recently, it’s kind of surprising that Marvel had anything to show. Then again, this is nothing new for them.Guardians of the Galaxyhad famously only been shooting for two weeks when the initial footage debuted at San Diego Comic-Con, so Marvel Studios has mastered the art of making this kind of thing happen. Sadly, we probably won’t see this footage arrive online for quite some time, if ever, but it does give us hope thatAnt-Man and the Waspwill be one of those sequels that improves upon its predecessor.
In addition to announcing that Michelle Pfeiffer will be playing Janet Van Dyne, aka the original Wasp and mother to Evangeline Lilly’s Hope Van Dyne, they also revealed some other pretty great casting news. It was also revealed that Hannah John-Kamen is going to play Ghost inAnt-Man and the Wasp. If you aren’t familiar, Ghost is a character that started out as anIron Manvillain and was part of theThunderboltsteam at one point. The other big reveal is that Laurence Fishburne joined the cast and is playing Dr. Bill Foster, aka Goliath or “Black Goliath.” He is the second Giant-Man in Marvel Comics history and the fourth Goliath. It was also confirmed that Randall Park is playingAgent Jimmy Woo, which had been previously reported. So,Ant-Man 2is looking quite awesome, long story short.
Ant-Man and the Wasphas to bear the burden of being the first MCU movie to hit theaters afterAvengers: Infinity War, so Marvel is going to have to deliver the goods on this one when it arrives on July 31, 2025. Sounds likePeyton Reedhas it handled. Be sure to keep your eyes peeled for all of our other San Diego Comic-Con coverage from the entire weekend.
