The path of Peyton Reed, director of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, in the MCU would not end with that movie. This would be his future in the franchise.
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania It is the first project of the new stage of the UCM. Peyton Reed, its director, also had the opportunity to lead the two previous installments of the little great hero. In his new work, he touched on everything that initially drew him to accept the job.
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In addition, he referred to two important elements that made him fall in love with the plot even more. Kang the Conqueror and the Quantum Kingdom made the difference and put an end to the doubts that the creative might have had to access the position.
“It’s interesting because, you know, I’m superstitious about these things, right? I mean, when we were making the first Ant-Man there was certainly no guarantee that we were going to make the second. And even after the second, there was no guarantee. When we finally announce that, “Okay, we’re going to do Quantum, we’re going to do this”, I was gathering all my strength on that because we knew that if we were going to do a third one, it has to be something completely different. We have to show the audience something different”, mentioned the filmmaker in charge of the trilogy.
In addition, he could not hide which were the two most important elements for him in this new adventure. The Quantum Realm now served as the setting, showing a space for the emergence of the new great villain and also for them to develop. alternate stories. This is because for the first time an entire civilization hidden in it was revealed.
“For me, it was the Quantum Realm, the opportunity to be able to create that whole world, worlds within worlds, and answer those questions. what the hell was he doing Janet Van Dyne there for 30 years? And also, to kick off Phase 5, introduce Kang the Conqueror with Jonathan (Majors)”, added to Collider.
On the other hand, the developer surprised by confessing that Kang was one of the details that most caught his attention due to his affinity for another project. Reed has long worked in The Fantastic Four. Now, although he will not be the director of this title, he was aware that including the nemesis is laying the foundations for The First Family to reach the franchise.
“So I was focused on that thing. Now that the trilogy is done, who knows? Again, years ago, you and I have talked about this before, I developed Fantastic Four like 20 years ago. I channeled a lot of my love for the Fantastic Four into the world of Ant-Man, and specifically Quantumania. You know, it’s not a mistake that they’re both sort of dysfunctional superhero families, and in Fantastic Four they can go into the Negative Zone, we went to the Quantum Realm. I really scratched that itch with these movies,” she finished.
It is very likely that Reed will continue to be linked to the Universe and be part of the team not only of The Fantastic Four but also of Avengers: Kang Dynasty. He could be the equivalent of what they were the russo brothers in the earlier phases.
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania hit theaters on February 15, 2023. The film was the first of Phase 5 of the UCM and also opened the year for the saga. Now we wait for the premieres of Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 3 y The Marvels.
