Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania trailer breakdown: MODOK & MCU deaths

A new trailer for Quantumania: Ant-Man and The WaspMarvel fans get a surprise! BigThis is a small glimpse at the next Marvel Cinematic Universe movie, which will arrive in less than a month. It’s not an Ant-Man trailer like any we’ve seen before, being short on jokes and long on angst, but let’s dig into those details before Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lilly return for the third and presumably final Ant-Man movie in February. Grab your magnifying glasses.

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After spending five Blipped years away, a pivotal chunk of his teenage daughter’s life, it’s no surprise that Scott Lang is willing to trust someone as obviously evil as Kang to get more time. But considering he’s bringing his whole family to the Quantum Realm, it’s also possible that something happens in the movie that could cause Scott to be willing to turn back time no matter what the cost.

Quantum Realm, a distance from home

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In every Ant-Man film, the Quantum Realm grows bigger. It goes from being a scary purgatory to an inhabitable world in the first movie and then to a fully-fledged universe with high-tech cities in its third. Kang, the Conqueror is the one who appears to have control over this universe.

MODOK

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D23 audience members saw MODOK in September. This is the first appearance for the rest. You can read the entire article here. Quantumania, he appears to be played by Corey Stoll, who portrayed the villainous Yellowjacket in 2015’s Ant-Man, where he was ultimately dispatched by being forced to shrink uncontrollably — and presumably into the Quantum Realm.

MODOK first appeared in 1967’s Tales of SuspenseStan Lee, Jack Kirby and #94 were the creators of this number. He was taken over by the Mental Organism Designed only for Killing, a mad scientist organisation that had created him. Despite his genuinely awful visual deal, he’s one of Marvel Comics’ foremost joke villains, as explored in Hulu’s recent MODOK animated series.

Kang goes full Kirby

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Speaking of villains designed for comics, not movies, the trailer gives us a better look at how the MCU will make Jonathan Majors’ Kang into the next Avengers-level threat — while paying homage to the character’s original alien visage. Kang has seams all over his face. Don’t worry about it, it looks cool.

Will Scott be buried at the end of his life?

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This trailer goes heavy on the foreshadowing, almost aggressively teasing Scott’s death at the end of this movie. Now, it’s possible that this is an attempt at clever misdirection on the part of Marvel, teeing up Scott to die only to reverse it or pull a reverse in the end for a more shocking demise. On the other hand, it makes a lot of sense that this could be Scott’s last movie. Cassie’s an adult now, and a better fit age-wise for the up-and-coming MCU class, and with a trilogy concluded and an only barely tenuous place in the Avengers, Scott doesn’t exactly feel like a critical piece to Phase 5 and 6 of the MCU. In addition, his passing would create some huge stakes that will help us to the next Avengers films where we’ll have to confront Kang.