Ant-Man director Peyton Reed is currently developing the sequel to last year’s superhero origin story, with Evangeline Lilly’s Hope Van Dyne set to share top billing with Paul Rudd’s Scott Lang in Ant-Man and the Wasp. During an interview with Moviefone, Reed has shared his thoughts on seeing Giant-Man making his debut in Captain America: Civil War, as well as sharing his excitement about what’s in store in his sequel.
“When I first found out — gosh, I don’t know, two years ago, a year-and-a-half ago — that Civil War was going to get the Giant-Man premiere, I was like ‘No!'” said Reed. “But, now, I’ve since recovered, and we have a lot more in store for Scott Lang in this movie. We get to see the Wasp debut — we’re all about the Wasp and Ant-Man.”
“I’m just personally excited to get to introduce yet another character into the Marvel Universe,” he continued. “After Ant-Man, now we get to see Wasp, so really designing her look, the way she moves, the power set, and figuring out, sort of, who Hope van Dyne is as a hero — because we know her in a certain context in the first movie, but now she’s going to have her coming out party — that’s exciting!”
Reed also went on to give a brief update on the status of Ant-Man and the Wasp, adding that: “We’re in the writing phase right now and we start official prep this month. So it’s sort of long-lead prep, but we’re starting to get into all of the visual development stuff, and it’s really exciting… [Paul Rudd] is Ant-Man on screen, but he also was one of the screenwriters on the first movie, and, for me as a director, that’s great because he’s so invested in the character, and so he’s a part of the writing process on this movie, as well. And it’s great because when you make a movie with someone, it’s a very close relationship. So we’re going into this movie already having forged that bond, and we’re playing with a lot of ideas, and we’re coming up with some crazy stuff!”
Ant-Man and the Wasp is set for release on July 6th 2018.
Originally published November 5, 2016. Updated April 16, 2018.
