Heading into Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania, it feels a lot like Marvel Studios is hoping we'll believe the end is nigh for Scott Lang. After all, he's facing his greatest challenge yet in Kang the Conqueror, and the pint-sized adventurer looks set to be seriously outgunned when they square off in the Quantum Realm.
Trailers featured at events like Comic-Con and D23 have shown Scott looking beaten and bloodied, increasing speculation that he might not emerge from this fight in one piece.
Recently, The Hollywood Reporter shared a list of the 100 Most Powerful Women in the Film Industry. Among them is lawyer Deborah Klein, who counts Samuel L. Jackson and Rudd among her clients. The trade notes that in the latter's case, there's "more Ant-Man and Avengers" on the horizon for him.
This all but confirms Scott will return in Avengers: The Kang Dynasty and Avengers: Secret Wars, no great surprise when he'll be one of the only heroes who has a history with the time-travelling villain when he looks to conquer Earth-616.
Of course, the hero won't be alone because The Wasp and Cassie Lang will join him on this trip into the Quantum Realm. Hank Pym and Janet Van Dyne will also be key to this story, though with Kang looking to break free of that mysterious universe, we have a feeling not everyone will make it out alive!
In Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania, Super-Hero partners Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) and Hope Van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly) return to continue their adventures as Ant-Man and the Wasp.
Together, with Hope’s parents Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) and Janet Van Dyne (Michelle Pfeiffer), the family finds themselves exploring the Quantum Realm, interacting with strange new creatures and embarking on an adventure that will push them beyond the limits of what they thought was possible. Jonathan Majors joins the adventure as Kang.
Director Peyton Reed returns to direct the film; Kevin Feige and Stephen Broussard produce, and Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania is set to be released in theaters on February 17, 2023.