With Black Panther 2 struck off from the fandom’s watchlist, Ant-Man 3 is the next anticipated MCU title and its sheer hype is largely centered around Marvel Studios introducing two of its finest villain from the Marvel lore – Kang the Conqueror (Jonathan Majors) and MODOK. The latter in particular has remained in the backseat, making little to no appearances in the promo posters and trailer so far but a new Funko Pop merchandise has offered the best look at the ingenious villain.
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania might be bigger in scale than the past two titles from the franchise. For starters, the movie is expected to play a pivotal role in MCU’s building blocks for setting the staging for Phase 5’s multiverse chaos. Furthermore, it also expands Cassie Lang’s (Kathryn Newton) arc, potentially teasing her arrival as a Young Avenger too. Even so, the plot is under wraps and it’s unclear what makes Kang’s search for his Time chair a big threat to the larger universe. Nonetheless, it could be a major factor that potentially puts the third installment among the blockbuster club.
The early buzz for Ant-Man 3 remains in its favor as a new report from an insider has nothing but praises for the threequel’s script. The screenplay penned by Jeff Loveness is being boasted as “maybe Marvel’s best script.” It should be known that the same journalist, Charles Murphy of Murphy’s Multiverse also noted (via: The Direct) in October that Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania is a “MAJOR event picture”.
And speaking of the Ant-Man 3 merchandise, the Pop figure shows MODOK’s giant humanoid body, seated on his iconic Doomsday Chair. Whereas an alternate look of Kang shows him donning his purple armor. Readers can check it out below.
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Heard only amazing things. Was told by someone I trust completely that Loveness put together maybe Marvel's best script. https://t.co/aiQFB7UAkj— Charles Murphy (@_CharlesMurphy) November 18, 2022
One of the first things I heard about AM3 was that it was going to be a MAJOR event picture, unlike the first two, as I reported multiple times on Twitter and in this article from July 2020:https://t.co/RqIwnmj3vf pic.twitter.com/nNekU0qCsb
— Charles Murphy (@_CharlesMurphy) October 24, 2022
MODOK is expected to aid Kang in his mission to acquire the Time chair. So it is likely the Mental Organism Designed Only For Killing would face off against Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) or rather be one of the big bad keeping an eye on his heist to find the Conqueror’s multiverse weapon. All in all, the hype surrounding Ant-Man 3 is justified since it also plays into the TVA storyline introduced in Disney Plus’ Loki.
Ant-Man 3 is scheduled to release on February 17, 2023.
