Even director Peyton Reed has admitted the previous Ant-Man movies were deemed as palate cleansers before the inevitable Phase-ending spectaculars that would unite the Avengers to derail a common threat to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but Quantumania will see Scott Lang step up to the big time.
The final trailer teased a multiversal showdown for the ages, and it certainly looked as though the franchise’s smallest hero is way out of his depth against the near-omnipotent threat of Jonathan Majors’ Kang the Conqueror. As the first chapter in Phase Five, Quantumania needs to shift several huge pieces across the board, with producer Stephen Broussard comparing it to a pair of the comic book saga’s finest-ever entries in the official press release.