A new international trailer for
Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania featured archival footage from the biggest Marvel Studios to date,
Avengers: Endgame.
Paul Rudd"s pint-sized Avenger is back for this third solo adventure of the MCU in just a matter of weeks, in what has been described as
"a hard left turn" for the
Ant-Man franchise.
Ant-Man and
Ant-Man and the Wasp were fairly small (pun totally intended) comedies when compared to the Mutliversal fare of other Marvel Studios blockbusters.
Quantumania is promising to be the biggest film of the trilogy more akin to
"[a] big Avengers movie" rather than the
"palate cleansers" the other two films have been.
And with these Avengers-sized superlatives being thrown around, it seems befitting for
Ant-Man 3 to play up its connections to Earth"s Mightiest Heroes.
Ant-Man & Endgame Sitting in a TreeMarvel Studios posted a new promotional teaser sporting moments from
Avengers: Endgame as a part of
Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania"s Japanese marketing campaign.
Marvel StudiosShowing up on the Marvel Studios Japan Twitter page, this 15-second spot seems to be connecting the upcoming
Ant-Man threequel to
Endgame"s Time Heist.
Marvel StudiosThe shots from the Infinity Saga closer include Paul Rudd"s Scott Lang walking alongside the Avengers, Lang suiting up before traversing the MCU timeline, and the now iconic "fists-in" send-off before the team of heroes head on their quest to save everyone who was Blipped.
Marvel StudiosThe full promo can be seen below:
Explaining the Endgame-Quantumania ConnectionAs Marvel Studios heads toward its latest MCU blockbuster, it is interesting that it is drawing comparisons to arguably its most beloved (and most important) film in franchise history.
It has been mentioned that Phase 4 was a foundation-builder for the MCU, and now that Phase 5 is here, it is time to kick things back into high gear. So calling back to the last time the perceived stakes were this high makes sense.
Throw in that
Quantumania is being built up as the first steps toward the next
Endgame-esque event in the one-two punch of
Avengers: The Kang Dynasty and
Avengers: Secret Wars, and it starts to make sense why this footage is here.
But could it mean something more?
Seeing as Ant-Man and the Avengers utilized the Quantum Realm in
Endgame for their Time Heist, perhaps there is some deeper meaning here.
Did the events of
Endgame directly lead to
Ant-Man 3? Could the use of Quantum-based tech have set off Jonathan Majors" Kang the Conqueror unbeknownst to Earth"s Mightiest Heroes?
In the same way that
Captain America: Civil War felt like a direct follow-up to
Avengers: Age of Ultron, it is starting to feel like
Quantumania is being built up to be exactly that for
Endgame.
Whether this is just a clever marketing tactic, showing fans moments from one of their favorite film ever, or if it holds some sort of deeper meaning remains unclear. Either way, fans seem to be in for something special with the
Ant-Man threequel.
Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania comes to theaters on Friday, February 17.
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