Ant-Man and the Wasp - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[discussimdb]

Fan of Ant-Man and the Wasp or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to Ant-Man and the Wasp

[ronnie]

The Wasp becomes the second superhero title in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to be passed from parent to child. The first was Black Panther.

[maureen]

This was Michelle Pfeiffer's second comic book movie; the other was Batman Returns (1992) in which she played Catwoman. Her Batman co-star, Michael Keaton, played Adrian Toomes/Vulture in Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), which was also part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Michael Keaton's real name is Michael Douglas

[marc]

This is basically a follow-up to both Ant-Man and Captain America: Civil War. When Reed first saw the latter his first thought was, "Ugh Hank Pym (Douglas) is gonna be pissed off and Hope Van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly) is gonna feel betrayed!" This gave him an "in" for the starting dynamic between Scott Lang (Paul Rudd).

[bernard]

The flashback exterior shot of the Pym house that opens the film, was originally filmed for the first movie.

[manuel]

Michelle Pfeiffer agreed to appear in the movie because she is a fan of the first Ant-Man.

[ray]

In the comics, the Ghost and Sonny Burch were primarily enemies of Iron Man.

[ronnie]

The mid-credits scene takes place at the same time as Avengers: Infinity War (2018), showing the implications of Thanos' actions. The majority of the film prior to that, however, takes place several days earlier (possibly weeks): it stands to reason that the final montage, showing Hank and Janet as well as Scott and Hope rekindling their relationships, takes place over at least a few days (not to mention Hank and Janet needing some time to build a miniature quantum tunnel).

[amber]

Filmed with Arri Alexa 65 cameras, with some sequences being shot with a Frazier lens.

[ella]

The character Kurt refers to the witch "Baba Yaga" of Russian folklore. This same reference is made in John Wick (2014), the second installment of which also features actor Laurence Fishburne.

[aaron]

First movie collaboration for Michelle Pfeiffer and Michael Douglas, who, despite both having careers that span more than three decades, have never worked directly together. The same is true for either Douglas or Pfeiffer and Laurence Fishburne.

[eli]

They used Elmore Leonard novels, as an inspiration in the sense that while a main antagonist exists they would also have various smaller-level antagonists and threats too.

[claude]

Walton Goggins and Michael Peña previously acted together in the TV show The Shield as detective partners.

[sandra]

In the comics, the Ghost has never fought Ant-Man.

[charlie]

In this film, Laurence Fishburne plays Dr. William Foster, in Replicas (2019) his co-star from The Matrix and John Wick franchises, Keanu Reeves, plays a character named Dr. William Foster as well.

[elmer]

Scott grows 166 ft., near the end when he's in front of the ferry in the water, surpassing Bill Fosters record of 25 ft. Prior to meeting Foster, Scott had already grown over 60 feet by that point (Civil War)

[claude]

In the film, the father of Ghost is revealed to be Elihas Starr. In the comics, Starr is the villain known as Egghead, an evil scientific genius and archenemy of Ant-Man (Hank Pym.)

[ronnie]

In one scene in the movie, Hank Pym wears a San Francisco Giants baseball cap. Michael Douglas once starred in the cop drama The Streets of San Francisco (1972).

[frederick]

Scott grumbles that just wearing a hat and sunglasses does not conceal your identity. This has been a running joke among fans, since several MCU characters have used this technique including: Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, Black Widow, Winter Soldier, Scarlet Witch, Nick Fury and Falcon. It's also a common joke among DC fans, in regards to Clark Kent's (Superman's) rather flimsy disguise of nothing but glasses.

[mathew]

Ant-Man and the Wasp is the first MCU film since Thor: The Dark World to not receive its own wave of Marvel Legends figures from Hasbro, likely due to lackluster sales of merchandise from the first movie. While Scott and Hope were instead included in the second Avengers: Infinity War wave, Ghost didn't get a figure, which is especially noticeable since her cool design would translate to a toy rather easily.