Ant-Man Quantumania

Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania has two credits scenes, and one of them sets the tone for the next phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The other brings us ...

You can’t get in unless you shrink to the tiniest size, and you can’t get out unless you have the tech to navigate it. They don’t like that someone who can kill a Kang is out there in the multiverse with the power to ruin their plans. Given how powerful Kang the Conqueror of the quantum realm was, the scene sets up the Kang variants as the big villains of the MCU. It opens in what appears to be the 1910s or 1920s on a man named Victor Timely. While the Kangs are indeed happy that the Kang they considered a major threat is now dead, they’re worried about the power that Ant-Man possesses. Right before the scene ends, Loki tells Mobius that Timely is the most fearsome and powerful man he’s ever encountered. And the credits scenes do just that, possibly setting up the MCU for years to come (thanks in large part to Majors, who will most definitely be back in a big, bad way). One would think the Kangs would be pleased by this news since they’re the ones who sent him away. Our heroes escaped the quantum realm and reunited with Hope’s dad and original Ant-Man Hank Pym (Michael Douglas), Hope’s mom and the original Wasp Janet Van Dyne (Michelle Pfeiffer), and Scott’s daughter Cassie Lang (Kathryn Newton). The other brings us back to a beloved Marvel antihero. Together they defeated Kang the Conqueror (Jonathan Majors), a powerful villain who sees all parallel universes as threats and has the power to eliminate them. The Wasp (Evangeline Lilly) saved the day.

MODOK began his Marvel Comics life as a formidable foe of the Avengers, but his modern history is full comedy. The character debuts in the MCU in Ant-Man ...

And then there’s the joke of the MODOK variant. His original incarnation is all about playing up his grotesque look as being the consequence of his enhanced intelligence (he’s all brain and no brawn — you get it). It’s just hard getting around the fact that his design looks pretty silly in the art style of today’s comics. And, as MODOK himself bellowed at Captain America in his first appearance, the scientists did their work “too well.” MODOK subsequently took over AIM, and reigned the organization supreme for many years. It seems possible, even likely, that Stoll is still playing Darren Cross in Quantumania, and whatever’s happened to him in the Quantum Realm since last we saw him, it’s turned him into the MCU’s version of MODOK. But now, thanks to Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018), we know that if you shrink down far enough you make it to the Quantum Realm, a strange world hidden within the subatomic structures of the universe.

It's the beginning of a dynasty for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Here's what to know about the future of the MCU through the mid-credits of 'Quantumania.'

In the comics, the Council of Kangs are led by Prime Kang, but the MCU is tweaking things so that the Council of Kangs are ruled by some of Kang’s other known personas from the comics. The Council of Kangs also keep the multiverse in check to their benefit, erasing whole timelines and universes when it’s convenient to them. [Council of Ricks](https://rickandmorty.fandom.com/wiki/Council_of_Ricks)) and the DC TV series The Flash ( [Council of Wells](https://arrow.fandom.com/wiki/Council_of_Wells)), the Council of Kangs builds on the idea that the multiverse is vast and infinite, and that a supreme intellectual being like Kang exists in almost all of them. Behold, this is the Council of Kangs. Three strange beings who look just like Kang but aren’t Kang — at least, not the one who appears in the majority of Quantumania — discuss their ire that their grip on the multiverse is now close to being discovered. [Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania](https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/ant-man-the-wasp-quantumania-review) is now here, kicking off the beginning of Phase Five of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

There, it was revealed that during Janet's (Michelle Pfeiffer) decades in the Quantum Realm, she befriended Kang (Jonathan Majors) and helped try to repair his ...

Meaning that in that Quantumania post-credits scene, Loki is clearly on some sort of time-hopping mission to get Mobius reacquainted with him and to find variants of He Who Remains. [Loki](http://tvline.com/tag/loki), which of course is where Majors played his first Kang variant, He Who Remains. In the end, though Scott had been strong-armed into restoring the power core to its actual size, he and his family, along with the rebellious locals and a large army of bleeding-edge ants, defeated Kang’s empire. And where a massive statue of Kang now overlooks the atrium. But once the power core had been restored and Janet laid hands on the engine that is controlled by Kang’s mind, she saw his memories and realized that he was a ruthless conqueror of worlds. [Janet acted fast and used Pym Particle Discs to super-duper-size the power core, making it useless and thus keeping Kang from visiting/vanquishing more worlds.

Kang the Conqueror is coming, are the MCU heroes ready to face the time-traveling menace? Kathryn Newton, Paul Rudd, Jonathan Majors, Evangeline Lily, and ...

David Dastmalchian, who has appeared in Ant-Man and Ant-Man and the Wasp movies as Kurt Goreshter, the cybercriminal friend of Scott Lang, Luis, and Dave, will return but in a completely unrecognizable avatar in Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania. He has also appeared in films and shows such as Midsommar, Love Life Season 2, The Resort, and The Underground Railroad. In the comics, Jentorra is the niece of Queen Jarella, leader of the planet K'ai. However, he will be returning as another supervillain in Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania, as the hyper-intelligent menace M.O.D.O.K. Krylar is a relatively minor character from the comics and his only appearance was in an issue of The Incredible Hulk from back in 1972. [played He Who Remains in the Loki TV series](https://collider.com/kang-he-who-remains-loki-season-1-finale/), and he teased the cunning time-traveling villain. His daughter Cassie is the latest to join the crew, showing a similar interest in electronics and the Quantum realm as her father. However, in Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania, it seems his family is once again in danger, along with him, after they get trapped in the Quantum realm after the accident at his lab. Hope and Scott are still very much in love, as she takes part in every sphere of his life, from sharing the limelight with him on the red carpet to co-parenting his daughter, Cassie. He is also known for his work with filmmaker Judd Apatow, having appeared in several of his films including The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, and This Is 40. Scott Lang aka the Ant-Man has always been one of the most underrated and underappreciated heroes in the MCU. This is director Peyton Reed’s third film in the Ant-Man film series, becoming only the second MCU director to complete a trilogy after Jon Watts' work on the Spider-Man movies, and he'll soon be followed by James Gunn with his work on the Guardians of the Galaxy films.

BOB MONDELLO, BYLINE: Scott Lang, otherwise known as Ant-Man, is bopping down a San Francisco street as the movie gets started, musing on his great good fortune ...

That feels like the wrong balance for the successor to a couple of Ant-Man flicks that were light and human Marvel palate cleansers. MAJORS: (As Kang the Conqueror) They all blur together after a while. He'll soon be a troubled boxer in "Creed III." Thanos only wanted to destroy half the universe. Kang appears interested in exactly doubling that carnage. Turns out Mom forgot to mention to Lang and family that she'd been interacting with a whole populated world in the Quantum Realm, multiple civilizations lorded over by a guy who tends to blast first and ask questions later. You're sending a signal down to the Quantum Realm. This time, though, Lang and his family are kicking off a whole new storyline set in a place they spent the last film getting Mom back from. Wait a minute. MONDELLO: This is pleasantly self-deprecating, but also gets at something that's been bothering the insect-oriented contingent of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Critic Bob Mondello says, more interestingly, it's the start of a new villain. How are you an Avenger?

In the first movie, after Cross steals back the Yellowjacket suit, he and Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) get into an epic battle that lands them in the bedroom of six- ...

But now that M.O.D.O.K’s fate seemed certain—he appears to have died in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania—it remains to be seen whether the character will be seen again in the MCU. The character was introduced to the Marvel Universe in a 1967 issue of Tales of Suspense, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Before Cross was stuck in the Quantum Realm, he was the antagonist of the first Ant-Man film. Spoiler alert: he does not take over the world and is eventually taken down by Red Hulk and Red She-Hulk. [second movie](https://time.com/5261529/ant-man-and-the-wasp-trailer-marvel/), even though Hank ( [Michael Douglas](https://time.com/4976137/michael-douglas-ican-nobel-peace-prize/)) manages to go into the Quantum Realm to retrieve Janet (Michelle Pfeiffer), who had been stuck there for 30 years. Once Janet learns they’re sending a signal, she demands they turn it off, but they get sucked in, with Hope ( [Evangeline Lilly](https://time.com/5327169/ant-man-and-the-wasp-review/)), Janet, and Hank getting thrust into one part of the realm and Cassie (Kathryn Newton) and Scott getting spit out into another. breaks Kang’s force field and the ants that Hank unionized are able to stampede Kang and take him away. He also made a shrinking suit called the Yellowjacket, which ultimately became his demise and was the reason he got stuck in the Quantum Realm. Here’s everything you need to know about the character and his comic book origins. This leads Scott and Cross to the Quantum Realm, but only Scott manages to get out. If you watched the first [Ant-Man](https://time.com/5324132/ant-man-and-the-wasp-avengers-infinity-war/) movie, you might recognize the actor who plays M.O.D.O.K.—Corey Stoll—who originally played Darren Cross. [Marvel’s latest release](https://time.com/6171012/marvel-movies-shows-upcoming/), Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, will amuse but might also confuse viewers who lack deep knowledge of the comics.

BOB MONDELLO, BYLINE: Scott Lang, otherwise known as Ant-Man, is bopping down a San Francisco street as the movie gets started, musing on his great good fortune ...

That feels like the wrong balance for the successor to a couple of Ant-Man flicks that were light and human Marvel palate cleansers. MAJORS: (As Kang the Conqueror) They all blur together after a while. He'll soon be a troubled boxer in "Creed III." Thanos only wanted to destroy half the universe. Kang appears interested in exactly doubling that carnage. Turns out Mom forgot to mention to Lang and family that she'd been interacting with a whole populated world in the Quantum Realm, multiple civilizations lorded over by a guy who tends to blast first and ask questions later. You're sending a signal down to the Quantum Realm. This time, though, Lang and his family are kicking off a whole new storyline set in a place they spent the last film getting Mom back from. Wait a minute. MONDELLO: This is pleasantly self-deprecating, but also gets at something that's been bothering the insect-oriented contingent of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Critic Bob Mondello says, more interestingly, it's the start of a new villain. How are you an Avenger?

How does Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania end? We break down that exciting and large-scale finale of the MCU's latest movie.

Just as the Conqueror is about to escape, Hope emerges from the portal and knocks him back. However, he and his forces get overwhelmed by Hank’s ants, who arrive in the nick of time. Elsewhere, Cassie, using a suit similar to her dad’s, fights against MODOK, previously revealed to be Darren Cross, Pym’s former protégé and the villain from the first Ant-Man movie. The trio gets rescued by the ants Hank sent to the Quantum Realm, where they evolved and became hyperintelligent, forming a society and offering to help their former master. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania features the return of everyone’s favorite small-sized hero. Soon, it becomes clear that Janet’s actions trapped Kang in the Quantum Realm by using her Pym Particles to enlarge his ship’s Multiversal Power Core, rendering it useless; thus, Kang needs more Pym Particles to restore it to its normal size and escape at last.

Once again, Jonathan Majors makes a surprise appearance at the end. Here's how 'Quantumania' sets things up for 'Loki' Season 2.

Remember: The series ended with a reset of the timeline, resulting in Mobius (and maybe the entire MCU) forgetting Loki existed. Either scenario is not good for the MCU, as Kang is here to stay no matter what. Just as he did in Egypt to become Pharoah Rama-Tut, Kang uses his Victor Timely disguise to build Timely Industries and amass power and influence over a more primitive society. Actor Jonathan Majors returns to play a new version of [“He Who Remains,”](https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/loki-kang-the-conqueror-he-who-remains-mcu-scene-stealers-2021) a role that Majors first played in his surprise appearance in the finale of Loki. Victor Timely is yet another one of Kang’s many egos from the comics. But what show is getting the Marvel movie bump?

Loki introduced Jonathan Majors to the MCU, and now Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania has brought Kang into the mix. Here's how they connect.

And if we’re also right that Loki season one ended with Kang the Conqueror in charge, that means Victor Timely is the Exile who survived Quantumania. But what might be most important is who Loki thinks this Quantumania credits character is: the new head of the TVA. But if the Exile is alive, and if he currently controls the TVA, when did that scene with the Council take place? But thanks to Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, we know why He Who Remains worried about branching. (Note: The only person besides Loki and Sylvie who seemingly will remember about He Who Remains is Ravonna Renslayer. (Which seems to be the same dimension He Who Remains ruled from). The TVA existed outside of time and space, as did the Void of Alioth and the Citadel of He Who Remains. Loki knew to fear more than just one Variant of He Who Remains, though. The Multiversal War created Alioth, a storm-like creature that could “consume time and space.” With his Variants bested, He Who Remains created the Sacred Timeline. Loki recognized the necessary evil of the TVA. But he eventually grew tired and sought a replacement to maintain the Sacred Timeline. [Loki‘s season one finale marked the surprise debut of Jonathan Majors](https://nerdist.com/article/loki-season-1-finale-ending-explained/) in the MCU.

Breaking down the many variants of Kang the Conquerer we meet in the two Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania end-credits scenes.

In a comics storyline, Kang the Conquerer travels to the early 20th century, takes on the name Victor Timely, and founds the city of Timely, Wisconsin. In a mid-credits scene, three different variants of Kang (all played by Majors) meet and discuss the threat of Kang the Conquerer. Presumably, Loki and Mobius are now on the hunt for Kang in order to reverse the effects of what Sylvie did or at least stop him from conquering the entire multiverse. He Who Remains warns that if Loki and Slyvie kill him they will simply unleash many other scarier variants of him, like Kang the Conquerer. destroy) branching timelines that aren’t part of the one “true” timeline and kill variants of characters we’ve met in the MCU. We learn in Quantumania that Kang’s other variants feared him and banished him to the Quantum Realm (essentially the realm where subatomic beings live). He Who Remains managed to defeat the other variants and created the one true timeline to maintain order and prevent future battles among the timelines. [Avengers: Endgame](https://time.com/5576656/avengers-endgame-time-travel/), the MCU introduced the concept of [the multiverse](https://time.com/6174219/doctor-strange-2-mcu-future/)—that there are parallel timelines in which different versions or “variants” of each character can live. The concept has been central to shows like Loki in which Loki (Tom Hiddleston) creates a branching timeline by diverging from his destiny and [Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness](https://time.com/6174104/doctor-strange-2-end-credits/), which features a character named America Chavez (Xochitl Gomez) who can travel across the multiverse. We meet another multiversal traveler in Quantumania: Kang the Conquerer (Majors). We get hints of how Kang—or a different version of Kang from a parallel timeline—might return in Quantumania’s mid-credits and post-credits scenes. Here’s a full breakdown of both Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania end-credits scenes.

Tom Hiddleston and Owen Wilson reprise their "Loki" roles in an end-credits scene that sees them hunting Kang the Conqueror.

The Kang variant that Loki and Sylvie meet is He Who Remains, the founder of the Time Variance Authority (TVA) and keeper of the Sacred Timeline. Loki and Sylvie (Sophia Di Martino) encountered one such variant in the After time traveling (and conquering) throughout the multiverse, Kang settles in Wisconsin in 1901, where he founds the town of Timely. [Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania](https://mashable.com/article/ant-man-and-the-wasp-quantumania-marvel-review) gives us, it's Kang the Conqueror (Jonathan Majors) — lots and lots of Kang the Conqueror. Quantumania is a veritable Kang fest, from his villainous turn in the main film to the [mid-credits scene, featuring countless Kangs](https://mashable.com/article/ant-man-and-the-wasp-quantumania-mid-credits-explained). Mobius doesn't seem to think that Timely is too dangerous, but Loki is convinced that the man on stage poses a massive threat to the world as we know it.

Hope, Hank, and Janet land in a forest-like part of the Quantum Realm while Cassie and Scott are separated from them, only to discover a group of ...

Having experienced a change of heart, MODOK attacks Kang to take out his shield, killing him in the process. Before Kang can take the upper hand, Hope comes back and helps take the Conqueror out. With the first four having gone through the portal, Kang reemerges and attacks Scott before he can go home. Hope, Hank, and Janet land in a forest-like part of the Quantum Realm while Cassie and Scott are separated from them, only to discover a group of revolutionaries. Under the threat of hurting his daughter, Scott agrees to use his Pym particles to take the core. At first, she thought of her as a scientist stranded in the Quantum Realm with the means to escape it. The pair disable Kang’s broadcast throughout the Quantum Realm and urge its citizens to rise up against the Conqueror. In another part of the Quantum Realm, Kang takes Scott and Cassie to his base of operations. The Quantum Realm aristocrat hints at having a relationship with the former Wasp, a detail that cringes Hank and Hope out. Quantumania, the first film of Marvel’s Phase 5 starts with a flashback of Janet Van Dyne fending off several monsters, only to meet Kang. We take a look at this Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania ending explained guide to learn what went down in this Marvel film. He and Hope take her home to Hank and Janet’s place where the whole family share a meal.

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Here's everything you need to know about the newest Marvel big bads... Can anyone really beat Kang The Conqueror? As with all Marvel Cinematic Universe movies and TV shows, Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania comes with a significant amount of homework. Here's everything you need to know about Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania, and how it will change the MCU forever... Or just keen to know when it will hit Disney+? [Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania](http://screenrant.com/tag/ant-man-3), reuniting him with Evangeline Lily's Wasp, Michael Douglas' Hank Pym, and Michelle Pfeiffer's Janet Van Dyne for a new adventure in Marvel's tiniest realm.

The film sees Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) get transported into the quantum realm alongside his daughter Cassie (Kathryn Newton), Hope Van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly) and ...

put out their major releases to streaming services Paramount+ and [HBO](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/hbo) Max, respectively, after that time. "Not so much from the outside, I feel a self-imposed pressure, as you do on any project you're working on. Black Widow was available on Disney+ at the exact same time it came to theaters, while Shang-Chi and Eternals took 71 days and 69 days, respectively. Meanwhile, Marvel's most recent, and hugely successful, release Black Panther: Wakanda Forever came out in theaters on November 11 and then on Disney+ on February 1—83 days in total. "There's always pressure, every movie has its pressure, right?" Hank Pym (Michael Douglas), after Cassie sent a signal down into the region.

In Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania, Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lilly return as Marvel's tiniest titans. With their extended family in tow, they get shrunk ...

Uh oh. That was my first thought when I saw the review scores rolling in for Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania, the third Ant-Man movie, but a seemingly ...

I do wonder if a few more reviews may sink Quantumania below Eternals, though I will say in the middle to bottom ranking order of MCU movies by critic scores, I think they got a long wrong. That’s obviously something DC can’t say, as the DCEU boasts a number of films under that mark, and early on often split between high audience scores for Snyder-era films and low critic scores. Taking place almost entirely in the Quantum Zone, the film is in turn almost completely CGI, and even in the trailers it looked like that could be a problem. Second, since the movie is actually out now, user scores are in and they are not just higher than critics, which you might expect, but much higher, currently at an 84%. That’s a dismal score for an MCU feature, and marks only the second time that an MCU movie has had a “rotten” (below 60%) score on the site, the first time being Eternals in 2021. The thrill isn't just gone, it's been buried beneath a swarm of plot contrivances and truly hideous CGI.” [Whynow](https://whynow.co.uk/read/ant-man-and-the-wasp-quantumania-review): “Visually, the film is messy and flat; the CGI is shockingly poor and the action looks muddled. It says something that out of 30+ MCU features in a decade and a half, that there are literally only two with sub 60% scores. Of course, many MCU fans may wait and see what audience scores are like. But I would be surprised if this was a huge disparity as this always seemed like a pretty risky film. What’s wrong with the movie? We know there’s currently a visual effects shortage in Hollywood, in part because of the demands of places like Marvel, and perhaps this was too much work given not enough time and the end result is just…not very good. They were never really considered top-tier Marvel movies but this is a huge drop.