Evangeline Lily's The Wasp is Not Just A Supporting Character in 'Ant-Man and The Wasp'

Ant-Man was a surprisingly enjoyable Marvel film that blew our expectations away, and it even won best comic to film motion picture at the 42nd Saturn Awards, and Paul Rudd's Marvel superhero also entertained us in Captain America: Civil War.

Sean Gerber of Modernmythmedia had a chance to talk to director Peyton Reed, and he asked him about The Ant-Man and The Wasp, which doesn't come out until 2018. Reed clarified that while Ant-Man is back, the film will be as much about Evangeline Lily's Hope Van Dyne, a.k.a. The Wasp as well.

"It's something we're excited about. For me as a comic nerd, I always thought of Ant-Man and Wasp as a team and that's a lot of what the second movie is really about is how they work together, what their personal and professional relationships are like. To show her finally fully formed in this movie is really exciting. We really get to introduce this character into that universe. I mean we've introduced the character, but we haven't seen her with her full power set and everything, so to me she's not a supporting character in this movie. It's every bit as much her movie as it is Scott Lang's."

Reed also talked about how connecting the Ant-Man's plot from Civil War could be tricky, but said that they already have plans to approach it in the sequel.

"Well he's a fugitive in most of the first Ant-Man movie. He's just a bigger fugitive now. I think that's one of the fun things and challenges about the Marvel movies for us, for the directors and for the writers, is you do have to sort of consider what happened in the previous movies in terms of your jumping-off point for those characters. It's something we talked a lot about early on and we definitely have stuff figured out, so there will be some big leaps forward."

The first Ant-Man was super fun (you can read our review here), and I'm sure the sequel with The Wasp would be just as fun or more. This will be the first Marvel Cinematic Universe film with a female's name on the title, right before Captain Marvel, which comes out in theaters in 2019.

Congratulations to Peyton Reed, Marvel Studios, and Ant-Man for winning their Saturn Award!

Ant-Man and The Wasp will hit theaters on July 6, 2018.