Phase Five of the Marvel Cinematic Universe started off in quite a polarizing fashion with Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania generating mixed reactions from both fans and critics. While Marvel Studios' post-Multiverse Saga slate has yet to be developed, there's an ongoing discourse within the MCU fandom about whether or not Ant-Man 4 should happen.
Despite Quantumania's divisiveness, Peyton Reed is surprisingly open to returning to the director's chair and overseeing the potential project. Speaking with Yahoo! Entertainment UK, the director shared he wants a more balanced story should a fourth Ant-Man film actually get greenlit. Reed says he'd love to do more Quantum Realm exploration while retaining the street-level quality the first two films were heavy on.
He explains: "I think you'd have to [go smaller]," Reed revealed. "I think one of the things [you'd want] is ping-ponging back and forth [to and from the Quantum Realm]. It was really fun to create the Quantum Realm and all these sorts of characters. I think there's more story to tell down there as well. But I also think that you can't lose sight of those family dynamics and the idea of this 'street-level' quality of Ant-Man, of the Wasp, in the first couple of movies. But the family dynamics, no matter where they are, that's the key thing."
Reed added: "And particularly, I think that Scott-Cassie relationship. I like the idea of certainly Cassie becoming a big part of the MCU ongoing. I think there's a lot more story to tell with these characters. This one [Quantumania], I was treating it like a trilogy; as if this were the last one. You can never presume you're gonna get to make another one. But I think there's a lot of story to be told with these characters. So we'll see."
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Ant-Man 3 has been performing poorly both critically and financially so it remains to be seen whether or not Marvel Studios will actually allow a fourth film to happen.
Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania is screening in cinemas.
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