Quantumania’ director guarantees an epic: ‘I do not wish to be the palate cleanser anymore’ : leisure

Peyton Reed, director of Ant-Man and Ant-Man and the Wasp, is conscious that there are those that assume the adventures of Paul Rudd’s tiny superhero do not have the dramatic weight of another superhero tales. It’s an opinion he hopes to alter together with his trilogy-ending Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (out Feb. 17), which kicks off Section 5 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

“Individuals felt like, Oh, these are enjoyable little palate cleansers after a big Avengers film,” says Reed, 58. “For this third one, I mentioned, ‘I do not wish to be the palate cleanser anymore. I wish to be the massive Avengers film.'”