Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania kicks off Phase 5 of the MCU, putting the movie in a hugely important place in the Multiverse Saga. Paul Rudd's Scott Lang has certainly come a long way since he was 2015's Ant-Man. Before he became an Avenger, Scott Lang was a master thief who ended up taking part in the experiments of Dr. Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) involving a super-suit that allows him to shrink in scale but increase in strength. Ant-Man got a sequel in 2018, and in Avengers: Endgame, it was Scott Lang who spurred the defeated Avengers back into action against Thanos using Dr. Pym's quantum technology, becoming a crucial player in the MCU timeline.
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