What does ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’ mean for the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe?

By ELLA YORK

Staff Writer

“Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” kicked off its phase five of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, introducing the big bad for Marvel’s next phases of films and giving yet another small taste of the multiverse to come. What does the third “Ant-Man” installment say about the future of Marvel’s multiverse saga?

The “Ant-Man” movies have always been relatively lowstakes chapters of the Marvel storybook, relying on mostly charm and humor rather than original or complex plot to entertain the audience. However, given that “AntMan and the Wasp” served as an important piece of the puzzle when it came to setting up the time travel aspect that was crucial to the plot of “Avengers: Endgame,” the significance of these movies in the overarching story is not to be ignored.

So far, the only Marvel projects exploring the multiverse thus far have been “Loki,” “What If…?,”

“Spider-Man: No Way Home,”

“Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” and