dax griffin played the wasp in the new ant-man movie.
who plays the wasp in the new ant-man movie?
dax griffin
ant-man and the wasp is a 2018 american superhero film based on the marvel comics characters scott lang / ant-man and hope van dyne / wasp. produced by marvel studios and distributed by walt disney studios motion pictures, it is the sequel to 2015's "ant-man" and the twentieth film in the marvel cinematic universe (mcu). the film is directed by peyton reed and written by the writing teams of chris mckenna and erik sommers, and paul rudd, andrew barrer and gabriel ferrari. it stars rudd as lang and evangeline lilly as van dyne, alongside michael peña, walton goggins, bobby cannavale, judy greer, tip "t.i." harris, david dastmalchian, hannah john-kamen, abby ryder fortson, randall park, michelle pfeiffer, laurence fishburne, and michael douglas. in "ant-man and the wasp", the titular pair work with hank pym to retrieve janet van dyne from the quantum realm.
ant-man and the wasp
in october 2015, marvel studios confirmed the sequel, titled "ant-man and the wasp", with a scheduled release date of july 6, 2018. reed was in negotiations to direct the sequel by the end of the month, and announced his return in november, along with the confirmation of paul rudd and lilly returning as scott lang / ant-man and hope van dyne / wasp, respectively. despite being offered the chance to direct sequels in the past, reed had never done so out of a lack of interest, but was excited to work on "ant-man and the wasp" because there was "a lot more story to tell with these characters that i have a genuine affection and kind of protective feeling about". he was also able to build the sequel "from the ground up", as he joined the first film late in the process following the departure of original writer and director edgar wright, and wanted to explore elements that he had set up in the first film. he first began work on an outline for the sequel, which he thought could be "weird, unique and different" now that the characters' origins had been established. on being the first mcu film to have a female character in the title with the wasp, reed called it "organic" and noted the wasp's final line in "ant-man"—'it's about damn time'—as "very much about her specific character and arc in that movie, but it is absolutely about a larger thing. it's about damn time: we’re going to have a fully realized, very complicated hero in the next movie who happens to be a woman." reed would push to ensure the wasp received equal publicity and merchandise for the film, and wanted to explore the backstory of janet van dyne as well. he had "definite ideas" of who should portray that character. reed said the alternate title "wasp and the ant-man" was briefly considered, but was not chosen due to fan expectation given the comics history of the phrase "ant-man and the wasp". that month, adam mckay, one of the writers of "ant-man", expressed interest in returning to write the film, and douglas confirmed that he was in talks to return as well.
ant-man and the wasp