Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania is coming to cinemas on February 17, and the first reviews are looking really, really good.
We'll be introduced to a villain we haven't yet seen in the Marvel movies. MODOK – or 'Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing' – is one of the more unusual creatures of the franchise, and is sure to be a worthy accomplice to Jonathan Majors' Kang.
And it turns out that bringing the evil head to screen has been a dream for quite some time.
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Director Peyton Reed explained to Digital Spy and other media: "For me, it was a personal thrill. I was a kid who spent a lot of my childhood alone in a room reading Marvel comics.
"MODOK was always this insane character. And he's grotesque. He's a giant head that has been turned into a mechanised organism designed only for killing. That was intriguing.
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"So, we started talking about, is there a place in the MCU in the Ant-Man movies, for a live action version of MODOK? And what would that look like and how would we go about it?"
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Producer Stephen Broussard added: "I mean, it's a very odd character, to say the least. It's kind of loomed large in our imagination of how and if we could pull that off.
"You know, it always felt like a challenge, like, going back years, here at Marvel. And we hit on an idea. And we think we had an idea that we were excited about. And I don't wanna say too much here in this forum, but I think the time was right to bring MODOK to the big screen, finally."
Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumaniais out in cinemas on February 17, 2023. The previous two Ant-Man movies are available to watch on Disney+.
Movies Editor, Digital Spy Ian has more than 10 years of movies journalism experience as a writer and editor. Starting out as an intern at trade bible Screen International, he was promoted to report and analyse UK box-office results, as well as carving his own niche with horror movies, attending genre festivals around the world. After moving to Digital Spy, initially as a TV writer, he was nominated for New Digital Talent of the Year at the PPA Digital Awards. He became Movies Editor in 2019, in which role he has interviewed 100s of stars, including Chris Hemsworth, Florence Pugh, Keanu Reeves, Idris Elba and Olivia Colman, become a human encyclopedia for Marvel and appeared as an expert guest on BBC News and on-stage at MCM Comic-Con. Where he can, he continues to push his horror agenda – whether his editor likes it or not.
