James Gunn has revealed that the Marvel Cinematic Universe hero he wants to see the Ant-Man and the Wasp.
The the treatment reportedly already done. And we wonder if he was able to squeeze in a part for Scott Lang in the threequel.
In a recent Q&A session that Gunn hosted on his Facebook page, the filmmaker was asked who among the MCU superheroes he would like to bring into the Guardians series the most. The director responded with Ant-Man, although his reasoning was less about the interesting narrative possibilities as it was the fact he simply likes Rudd.
Right now, it is safe to assume that in the existing Marvel canon both Lang and the Guardians do not know that each other exist. The galactic heroes thus far have been isolated doing their own thing outside of Earth. Meanwhile, the last time we saw Scott he was locked up underwater prison the Raft with the rest of Captain America's team before the super soldier broke them out by the end of Civil War. They will surely eventually cross paths, although not as soon as some may expect - Ant-Man is set to sit out Avengers 4.
It's fair to say that Ant-Man has proven to be very popular with all involved in the Marvel enterprise. Just recently, Tom Holland revealed while promotin g his web-slinging character to team up with Rudd's shrinking one. Of course, unlike the Guardians, Peter already had initial with Scott as both of them partook in the iconic airport battle scene in Cap 3 (albeit being on opposite teams).
While the banter between Scott Lang and Rocket or maybe even Drax is a humorous notion to think of, it's quite unlikely that Ant-Man will suddenly be catapulted in the cosmic realms to the Guardians of the Galaxy proper - after all, Gunn's answer was entirely hypothetical. But with the already planned Vol. 3 set to lay the groundwork for the MCU going forward, the sky is far from the limit in the future.
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