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"Ant-Man and the Wasp" is the 20th release in a decade of the Marvel Cinematic Universe series, and the first to feature a woman in the title. Image: Marvel Studios via AFP
They made history and $ 1 billion with the first superhero holder of color in "Black Panther" – now the creators and stars of Marvel repeat the trick for the equality of equality.
"Ant-Man and the Wasp", the sequel to "Ant-Man" of 2015, is the 20th release in a decade of the Marvel Cinematic Universe series, and the first to feature a woman in the title.
"We always knew that the next was going to be" Ant-Man and the Wasp ", told AFP Kevin Feige, president of Marvel Studios, on the occasion of 39, an international press day for the film in Pasadena, Southern California. Sunday.
"It's finally time to see her dress up and be the hero she said earlier that she wanted to be."
The 2015 film featured Hope van Dyne of Evangeline Lilly in superheroes and she comes back here thinner, meaner and ready to ride on a par with Paul Rudd's Ant-Man.
Lilly told AFP that the plan was to introduce Wasp's original story in Marvel's 2016 release "Captain America: Civil War" with Ant-Man and the others Avengers.
"I received a call saying: 'We decided not to put you in civil war' and there was a moment, I could say, where the feeling in the room was like, & I'm sorry – do not be offended, " she says.
"I was like," Are they going to give me a movie? That's what they say? And they said, "We really want to dedicate a movie to the introduction of this female superhero and we do not want it to be just a secondary note.
"Crazy fun"
The surprise of double billing came later, when Marvel sent him a screenshot with the Wasp in the title.
The premise behind "Ant-Man" is refreshingly simple: Scott Lang, a small criminal with a lot of heart, can get very fat or small thanks to a costume that manipulates his subatomic particles.
"Ant-Man and the Wasp" – directed, like the first film, by Peyton Reed – sees Lang languishing under house arrest in San Francisco after being mistaken for his alter-ego superhero fighting some of the other Avengers in "Civil War".
While he struggles to rebalance his family life with his responsibilities of Ant-Man, he is confronted with Van Dyne and his father, the brilliant quantum physicist Hank Pym, with a new urgent mission.
The original has been admired by critics, but is one of the least successful MCU releases at box offices worldwide.
This actually means very little when the competition is from other Marvel movies – it's still grown to an overall gross of over $ 500 million.
It is expected that "Ant-Man and the Wasp" will open about $ 75 million in Canada during the weekend of July 6 – a significant improvement over the $ 57 million first film.
The social media reaction of the previews was almost universal.
"Ant-Man and The Wasp is a crazy fun, very self-contained, but bursting with energy, full of cool and creative surprises," tweeted CinemaBlend critic Eric Eisenberg.
"Super funny, and the whole cast is wonderful, I had a blast!"
Eye-popping
Rudd ("Anchorman", "Forgetting Sarah Marshall") and Lilly ("The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies", "Lost") are joined by illustrious supporters, including Michael Douglas and nominees Michelle Pfeiffer and Laurence Fishburne.
Michael Pena ("The Martian", "Chips") returns to provide much of the comedic relief alongside Walton Goggins ("Vice Principals") and Bobby Cannavale ("I, Tonya").
It's not just the gentiles (and the girls) who are inclusive; Ghost, played by British actress Hannah John-Kamen, follows Cate Blanchett ("Thor Ragarnok") as a rare supervillain of the center forward.
"I'm the second nasty woman in the Marvel universe," John-Kamen told AFP on the sidelines of the press conference.
"With Ghost, he's a male character in comics and he's a man-crafted, but being the first to take him off the page and give him life, it was an honor."
The film – a breathtaking mix of complex combat sequences, staggering chases and fun comedy for families – was co-written by Rudd.
As with many Marvel films, most of the filming took place in and around Pinewood Atlanta Studios in Georgia.
"I'm trying to think of the movie as a whole, but I will say this: it has been a collaborative effort more than anything I've ever worked," said the Rudd generally erased.
"To think that I wrote it would be a gross overestimate." DC
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