Ant-Man 3 writer Jeff Loveness explained how Spider-Man became an important point of reference for the threequel.

Sometimes we like to peg movies down, so they can only be one thing.

But thats the charm of old adventure movies for me.

Spider-Man, Ant-Man 3

And that was the joy of Marvel comics as a kid."

Theres a shift that happens.

Once Kang shows up, once Scott realizes just who hes dealing with, the movie starts to pivot.

Spider-Man and Ant-Man, Quantumania

You see it in Rudds eyes.

These are real stakes.

Im not here with Captain America and Thor.

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Im here with my family.

And I am completely out of my depth.

So what starts as a fun, playful adventure pivots into this kind of unlikely rivalry.

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Its kind of fun to have Ant-Man and Kang be nemeses together.

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumaniawill debut in theaters on Friday, February 17.

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