Theres a space opera vibe to all of it, andsome have already calledQuantumaniatheStar Warsmovie of the MCU.
With Peyton Reed having a foot in that universe toohe directed two episodes ofThe Mandalorianthe comparison is not unreasonable.
Listen, Ive been a lifelongStar Warsfan as many of us are, Reed tellsDen of Geek.
And having some fun in thatMandalorianworld was definitely great.
George Lucas created such a vivid universe in those movies.
This [Ant-Man] wanted to be something altogether different.
So to me, its just like, we have worlds within worlds to create in the Quantum Realm.
So they can be all these different things.
David Dastmalchian plays this character Veb, who is sort of this red globby character, the director says.
To me, it was like, Do you remember the Hanna-BarberaHerculoidsanimated series?
One of those guys was named Gleep or whatever it was called.
What if we had a photo-real version of something like that?
Lets see some of the strange stuff you created.
That for me was a joy, says Reed.
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumaniais in theaters this Friday, Feb. 17.