Tuesday, July 17, 2018

The story behind Ant-Man and the Wasp’s hilarious (and heartbreaking) post-credits scenes

Warning: the following post contains spoilers for the end of Avengers: Infinity War and Ant-Man and the Wasp.

When Marvel’s Ant-Man and the Wasp hit theaters on July 6th, one big question needed to be answered: how would it tie into Avengers: Infinity War? That movie ended with Thanos (Josh Brolin) killing half the universe’s population — including half its superheroes. Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman), Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch), Spider-Man (Tom Holland), and many others were reduced to ash, making it unclear how Marvel’s latest movie, released barely a month later, could follow the blockbuster without addressing its massive loss of life.

Marvel handled it by designing Ant-Man and the Wasp as a prequel, with the bulk of its...

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