Ant-Man And The Wasp: 5 New Characters To Look Forward To

The character of Sonny Burch first appeared in Marvel Comics back in 2003, an antagonist of Iron Man whose history was short-lived, as he committed suicide after his selfish ways blew up in his face. In the grand scheme of things, he's a drop in the bucket of Marvel lore, but his comic connection to Cross Technologies has given his cinematic counterpart a chance to be similarly connected on screen.

With Darren Cross having been killed by the end of Ant-Man and with Hank Pym's world seemingly falling apart in Ant-Man and the Wasp, it seems as though Sonny Burch will be attempting to claim Pym's technologies and research for himself. As seen in the trailer, Burch spends a whole lot of time being pursued by our heroes after he makes off with the miniaturized Pym building, but whether it's for a far more nefarious purpose or simply out of good, old-fashioned corporate greed remains to be seen.

Thanks to the casting of Walton Goggins, it's hard not to hope that there's more to Sonny than just being a disposable villain-of-the-week, as the actor has proven himself more than capable of gifting us with complex performances in the past, and even though all eyes are on the film's more outwardly intriguing antagonist - who we'll be getting to next - we shouldn't discount the idea that there may be more up Sonny's sleeve than expected.