Ant-Man had Thomas. Guardians 2 had Pac Man. Ant-Man and The Wasp has Hello Kitty - because of course it does.
Yes, Marvel's increasingly bizarre (and muchly appreciated) use of third-party licenses has been taken up a whole notch altogether with Ant-Man and The Wasp, with Hello Kitty and Pez the newest MCU debutants to make waves in the superhero franchise.
We're hoping there's more to come, of course, especially since Thomas' appearance at the end of Ant-Man was such a welcome surprise at the time.
Either way, Ant-Man and The Wasp looks to be hitting all the right notes. It has the look and charm to match its predecessor and potentially even the villain to outdo it. Only six months to go until we find out.
Ant-Man and The Wasp releases July 6 2018. Did you spot anything else in the trailer? Be sure to let us know in the comments below!
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
