Audiences in the UK won't get to see Ant-Man and The Wasp until August at the earliest, but fans elsewhere will be given the chance to experience Marvel's latest adventure next week, July 5.
Reactions have been overwhelmingly positive so far, with praise lavished upon Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lilly especially, but one character fans are particularly keen to find more about is Ghost, the film's primary antagonist. At least, she's presented as one in the film's trailers - chatter since has indicated there could be a markedly different angle in place, one that begins to make sense once we consider the character's comic book roots.
Played by Hannah John-Kamen in the film, Ghost sports a grey suit that allows them to phase through matter. It's a device tied to Pym tech (hence the concern from Scott Lang and Hope van Dyne), but more interesting are John-Kamen's comments on the character herself. This is very much her own creation, treating the role as a "blank slate" with which she was able to make it her own.
Still, that doesn’t mean we can’t clue you all in on what’s what with Ghost, what the comics say, and how she’ll impact the MCU going forward.
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.
