2. What We Know About The Cinematic Version (So Far)
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As Infinity War displayed so ruthlessly, comic book movies are very fond of deception at the moment. It's a great tactic to ensure that audiences are surprised when they actually get their butts in theatres, and (though it may slightly defeat the purpose of the process now), it looks as though Peyton Reed's Ant-Man sequel has done the same.
Though Ghost has been positioned as the antagonist of the feature thus far, signs have pointed towards the character taking on a more ambiguous role instead. This would make sense, owing to the fact that the character's comic book motivations are quite sympathetic, as well as the fact that both Vulture and Killmonger were lauded for their own compelling motivations in Spider-Man: Homecoming and Black Panther respectively.
Other than the fact that Ghost has been stealing Pym tech as Hank, Scott and Hope open up the Quantum Realm, not much else is known about this version of the character. She's not likely to be "taking over the world" - as was implied in the second trailer - but it must have something to do with Walton Goggins, who'll be playing Sonny Burch, a character who (in the comics) had connections to Darren Cross.
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.
