MCU: 10 Phase 3 Rumours That Turned Out To Be Bull
2. Ant-Man And The Wasp Will Be The MCU’s First Romantic Comedy
Late last year Russian film website Kinometro reported that during a presentation of an Ant-Man and the Wasp promo video at the 104th Russian International Film Market, the movie was referred to as “the first romkomom from Marvel”. Romkomom meaning "rom-com" in Russian.
It wasn’t totally out of left field either considering the film would explore not only Ant-Man and the Wasp’s working relationship but their personal relationship too. Star Paul Rudd and director Peyton Reed’s previous involvement with romantic comedies like Clueless and Down with Love also helped fuel the rumour, although Reed was quick to deny his movie would take a rom-com route.
Maybe ‘romkomom’ was the result of a translation mishap, because the film we got was far more typical superhero-action flick than outright romantic comedy. That’s not to say they aren’t romantic elements to its plot, but it’s hardly When Harry Met Sally.
Given Marvel’s track record with romance though, that’s probably a good thing.