‘Ant-Man and the Wasp’ Trailer: Hope van Dyne Handing Out Fades For Everybody

Frantz: Fresh Prince & Jazzy Jeff, Sara Vaughn, Paul Rudd & Evangeline Lily. What do they have in common? Summertime people! Cookouts, iced tea, and this movie about to have Summer lit AF. Aisha: Yes! We are moving into our time – reclaiming the time that is woman – hear us roar! (clears throat takes a breath) This movie is all about Evangeline Lily’s Wasp, and this trailer is giving me life. We see Paul Rudd doing the ‘Paul Rudd thing’ which is what made this take on Ant-Man so fun, but now we get badass Wasp – Hope van Dyne (Lily) in her rightful place, with a kickass suit. Some people were complaining about Wasp’s suit design, but this trailer put those complaints to bed.

Frantz: Hope got a suit. With wings y’all! Plus, a gat on each hand! She giving henchmen the Ong Bak knee to the grill and running up the sides of knives! I’m about to pass out with hypeness over here. Aisha: This part of the trailer plays really well off of the first film. Hope argued every step of the way that she was the better candidate to wear the suit and handle business. It would’ve been cool for the first film in the series to be a woman in the leading role, but we’ll get there.

Scott asks Hope had she been asked to help Cap in Civil War, would she? She’s all like w/e about that, “If I was there you wouldn’t have been caught.” So now we know they’re on the run in this one. Frantz: Ant-Man and the Wasp looks to pick up the pace from the first installment with #TeamSmall after the fallout …

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