The ORIGINAL ENDING for Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania 👀 #shorts #mcu

Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania is a movie full of big talking points, but would you be shocked to learn it once had a very different ending? All that and more is revealed in this resurfaced plot leak.

In recent years, Marvel Studios has been forced to contend with more plot leaks than ever before. With that in mind, we're not exactly shocked that they're now looking to tighten up security and limit who attends screenings.

A few weeks ago, set photos showed the Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania cast back on set shooting new scenes for the movie. That's last-minute even for Marvel Studios, and now we've watched the threequel, it's clear Paul Rudd and company were there to film a new ending for Phase 5's opening chapter.

Last October, a detailed plot breakdown for the latest Ant-Man adventure started doing the rounds and, honestly, we didn't pay it the attention it deserved. Now, though, we can confirm its legitimacy, especially as it was both incredibly accurate and included details only someone who had watched the movie would know.

However, there are some significant differences, specifically in regards to an alternate ending. We're sure you're keen to know what that entailed and have all the details for you here!

Kang's Mission

For the most part, the leak from October matches what we've watched in theaters. Kang the Conqueror was still desperate to escape the Quantum Realm, but his relationship with Janet was explored in perhaps a little more detail.

She calls him "Nathaniel" at one point, for example, a reference to the fact Kang's true name is Nathaniel Richards. In the comic books, the villain is thought to be a direct descendant of Reed Richards (or possibly Doctor Doom), but the reveal is one Marvel Studios may now be saving for a project deeper into the Multiverse Saga.

In this cut, Kang also panned to make Janet's reality the first he conquered upon escaping as a means of revenge.

New Looks For Ant-Man And The Wasp.

We're unsure whether this leaker saw a cut of the film with unfinished VFX, but they revealed that both Scott Lang and Hope Van Dyne would get new costumes in Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania's final act.

Both characters were set to don all-black suits, with Hope's wings compared to "lightsabers."

Despite this significant change, their respective costumes would have still had red and yellow accents, and we're presuming Hank Pym's army of technologically advanced intelligent ants created these for them. As for why they were cut, it's possible the overhauled suit designs were deemed superfluous to the story.

Kang Escapes!

We know many of you have been left flabbergasted by the decision to kill Kang the Conqueror, but it seems that was a last-minute decision on Marvel Studios' part as Avengers: The Kang Dynasty begins to take shape.

Just like in the theatrical cut, Janet, Hank, Cassie, and Hope all return to Earth, only for Scott to be confronted by a vengeful, battle-damaged Kang. They fight, but the villain escapes even after The Wasp returns to lend Ant-Man a helping hand. With that, they're left trapped in the Quantum Realm just as Janet once was.

Kang didn't head through the same doorway as our heroes from best we can tell, and Hope tells Scott that when she saw all those different versions of herself in the probability storm, she realised she didn't want to live a life without him (aww).

A Cliffhanger Ending

With Kang on the loose and Ant-Man and The Wasp stuck in the Quantum Realm, Hank and Cassie set about attempting to find them.

In the movie's final moments, we no longer see Scott agonise over whether stopping Kang was a terrible mistake; instead, Cassie is running countless simulations across multiple computers, with her eyes going wide after she sees something. The screen then cuts to black, leaving us to wonder whether they were rescued.

There's no mention of post-credits scenes in this leak, but we'd bet at least one was once much different.

As for why Marvel decided against Kang surviving, we have to assume it's because they didn't want to paint themselves into a corner where the Conqueror would then have to immediately target Earth-616 as he vowed after being trapped by Janet. This sounds like a better ending in a lot of ways, but only time will tell how the Multiverse Saga progresses from here...

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[andrewbrandenburg]

Original ending is what I wanted. After seeing the movie, I turned to my friend and said it would’ve been better to have Kang win and leave the Quantam Realm. Him getting best by wrist blasters made him a joke. So sad.

[AJ-wefl]

It’s interesting how even though he escaped, kang is still looming over him. Not only the existential crisis, but the constant purples and greens in the last scene. Plus I feel like the people on the street were being weirder than before. Everything is heightened and off putting to make you question reality and whether kang is in control of it. Because if he ever did get out, he could make Antman’s life however he wanted, whenever I’m the timeline

[nategz]

I wanted to see Antman killed by Kang. It would have been awesome to end the movie with a close in shot of Kang collecting Antman's helmet as a trophy. It also would have made him a bigger threat.

[betterthanemril]

I’m fine with the ending we got. I feel the purpose of this Kang was just to give you a solid introduction of him outside of he who remains. Though the original sounds cool, we still have many movies and shows to get to before Kang dynasty. we have to remember that he who remains did Tease that the avengers would have to deal with multiple Kang variants. So I’m not shocked that this version was defeated because the other nearly infinite amount wouldn’t be utilized really and we still have Kang dynasty and secret wars to see this main villain in peak.

[TMIKstudios]

Ending we got feels better. I feel like the ending being said here sounds to quick into what is a brand new plotline being introduced

[johnwick]

Believe me because of this change we will be enjoying the twist and turns in the upcoming Kang Dynasty.

[gTR_]

That is the ending we got pretty much, Scott is stuck in that ending due to Kang placing him there

[abrahamcatalan]

The ending of the movie reminds me of the ending of endgame where it just felt off for some reason. I’m pretty sure Captain America encountered Kang first which is why he confused him with the one with the hammer.

[nonstop]

I actually prefer the ending we got since they already did something similar with infinity war which had ant man stuck in the quantum realm and then he escapes to reassemble the avengers and defeat thanos. It would’ve just felt repetitive

[Flash-mi]

They should have used that ending weren’t they going to do a kang war movie later on

[codekhalil]

No, the ending shows Something has definitely changed. Things are "off." Things that Scott once got for free, he is being charged for now. It is subtle, but this shows things are different now moving forward. Something (or someone) is coming

[gamingchill]

Ending was good. He’s in a different universe where people are surprised to see him “alive” if you watch everyone’s reaction to seeing him. So he might’ve joined a universe where his variant there died.

[MicoDossun]

I would rather have Scott die or get out. Ending a second Ant-Man movie in a row with him stuck in the quantum realm seems silly to me

[marvelfanforever]

But the thing is this is just the start of phase 5 which means we have all the movies between now and Secret Wars to build up to the massive fight between the variants and avengers which is supposedly to happen in Secret Wars

[movielover]

I, for one, am happy they didn't repeat themselves like with what they did in the second antman movie. Instead of seeing him escape predictably, they showed Ant man getting out and then having an existential crisis. Plus this is just supposed to be a small introduction to Kang and plus The Kang Dynasty is like two years away. That wouldn't make a lot of sense.

[jacobbelz]

not at all. we’re 2+ years away from the nearest avengers movie and the multiversal war kicking off now would make zero sense. they’d have to change every other film between them

[deadgalaxy]

The thing is, if he gets out and starts the war already, how can they just put it on hold whilst they go through movies that obviously have nothing to do with it

[TheWorld]

I think they haven't given up on leaving Ant Man in the quantum world, since if you watch the last scenes of the movie carefully, when Ant man is walking down the street, there's something wrong, like if they were in some kind of time loop, green and purple colors similar to Kang's costume, it's really strange

[damiancasnet]

This one might be out there but stay with me. What if kang beat ant man but felt sympathy for him because he broke the promise, so kang kept Ant-Man alive, stuck in a mental prison where he feels like he is living his normal life. Which could be why Scott said "we did win, right" at the end of the movie.

[tatepatrick]

I think I might’ve actually like the original ending more