Adam McKay Confirms He'll Return For ANT-MAN AND THE WASP

A few months ago, Marvel Studios announced that an Ant-Man sequel called Ant-Man and the Wasp had been added to its Phase 3 calendar. We know director Peyton Reed is coming back, but it was unclear whether Adam McKay (Anchorman, The Big Short, Step Brothers) would return to co-write the movie like he did the first time around.

A few months ago, McKay said he'd be open to coming back and working on the sequel, but now he's confirmed his plans to make that happen. In an interview with Nerdist, he said:

“We’ve been talking to Marvel actually. We just talked to them the other day, and it looks like I will be involved. I don’t know if it’s gonna be right from page one. But it looks like I will definitely be involved. There you go. There’s a little headline for the fanboys!”

McKay, who's Oscar-nominated for Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Picture at the Oscars for The Big Short, also teased what might be next for him:

“I’m talking with Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly about maybe doing an immigration comedy. I’m trying to crack climate change very, very hard. I have an interesting idea, I think. But it’s got to be a movie that plays. It can’t be didactic or pedantic. It’s got to be… I want to keep an audience on the edge of their seats. So I’m trying to figure that out. But I don’t know. After this, we’ll see where we end up.”

For more information on that immigration comedy he mentioned, click here. For our ranking of McKay's films from worst to best, click here. Ant-Man and the Wasp (which Kevin Feige confirmed will feature the character Janet Van Dyne) blasts into theaters on July 6th, 2018.