Inspiration For MODOK in New ANT-MAN AND THE WASP Movie Came From THE SIMPSONS and A FISH CALLED WANDA

Marvel’s Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania will introduce a new character to the MCU with MODOK a.k.a. Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing. It was a fun surprise to see this character in the trailer for the movie and he looks so awesomely weird! I’m incredibly curious to see how exactly MODOK will be utilized in the story.

The film’s screenwriter Jeff Loveness recently opened up about the villain and discussed how much fun it was to introduce the wonderfully absurd character. He told SFX Magazine/GamesRadar:

"MODOK is maybe my single favorite thing that I got in the movie. Obviously we are very faithful to the comics with the design and the look, but then there is a little bit of extra we put into him. Maybe I’ll get fired off The Kang Dynasty when people see it, but some of my favorite moments come from MODOK and the dynamics there.”

He then went on to share the inspiration behind the character, and it comes from two of the most unlikely of places… The Simpsons and the 1988 comedy A Fish Called Wanda. Loveless explained:

"I’ll just say he was inspired by Kevin Kline in A Fish Called Wanda and Frank Grimes in an old Simpsons episode – this really put-upon, selfish, entitled but then also deeply sad, insecure man who knows that he got a shit deal in life and is trying to make the best of it."

That seems like the right fit for a malevolent giant head in a flying chair. It’s also been confirmed that he’ll be played in the movie by Corey Stoll. The writer went on to say:

"His ego will crumble the second he’s challenged but then also like Kevin Kline in A Fish Called Wanda, he’s pretty good at killing people. He’s a real loose cannon character and I had a great amount of fun with him. That was almost day one in the room – we cracked MODOK as a character and the movie just became so fun."

Well, these comments got me a little more excited about the movie and what we’ll see from MODOK. This is gonna be awesome!

In the film, “Super-Hero partners Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) and Hope Van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly) return to continue their adventures as Ant-Man and the Wasp. Together, with Hope’s parents Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) and Janet Van Dyne (Michelle Pfeiffer), the family finds themselves exploring the Quantum Realm, interacting with strange new creatures and embarking on an adventure that will push them beyond the limits of what they thought was possible.” 

Directed by Peyton Reed and produced by Kevin Feige, p.g.a. and Stephen Broussard, p.g.a., Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania also stars Jonathan Majors as Kang, David Dastmalchian as Veb, Katy O'Brian as Jentorra, William Jackson Harper as Quaz and Bill Murray as Lord Krylar.

The sci-fi adventure opens in theaters on February 17, 2023. 

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