Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania director Peyton Reed is celebrating star Michael Douglas' birthday by hyping up the upcoming Marvel movie. Ant-Man 3 won't come out until February 17, 2023, the second to last of the eight upcoming Marvel movies whose titles have been announced. It will be the ninth film in Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

The Ant-Man films have all been directed by Peyton Reed, the director of Bring It On who has branched out with Disney properties recently to helm a few episodes of the Star Wars universe series The Mandalorian. Michael Douglas has appeared in all three films as Hank Pym, the scientist who discovered the Pym particle and invented the Ant-Man suit. He is the lynchpin keeping the Ant-Man crew together, having recruited Scott Lang to work with him and his daughter Hope Van Dyne. In Ant-Man 2, the family was reunited with Hank's wife, Janet Van Dyne, who was rescued from the quantum realm.

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On his Twitter, Peyton Reed celebrated Michael Douglas' birthday. The two-time Oscar-winning actor turns 77, so Reed decided to use this opportunity to tease Marvel fans. In his tweet, he says "Michael and a few other friends and I are busy cooking up something that we think you're gonna be WAY into." It is far too soon in the game for him to say more than that, but it does show that they are already getting deeper into production on the film, which Michael Douglas also teased would start filming soon in an Instagram post. See Reed's post below:

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Ant-Man 3 plot details are thin on the ground for the time being. However, it has been confirmed that the core cast will return. Alongside Douglas' Hank Pym will be Paul Rudd as Scott Lang, Evangeline Lilly as Hope van Dyne, and Michelle Pfeiffer as Janet van Dyne. It has also been confirmed that Jonathan Majors will reprise his Loki role as Kang the Conqueror, and Freaky's Kathryn Newton will be playing Scott's grown-up daughter Cassie Lang.

For the time being, this is as close as fans are going to get to a taste of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. However, there is always hope that more set photos will be shared before the first official looks come, likely sometime in 2022. Likewise, the Marvel itch is sure to be scratched by Eternals, which comes to theaters in just over a month, as well as the five other exciting MCU films coming between then and the release of Ant-Man 3.

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Source: Peyton Reed/Twitter