Jonathan Majors, breakout star of the hit HBO series Lovecraft Country, has been tapped to star in the upcoming ‘Ant Man 3’ movie as super-villain Kang the Conqueror, who is known to travel through time in a ship that he built and fight against other Marvel Cinematic Universe notables, including Thor, Spider-Man, and The Avengers. Majors will be starring opposite Paul Rudd, returning as Ant Man, and Evangeline Lily, returning as Wasp.
Director Peyton Reed is set to return for the film, with Jeff Loveness as the screenwriter. Kevin Feige, head of Marvel Studios, is credited as the producer of this latest installment. According to Variety, the Ant Man franchise is a box office smasher, earning over $500 million in 2015 and a whopping $622 million for 2018’s Ant Man and the Wasp.
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