Marvel Studios is making Ant-Man 3 with an eye on a 2022 release, but it doesn’t have a specific release date yet, so here’s our prediction for when exactly it will come out. The sequel will pick up with Scott Lang aka Ant-Man (Paul Rudd) after the events of Avengers: Endgame and will once again be directed by Peyton Reed. With the reported production schedule Marvel is aiming for, it appears that they are ready to move relatively quickly with what Ant-Man 3 will offer.

The possibility of Ant-Man 3 filling one of Marvel’s release dates in 2022 comes directly from reports that broke the news that the film was happening. At this moment, no official release date has been set but fitting the sequel into 2022 is doable; Disney previously staked out three release dates for untitled MCU movies in 2022. They have dates set for February, May, and July of that year, but only two of these slots are still options. Marvel announced this summer that Black Panther 2 will occupy the May 2022 release date. This helps narrow Marvel’s options down to two.

With February and July as the remaining dates for Ant-Man 3, our prediction is the film will slide into the July 2022 slot. More specifically, Marvel’s release dates indicate the film will hit theaters on July 29, 2022. It is always possible Marvel and Disney could move this date around by a few weeks, but the month of July is our prediction as it would allow Marvel to keep the franchise in its normal release window.

When the Ant-Man franchise began in 2015, Marvel Studios launched it on June 29th and earned $519 million worldwide. They followed this up in 2018 by releasing Ant-Man and the Wasp on July 6th and made $622M around the globe. With a total franchise haul eclipsing $1 billion and the fun-first approach to these films, the Ant-Man franchise is a perfect fit for a late summer release. And, Marvel’s been happy enough with the success of these films in this slot to greenlight a third, so they may not want to change the approach now.

If Ant-Man 3 does arrive in July 2022, it will also be out in Marvel Studios’ normal sweet spot for releasing sequels. There are exceptions to this practice, but MCU sequels typically arrive every three or four years. With Ant-Man and the Wasp’s 2018 release, this would be four years after the franchise’s previous installment. Of course, Ant-Man and Wasp were not out of the picture this entire time thanks to Avengers: Endgame.

That all said, Marvel Studios has yet to confirm the news that Ant-Man 3 is happening, much less when it will be released. Given their tendency to make such announcements at major conventions, it may not be until next year that the release date is confirmed. In any case, it would come as a surprise if Ant-Man 3’s release date didn’t land in July of 2022 at this point.

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