ANT-MAN AND THE WASP Before And After VFX Shots Showcase Moments You Didn't Even Know Were CGI

Awesome new photos from Ant-Man and The Wasp have been revealed which highlight some key scenes from the sequel along with before and after VFX shots revealing CGI where you didn't know there was some!

By JoshWilding - Jul 20, 2018 02:07 AM EST

Filed Under: Ant-Man 2: Ant-Man And The Wasp

Ant-Man and The Wasp is now in theaters and while the sequel hasn't made anywhere near as significant an impact as Avengers: Infinity War and Black Panther did earlier this year, it's still a must-see. While the movie won't be released in a number of international locations for another couple of weeks, VFX shots from the movie have started surfacing focusing on some pretty major sequences.

These are all really cool to look at but the coolest thing here is realising how Marvel Studios used special effects where you probably never even knew there was some. That says a lot about the quality of the VFX teams they have working for them and there's no denying that this was a very good looking movie. So, to take a look at all of these new images, simply click on the "View List" button below.

During the scenes featuring The Wasp flying through the air, I think most of us assumed Marvel put Evangeline Lilly on a rig and then shrunk her down. Well, apparently not based on this VFX image!

The fact that both Ant-Man and The Wasp wear helmets clearly made it easy for Marvel to create CGI doubles of these characters, something which is evident from the realistic looking VFX stand-in.

In one of the sequel's funniest moments, Scott Lang and Hope Van Dyne find themselves being attacked by a couple of pigeons after shrinking down a getaway vehicle which uses shrinking tech.

Okay, so this isn't one of those shots where you wouldn't realise CGI was used because Marvel obviously didn't find a giant pigeon to appear in this scene with a shocked and confused Scott Lang.

The Giant-Man we see here is a fully CGI creation which isn't a massive surprise. However, there were surely ways Marvel Studios could have shot this sequence with a practical version of the superhero.

It's hardly a shocker that visual effects were used to enhance Ghost's powers but this awesome before and after shot sheds some light on the huge amount of work that ended up going into that process.

The difference between these two shots is massive but who would have ever guessed that the top part of her mask wasn't actually worn by Hannah John-Kamen? Then again, she did need to actually see!

While you may be thinking that Marvel used CGI to create most of Ant-Man's scenes, here we see Scott Lang actually increased in size thanks to VFX proving that there were some practical scenes too.

Director Peyton Reed clearly had a lot of fun playing around with the size-changing abilities of Ant-Man and The Wasp in this movie and here we see Scott Lang holding on for dear life on a windscreen wiper.

Not a huge amount of the sequel was actually shot in San Francisco so how amazing is it that Marvel actually managed to recreate that city's streets with VFX after filming the movie in Atlanta?

Surprise, surprise! Hank's laboratory wasn't a real place and was a fully CGI creation. However, the door was practical so that's something but it really is amazing how much VFX was hidden here.

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13 Comments

MUTO123 - 7/20/2018, 2:56 AM

AgeofHeroes - 7/20/2018, 3:26 AM

best CBM of the year for me!...everything was just awesome, no mistake. Also all vfx was great apart from the small paul rudd.

this year has been awesome

NoAssemblyReqd - 7/20/2018, 3:49 AM

VFX are just magic. I think the first examples of hidden CG which just amazed me were FORREST GUMP and CONTACT.

MyCoolYoung - 7/20/2018, 6:37 AM

@NoAssemblyReqd - Forrest Gump? Really. I wouldn't of ever known.

L0RDbuckethead - 7/20/2018, 7:33 AM

@MyCoolYoung - Yep, @NoAssemblyReqd is correct. All the ping-pong scenes were CGI ping pong balls, Lt. Dan's (missing) legs, and all the historical footage of Forrest meeting JFK, LBJ and Nixon is obviously CGI.

It's well done and still (somewhat) holds up today.

MyCoolYoung - 7/20/2018, 7:41 AM

@L0RDbuckethead - I forgot about him meeting past presidents but ping pong? I wouldn't of ever guessed. Now I have to re-watch it. Thanks, guys.

L0RDbuckethead - 7/20/2018, 7:47 AM

@MyCoolYoung - Yep, all the ping pong playing scenes in the film were CGI balls. The actors just had to get into a rhythm to make it look like they were actually hitting them in sync.

TheSanitizer - 7/20/2018, 5:51 AM

I wish they’d use this VFX team on the next Spider-Man movie, because Homecoming had some really bad Spidey cgi. There were many moments Spidey looked like a video game.
All the CGI in both Ant-Man movies has been absolutely top-notch, almost flawless.

TheOtherOn - 7/20/2018, 5:52 AM

In other words, Paul Rudd and Friends talking and cracking jokes in front of green screen.

Just like another Marvel movie.

MyCoolYoung - 7/20/2018, 6:39 AM

Some of this is pretty shocking and cool. At first I never use to look at this stuff but I'm getting more and more into it. I didn't think that lab was wholly fake.

gulducati - 7/20/2018, 7:06 AM

Dude, even Thor's eye patch was fully CGI. Hemsworth said on the IF red carpet that it was just three dots around his eyes for a VFX guide. He forgot they were there.

L0RDbuckethead - 7/20/2018, 7:34 AM

I thought all the CGI in the film was well done, for how much of it they used. Loved all the minitaure sets they built to replicate Scott and Hope's shrinking abilities.

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