"Human greed" to blame for Ant-Man 3 VFX problems

Despite middling reviews, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania is performing very well at the box office. The movie has grossed over $257 million worldwide in its first five days. However, the Vulture report suggests that Marvel Studios focused more on Black Panther: Wakanda Forever leading to the heavy workload for VFX professionals involved with Quantumania.

"A lot of us are sitting here thinking, The money is there. Why is it not coming down? Marvel spending a bit more money to pay more VFX people wouldn't make that much of a difference for the executives all the way at the top," another employee shared. "But if it comes down to them not being comfortable with their bank numbers and us working until burnout, we lose out every time. Honestly, I equate it to human greed."

The report also suggests that shortcuts were made and "certain things were used to cover up incomplete work." Editorial cuts were also done to avoid showing much action and VFX in the movie. It is likely that there wasn't enough time for the team to render the visual effects in time for the movie's release.

Unfortunately for the VFX team, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania was released as scheduled. The movie would have no doubt had better reviews had the visual effects been polished a little bit more.

Owen Gleiberman from Variety said in his review, "if this is what Phase 5 looks like, God save us from Phases 6, 7, and 8." Hopefully, Marvel does a better job with the VFX in future movies. The new Disney strategy of focusing on quality rather than quantity should most definitely also apply to its feature films, especially one that kicks off an entire Phase and introduced the main bad guy.