'Ant-Man and the Wasp' Concept Art Reveals Trippy Version of Michelle Pfeiffer's Costume

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The newest film from Marvel Studios finally introduced one of the founding Avengers, as the original Wasp Janet van Dyne made her debut in Ant-Man and the Wasp.

Now that the movie is in theaters and the digital and Blu-ray release date has been revealed, Marvel artist Aleksi Briclot started to reveal concept art depicting different versions of these iconic characters. The latest image imagines a different take on the character, more in line with her comic book appearance.

The same artist previously provided different versions of the Wasp design, including a take that looks more like Ghost costumes as inspired by the Quantum Realm.

The Wasp is one of the most iconic heroes in the pages of MarvelComics, and director Peyton Reed was determined to knock her MCU debut out of the park. With Evangeline Lilly playing the modern version and Michelle Pfeiffer playing the classic version, fans seem to agree that he succeeded.

Pfeiffer was always on the director's wishlist to play Janet, so much so that in the character in the original film was modeled after the actress.

"We used a double on the first movie." director Peyton Reed explained earlier this year. "But the whole thing was, 'I want her to look like Michelle Pfeiffer, because that would be my dream casting for Wasp.' We cast this woman to be in the mask who had really saucer-like, Michelle Pfeiffer eyes."

Reed went on to speak about his efforts to get Pfeiffer into the Marvel Cinematic