Thread:CirUmeUela/@comment-27496405-20180307074410/@comment-26838855-20180618215927

Marvelous 345678 wrote: Apparently, we will have to move Infinity War a bit later. Well, we'll see. Peyton Reed, when asked about the timeline, said, "[https://www.fandango.com/movie-news/exclusive-director-peyton-reed-on-what-separates-ant-man-and-the-wasp-from-the-other-marvel-movies-753273 "Well, I would be shot by a Marvel sniper if I revealed too much information. But all I can say is the movie takes place post-Civil War, and the timeline with regard to Infinity War will become apparent as you watch the movie. That's all I can say."] Sounds like there will be some overlap like we guessed there might be.

Side-note: This is evidence that despite everyone saying "It's been confirmed that Ant-Man and the Wasp takes place before Infinity War," it has not been.

Why does this happen so often with films like this, where an assumption or a misreport spreads across the Internet and people say things have been "confirmed" without actually finding a source...? One of the worst people for this is Emergency Awesome, whose videos make mistakes constantly without checking his facts, and then viewers will quote him. Now, the film is almost certainly set before Infinity War, sure. But the word "confirmed" is thrown around far too loosely and it frustrates me. It's what sets up false expectations sometimes, damaging things like some fans' experience of The Last Jedi, and with all the false "it's been confirmed"s surrounding Infinity War, I was scared people would have the same reaction... Fortunately, the horrible online atmosphere about that film did not carry over.