Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania brought Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K to life, though it has given the character a slightly different origin story than in the comics. Before we could even see it in theatres we already knew from the trailers that the character would actually be Darren Cross from the first Ant-Man film, and it would appear that being forced to shrink down after his suit was destroyed had some slightly adverse effects on his form.
M.O.D.O.K is one of Marvel’s dafter-looking creations, a character that is essentially all head with T-Rex proportioned arms and similarly sized legs as well. Once fans became aware that the villainous character would be making an appearance in Quantumania talk quickly turned to how true to the original design the film would be, and though there are often changes made from comic to film, it would appear that M.O.D.O.K has stayed fairly true to his original design in some ways and less so in others.
Though plenty of CGI was used in the creation of the film, and many MCU films these days (for better or worse) there were real-life props that were used as well. A picture of the writer of the film, Jeff Loveness, standing next to and hugging a giant reference model for the character shows just how large and creepy that floating head really is.
Seen as M.O.D.O.K’s origin story has been changed from the comics, fans can expect a slightly different character from the ones they might already know. And if reviews have anything to say, this is not the version that many fans wanted for the character.
You can catch M.O.D.O.K and the rest in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania in theatres now.